I went to the Massey memorial on a Saturday afternoon. Managed to get a car park below the Memorial. I could image that on a busy public or school holiday these parks would fill up fast. The walk up to the memorial is brief, maybe ten minutes. The path is not paved all the way. The memorial itself is incredibly beautiful and makes you think of this man and also his wife and the contribution they made to New Zealand and its history especially WW1. Up towards the back of the Memorial is a dirt track that leads you up towards the WW2 anti aircraft defense bunkers that have graffiti pastured all over them, which gives it another dimension as a modern day canvas for artists. The walk to the bunkers is perhaps ten minutes so is quite brief. This area also seems to be a good spot for dog walkers.

We had not been up to the Massey Memorial since our children were smaller. We have always loved the stunning views from the Memorial itself and had wanted to go further. Today we went up to the WII anti-aircraft battery further up and enjoyed the views from higher up. We then went up to the old military road further up and looped back down to Massey Memorial. This was around 2.5 km so only a short walk. We will be back to walk the other routes in the park and link up to the top lookup and walk across to Fort Ballance and then Scorching Bay. Our kids loved climbing on the fun placements we visited so we look forward to seeing the rest. Our only criticism of the wider park is it seems to have had limited work and maintenance on the paths and beyond some pink ribbons tied to trees, very little signposting. Not up to Wellington’s normal standards, although totally meriting some promotion and investment we think.