26 Aug 2022

Calls for Manukau Sports Bowl to be converted for athletics

From Checkpoint, 5:39 pm on 26 August 2022

An animal rights group is calling on the community to support a controversial code switch at a South Auckland race track.

The Manukau Sports bowl is currently home to greyhound racing, but the lease is up for renewal in December, clearing the way for what SAFE says is a once in a generation opportunity to convert it to an athletics track and field facility.

The bowl that was built for the 1990 Commonwealth Games is getting a spruce up, but Auckland Council is asking for feedback on whether the track should be for hounds or humans, as there's only space for one.

SAFE campaigns manager Anna de Roo talks to Lisa Owen.