Tirotai Reserve is a small neighbourhood park at 6 Tirotai Crescent in Westmere, Auckland, rated 4.2 on Google and listed on Auckland Council's parks site.
Parks of this kind do a quiet, practical job: open grass for a kick-about, trees for shade, and room for children and dogs to burn off energy. Suburban reserves like this are the ones locals use daily, while the big destination parks take the weekend crowds. It pays to read the signs at the gate, because dog access rules differ from reserve to reserve. Mowing keeps the grass reasonable through a wet Auckland winter, though the ground can stay soft underfoot for a day or two after heavy rain. If you need more than grass — a playground, courts, toilets — check the council's page for the park before setting out.
For the streets around Tirotai Crescent, this is the kind of handy green pocket that makes Westmere such an easy place to live.