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Wellington, New Zealand dogs have slightly more freedom

by Miraz on 12 December 2009 · 1 comment

in New Zealand

The Wellington City Council have made the city slightly less unfriendly to dogs, with a couple of new off-leash areas and permission to walk your dog through town.

Wellington, New Zealand isn’t very friendly towards dogs. There are no dedicated, fully-fenced doggy playgrounds, and dogs aren’t allowed in the central city.

In December 2009 changes to the policy have eased things slightly:

Art exhibition beside Waitangi Park in 2006.

Art exhibition beside Waitangi Park in 2006.

Wellington City Councillors approved changes to the Dog Policy at today’s Council meeting. The four new off-leash exercise areas are Chelmswood Reserve in Ngaio, Vice Regal North and Alexandra Road West on the Town Belt in Newtown and Worser Bay beach (before 9am and after 7pm in summer and at all times in winter).

The extensions to the current dog exercise areas include Trelissick Park, Dorrie Leslie Park and Meekswood Reserve. … At Waitangi Park, dog owners can take their dogs on-leash around the outside, but dogs will be prohibited from the open grass area.

… dog owners can now walk their dogs on a leash through the CBD to the waterfront and other parts of the city, but they are not allowed to stop with their dog in the CBD.

[Via : Wellington.scoop.co.nz » You're now allowed to walk your dog in the CBD, but you're not allowed to stop.]

The Wellington City Council dog pages don’t seem to have been updated yet with the new details.

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    1 Rachel April 5, 2010 at 08:28 11

    The latest maps and information are available on the Council’s website now:
    http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/dogs/exercise/exercise.html

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