1 / 3Skate Nelson (Nelson Roller Sports Club)
📍 Tāhunanui, Nelson
Skate Nelson is a community roller skating rink in Tāhunanui run by volunteers. Roller blades and skates are available to hire. Birthday party bookings are accommodated with early access to set up. Suits all ages including first-timers.
Was last there over twenty years ago at a roller disco and remember it being awesome kids everywhere having heaps of fun. Come back for my nieces birthday party and can't believe it's still pumping. Only now it's my turn to laugh at my kids attempting to skate for the first time.
🏆 Family Action Verdict
Reviewers describe staff and volunteers as genuinely friendly and welcoming to first-timers — one family noted their 6-year-old loved it on his first visit, and that roller blades proved easier for beginners than skates. Birthday party hosts are praised for being let in early to set up at their own pace.
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💬 What Families Are Saying
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Evon “Heathen Trooper” Hoogeveen
10 months ago
“Was last there over twenty years ago at a roller disco and remember it being awesome kids everywhere having heaps of fun. Come back for my nieces birthday party and can't believe it's still pumping. Only now it's my turn to laugh at my kids attempting to skate for the first time.”
Julie Paul
3 years ago
“First time my 6yr old boy has been, he lived it. The price is affordable so great for the school holidays, the volunteers are lovely. We found using the roller blades a lot easier than skates. We will definitely be going back these holidays.”
Katrin Struben
4 years ago
“Very friendly and helpful staff (thanks Robert and Tiara). They let us in a bit earlier to set up for a birthday party, great place for a party or to just have some fun skating.”
Carl Colvill
a year ago
“A great place to let the kids have a skate and or lessons. Let the fun times begin.”
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Overview
Skate Nelson (Nelson Roller Sports Club) is a volunteer-run roller skating rink in Tāhunanui offering public skating sessions as well as birthday party hire. Skate and rollerblade rental is available on site. The club has been a fixture in the Nelson community for decades and continues to draw families during school holidays and weekends.
