Eastview Reserve is a playground on Eastview Road in Glen Innes, Auckland, and it holds a strong 4.7 rating on Google. A good playground does more than fill ten minutes: it gives children room to climb, swing and test themselves while the grown-ups can keep an easy eye on things from a nearby seat. In Auckland the sun is the thing to plan around — equipment can get hot to the touch by midday, so mornings and late afternoons are kinder, and a hat and water bottle earn their place in the bag. Reserve settings are useful for this, since open grass usually sits alongside the equipment for a picnic or a kick-about once the climbing is done. Set in the heart of Glen Innes, Eastview Reserve gives locals an easy outdoor stop close to home.