Rutherford Reserve is a neighbourhood park on Archdall Street in Kohimarama, Auckland, holding a 4.6 Google rating. A good suburban reserve is the quiet workhorse of a suburb: no gate, no fees, nothing to book — just a patch of grass and shade a minute or two from home, good for a kick-around, a picnic rug, or letting small legs run themselves tired. Parks like this tend to be at their best in the early morning and after school, when locals drift in for a quick run-around rather than a planned outing. Dog rules vary from reserve to reserve across Auckland, so it pays to check the council signage at the entrance before letting a leash off. Tucked into a residential Kohimarama street, Rutherford Reserve is the kind of small, handy green space that makes an eastern bays suburb easy to live in.