Barry Curtis Park stretches across Ormiston in Flat Bush, Auckland, and its pavilion has earned a perfect 5.0 rating from its four reviewers, who praise the free outdoor Zumba sessions, the toilet facilities, a basketball court and plenty of space for all sorts of sport. A good suburban park works hard: open lawns for kicking a ball, courts and fields for more organised games, paths for walkers and runners, and toilets and shelter that let people stay for an afternoon. In a young suburb like Flat Bush, plantings are often still maturing, so shade can be thin — sun protection is worth packing year-round in Auckland. Regulars tend to favour the early morning, when the air is cooler and fitness groups have room to spread out, and they treat shared courts and greens as first-come, first-served. Right in the heart of one of Auckland's fastest-growing neighbourhoods, this park gives Flat Bush a proper green heart.