NGUNGURU SPORTS & RECREATION CLUB
WHAT WE OFFER
Over the years, the Ngunguru Sports and Recreation Club has evolved from focusing on organised team sports to becoming a family-oriented community recreational facility. Its unique and exceptional position, both in terms of its prime location on the world renowned Tutukaka Coast, and its abundant offerings of sports and social activities, sets it apart as a key destination for local residents, plus a not to be missed destination for those holidaying or passing through. It truly is second to none.
We currently have seven independent clubs affiliated with the Complex: Golf, Bowls, Tennis, Pool, Fishing, Badminton, Indoor Bowls, and Football.
In 2018, Coastal Fitness gym opened on-site, and in 2020, we launched the first phase of the Youth Activity Zone, which includes a skate park.
Our popular Estuary Restaurant offers an impressive menu that caters to all tastes, ensuring there’s something for everyone; and the welcoming atmosphere of our Sandspit Bar enhances your experience at the club, providing a family friendly space for relaxation and connection.
Additionally, we provide a hall for hire, ideal for all your functions and social gatherings and we host a variety of community events that promote fun and engagement for all ages.
Stay informed by checking our event page here, following us on Facebook or coming into the club and chatting with our friendly staff.
CONTACT DETAILS
Ngunguru Sports & Recreation Club
The Complex is open 7 days.
Office Hours:
Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri:
8:30am - 5:00pm
Wednesdays: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Restaurant Hours: Wed - Sun 5:30pm - 8:30pm
For bookings please phone: 021 0240 1732
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Bar Hours: The bar is open 7 days from 3:30pm.

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OUR HISTORY
The Club has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a boggy farm paddock in the late 1970s. The paddock was leased as a playing ground for the local rugby team, formed in 1975. The first Club committee, formed in 1979, took over the lease of the land and began the transformation of the facility into what it is today. The rugby club room, now the tractor shed on the far side of the playing field, was the first building owned by the Club.
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Then over some four years of patient endeavour by the whole community, the sports ground was developed into a facility suitable for competitive sport. The official opening of the sports ground took place on 20 March 1982, a gala day whose highlight was a special rugby match between the Northland Vikings (a virtual Northland side) and a star-studded Ngunguru Invitation side which included three former All Blacks.
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The land next to the Club became available for a golf course in 1988, and from February 1989 there followed months of furiously intensive work, as local contractors and volunteers shaped the bare land into fairways, tees and greens. Incredibly, only nine months later the 9-hole golf course had its official opening.
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For the next ten years, the Club expanded its focus by constructing new buildings and encouraging a wider variety of sports and activities. By 1990 rugby had disappeared from the list of activities on offer, but the Club fielded a men’s cricket team from 1984 until 1989. In March 1992 the Northern Advocate reported that ‘Many Sporting Clubs Share the Ngunguru Club's Umbrella.’ By then, badminton was well established, the Bowling Club had come into being in 1985, the Tennis Club in 1990.

Rugby Match 1982

Shaping of the Golf Course in 1989

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