Paradice Ice Skating Botany

Botany · Public skating times & prices

Paradice Botany, the Blong family's second rink, opened at Botany Downs in 1999

Public skating at Paradice Ice Skating Botany: the next 7 days

Monday, 12 October

  • · Public Session

Tuesday, 13 October

  • · Public Session

Wednesday, 14 October

  • · Public Session
  • · Public Session

Thursday, 15 October

  • · Public Session
  • · Public Session

Friday, 16 October

  • · Public Session
  • · Public Session

Saturday, 17 October

  • · Public Session
  • · Public Session

Sunday, 18 October

  • · Public Session
Address
490 Ti Rakau Drive, Botany, 2013
Phone
+64 9 273 2999
Website
paradice.co.nz
The Paradice Ice Skating building on Ti Rakau Drive, Botany — Paradice Ice Skating Botany
The Paradice Ice Skating building on Ti Rakau Drive, Botany Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The ice at Paradice Ice Skating Botany under the hanging flags — Paradice Ice Skating Botany
The ice at Paradice Ice Skating Botany under the hanging flags Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

A second Olympic-size rink for Auckland, built in 1999

Paradice Botany was built in 1999 as an Olympic-sized indoor ice rink, the second for the Blong family's Paradice business and again a first for New Zealand. The family's rink business dates to the early 1970s, when farmer Ross Blong went looking for a people business and bought an ice skating rink in Glen Innes in 1974.

Their first international-size indoor arena opened in May 1981 at Avondale. By the late 1990s the second generation, heavily involved in ice sports at an international level, dreamed of a second rink, and Botany Downs was the result; the rink is described as still going strong today.

Paradice also ran Auckland's first temporary outdoor ice rink at Aotea Square in 2012, added New Zealand's first event ice slide in 2014, and has taken its temporary rinks to events across the country.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

A public skating session is NZ$23 including skate hire and helmet or NZ$18 with your own skates, and a family pass starts from NZ$73.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rentals are provided in all sizes, with helmets, which are mandatory at public sessions.

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Skating with children

Helmets or Paradice-approved safety headbands are mandatory for skaters and coaches at public sessions.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.