Sports Fields Reserves are designed and used for sports and recreation and are often multi-use, providing a range of community activities and facilities.

They are likely to have formally maintained sports turf for a mixture of winter and/or summer sport. The sports turf areas are maintained to an appropriate standard for the sport code use. It may accommodate hard court and built recreation facilities.

Some parks may have recreation facilities such as playgrounds, and other facilities serving a local neighborhood and community function creating a multifunction park with a wide range of activities occurring. Some parks may be entirely leased for sports or recreational activity.

With the recent development of the Southland Sports Fields Strategy in 2023, Invercargill City Council (ICC) has the opportunity to investigate recommendations made through the Strategy and use the Strategy to inform the management plan objective and policies.

ICC requires a suitably qualified consultant to review/develop the 2014 Sports Fields Reserves Omnibus Management Plan for the next ten years.