The installations have been designed and built by local skate legend Kyle O’Regan from Tiki Construction, with costs estimated to be under $10,000.
Max Olijnyk from the Wellington Skateboarding Association has been skating for 33 years and says it's really exciting to work with the Council to make Wellington a more skate-friendly city.
“Skateboarding is a fun and creative activity for an ever-broadening demographic, both for participants and spectators.
“It's great that the Council has collaborated with the skate community to produce these obstacles and set them up in prominent public spaces – it's something we never would have imagined possible 10 years ago.
“We hope this campaign leads to more collaboration and integration of skateboarding in Pōneke, as well as upgrades to our existing facilities.”
There is a revamped skatepark as part of the upgrade at Pukehuia Park, formally Newlands Park.
Tawa skatepark was upgraded last year as the first skatepark to be redone out of the Council work programme which was short-listed for the Sport New Zealand Community Impact Award.
A Destination Skatepark in Kilbirnie is also in the works with skatepark specialist company CONVIC confirmed as designers, and design consultation in progress.
The pop-up skate spots will be available for public use throughout the campaign from 26 March until early May 2024.
For more information check out wcc.govt.nz/weskateponeke