Thomas Park

This reserve is 0.2026 hectares in size. It is located on the corner of Anderson Street and Moorhouse Street in the central area of Morrinsville. The reserve is bounded to the north by residential property, to the south by Anderson Street, to the east by Moorhouse Street and to the west by commercial property. Thomas Park consists of a flat grassed area and features a playground with various structures, a public toilet block, picnic tables, park benches, garage, Plunket rooms, and border gardens that were established in 1996 as a safety barrier. There are also several mature trees on site that provide shade these include Platanusorientalis, Liquidamber spp, as well as some smaller trees Meliaazedarach and Podocarpus totara. The Operative District Plan identifies the site as a Reserve in the Residential Zone.  Furthermore the Liquidamber, Platanus and Podocarpus trees are identified as significant trees (register no. 125). History In 1931 Margaret Thomas donated the Park to Morrinsville and named it in the memory of her late husband James Thomas who was the Piako County Council Chairman from 1914 to 1920 and a long serving Councillor on the Morrinsville Borough Council and Piako County Council. Plunket Rooms Plunket rooms are currently located in the south western corner of the site.