Sir Woolf Fisher Park is a public park in Mount Wellington, Auckland, and holds a 4.2 Google rating. A good suburban park is a neighbourhood's shared backyard: somewhere for a morning walk, a dog run, kicking a ball or ten quiet minutes on a bench. Auckland's parks are generally open to everyone at no charge, though dog rules vary from park to park, so check the signs at the gate — on-lead and off-lead areas are not the same everywhere. Regulars learn the rhythm of their patch: which paths drain best after rain, where the shade sits in the afternoon, and when sports or school groups take over the grass. It pays to visit once at the hour you'd actually come, to see how busy it gets. For Mount Wellington locals wanting everyday green space close to home, this park — carrying the name of the Auckland businessman and philanthropist Sir Woolf Fisher — is the obvious local patch.