For one day of the week, roughly half of the year, Whangarei's Kensington Park and its surrounds are packed with kids playing sport.
It's a wonderful sight - kids exercising their hearts, lungs and legs - and not just their thumbs on a gaming machine.
Long may it continue. In this digital age we need to get out of the house, communicating and interacting in person.
What isn't healthy though is the angst that the game "find a parking space" causes parents and fans. The referee - the Whangarei District Council - has been dishing out penalties in the form of parking tickets.
This is annoying ratepayers, because they perceive that the council should be trying to resolve the problem.