Mini Golf in Waikato

Fun Zone in Centre Place is the wet-weather classic: 18 holes of prehistoric-themed indoor mini golf played under life-like animatronics, a woolly mammoth included, with laser tag, escape rooms and VR under the same roof.

Outdoors, Callum Brae Family Golf and Cafe in Rototuna bills itself as home to the country's only 18-hole pitch and putt, backed by a 36-hole mini putt, on-site playgrounds for both big kids and toddlers, and a proper cafe, open every day from 9am to dusk, weather permitting. Prodrive Golf at Beetham Park pairs its 18-hole mini putt with a covered driving range where ball-tracking screens turn practice into games kids actually enjoy.

Tipsy Putt on Victoria Street is the newer indoor option: nine movie-themed holes in a bar setting that still welcomes kids alongside adults. Most of its hours are evenings, so families do best on Saturday afternoons, its one daytime session; it opens Tuesday to Saturday.