Kennedy Reserve is a park at Kennedy Point on Waiheke Island, carrying a Google rating of 3.0.
On Waiheke, a reserve is usually a modest piece of public land — grass and a few trees above the water rather than a full destination park — so treat the small ones as a picnic stop or a leg-stretcher on a coastal walk rather than an afternoon in themselves. Facilities tend to be basic, so bring what you need, and check the signs for dog rules, which change from reserve to reserve and with the season. Regulars also know that timing matters: early morning or late afternoon beats the middle of a summer day on an island that swells with day visitors.
Set at Kennedy Point, where the vehicle ferry from Auckland docks, Kennedy Reserve makes a natural first or last stop on a day out on the island.