Glass found inside children's slide

Broken glass believed to have come from a beer bottle was found inside a children's slide at Tauranga's waterfront playground.

Parents are advised to cast a watchful eye at Tauranga parks and reserves after glass was found inside a slide at The Strand's waterfront playground.

Tauranga City Council parks operations team leader Steve Webb said it received a complaint about the glass on Good Friday.

"There was some glass on the playground so our contractors went out and they were there for 15 to 20 minutes after getting the call," Mr Webb said.

"They found somebody smashed something like a glass bottle, like a stubbie. There was glass at the top of the slide, down the slide and in the safety surface at the bottom, so they closed that part of the playground off and cleaned it."

The playground was now open again.

Mr Webb said Tauranga did not have a problem with vandalism of city playgrounds.

Although incidents did happen "from time to time", playgrounds were checked regularly by council contractors, he said.

Mr Webb said the glass at the waterfront playground was the first incident to be reported to council.