{"id":581811,"date":"2026-08-27T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581811\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:40:18","slug":"new-gym-equipment-planned-at-egerton-park-after-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581811\/","title":{"rendered":"New gym equipment planned at Egerton Park after ten years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Plans are being explored to replace gym equipment at Egerton Park,<\/a> after the facilities were described as worn and damaged.\n<\/p>\n

\n Cllr Nadim Muslim, of Egerton and Bromley Cross,<\/a> said the aim was to give children and adults access to free exercise facilities.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe just want to make sure that children have got access to facilities where it is free and they can use it to make themselves, not only have a good time, but also just feel a bit good, feel healthier.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n For more Egerton news visit our Egerton page<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n He said the equipment had been in place for more than ten years and was no longer working to its full strength.\n<\/p>\n

\n He said the proposals were being considered with council officers as part of investment in local parks, with discussion with Epic Egerton’s<\/a> chair Amy Cowen.\n<\/p>\n

\n The park has already seen efforts. (Image: Cllr Nadim Muslim)\n<\/p>\n

\n Options under proposed plans could include a cross trainer and rower, a pull down and chest press station, and an air walker and bike.\n<\/p>\n

\n The tennis court lines have been repainted, with Cllr Muslim saying this was completed within a few days of the issue being raised with the council.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n The park includes a children\u2019s playground, bowling green and tennis courts, with organised children\u2019s activities taking place there.\n<\/p>\n

\n Cllr Muslim said the gym equipment would not be only for children.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt also means that adults that are watching their children as well can take time to use the gym equipment if they want to.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s not just for children, it\u2019s for adults.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt means they can safely watch their children and also have a bit of exercise themselves.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n The work forms part of a commitment to parks, and Cllr Muslim also referred to work at Little Brow and a swing replacement at Stonestead in the ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans are being explored to replace gym equipment at Egerton Park, after the facilities were described as worn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-581811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}