Carlaw Park

It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1930s, though this fell to around 17,000 by the time the ground was closed in 2002.

It was named after James Carlaw, the chairman of the Auckland Rugby League managing committee who secured the land in 1920 and developed the ground further.

[2] Herb Lunn scored the first try and Eric Grey kicked the first goal on the ground.The ground hosted the sole test match in the New Zealand leg of the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australasia.

In August 2006 the Auckland Rugby League reached an agreement to lease the property off to be developed as a retirement home.

[6] Complications over the lease of the property, the requirement for additional land to be taken from Auckland Domain, and the proximity of the heavy traffic on Stanley Street led to other options being preferred by the Government.

Carlaw Park in November 2006, in use as a carpark
Lord Bledisloe meeting the Ponsonby players before their match with Richmond on the day the new grandstand was opened on May 12, 1934.