Parau Reserve is a park in Parau, Auckland, rated 3.5 from 15 reviews, best known among visitors for a resident population of wild chickens, roosters and ducks around the car park and green space, with the bushwalk itself reported as currently closed. Small reserves like this sometimes end up known more for who lives there than for the walking track, and a flock of wild birds used to visitors can turn a quick stop into a longer one, though feeding them bread mainly works as a distraction rather than anything good for them nutritionally. It's worth checking the state of any bush track before heading out to a reserve like this, since informal or council-run tracks can close for maintenance or storm damage without much public notice beyond word of mouth from other visitors. Out at Parau, near Nihotupu, this reserve is more car park and birdlife than bushwalk right now.