• New Zealand is experiencing a decline in children's play, despite its crucial role in behavioural, physical and cognitive development. Safety concerns, a lack of public play spaces, and increased urbanisation are all contributing factors.

• The purpose of this project is to understand the key factors affecting children's play in Riccarton and to provide the Christchurch City Council (CCC) with recommendations of where a play street could best be implemented.

• Our research question is “What is limiting children's unstructured outdoor play in Riccarton and how can this be improved?”. • Literature reviews were conducted to extract existing information regarding the importance of play and its relevance in New Zealand, safety concerns, and the effectiveness of streets and greenspaces as play spaces.

• Results were gathered by conducting a mixed-method survey using Qualtrics. Subsequently, we found road safety to be the biggest concern in addition to community safety such as crime and ‘stranger’ which aligned with our research findings. Community initiatives such as play streets were identified as the best option to improve levels of play in Riccarton.

• A limitation of our project was the distribution of our survey which led to a small sample size. This resulted in the findings failing to accurately represent the population.

• Further research should seek to consult with residents of the Riccarton location of choice on the implementation of a play street. Traffic calming measures such as lower speed limits and speed bumps should be considered to promote safer streets for play.