{{Short description|Recreational reserve in Levin, New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Levin Domain | nickname = | country = New Zealand | image = | caption = | location = Levin, New Zealand | establishment = | seating_capacity = | end1 = | end2 = | club1 = Central Districts | year1 = 1985–1995 | international = yes | firstwodidate = 20 January | firstwodiyear = 1994 | firstwodihome = New Zealand | firstwodiaway = Australia | lastwodidate = 16 February | lastwodiyear = 1995 | lastwodihome = Australia | lastwodiaway = India | date = 1 September | year = 2020 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/1436.html Ground profile }}
'''Levin Domain''', also known as '''Courtesy Domain''', is a recreational reserve in Levin, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Situated on Bath Street, it is about 200 metres from Levin's main street, Oxford Street. It includes the district's main rugby union ground, and it is also home to the Levin tennis and squash clubs, and the Laurie Roberts Velodrome. It also includes small areas of parkland. It was formerly also a cricket ground.<ref name=LDO>{{cite news |title=Levin Domain Open To Public From Dawn To Dusk |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2507/S00006/levin-domain-open-to-public-from-dawn-to-dusk-1-july-2025.htm |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=Scoop |date=1 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Levin Domain |url=https://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/CommunityPlaces/Halls-Recreation-Sport/Parks-Reserves-Recreation/Levin-Domain-Levin |website=Horowhenua District Council |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
Rugby union has been played at Levin Domain since 1908.<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Untitled] |journal=Manawatu Times |date=8 May 1908 |page=4 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19080508.2.14}}</ref> It is the headquarters and home ground of the Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Football Union. They compete in the Heartland Championship.
The first major cricket match held on the ground came in 1966 when Horowhenua played Southern Hawke's Bay in the 1965/66 Hawke Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/1436_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Levin Domain|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 November 2011}}</ref> List A cricket was first played there in 1985 when Central Districts played Auckland in the 1984/85 Shell Cup. The ground held seven further List A matches, the last of which came during the 1995/96 season when Central Districts played Northern Districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/1436_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Hutt Recreation Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 November 2011}}</ref> Three first-class matches have been played there, with Central Districts playing Canterbury in the 1985/86 Shell Trophy and Wellington in the 1986/87 and 1987/88 Shell Trophy seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/1436_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Levin Domain|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 November 2011}}</ref> Two Women's One Day Internationals have held there: New Zealand played Australia in January 1994, and Australia played India in the 1994–95 New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/1436_wo.html|title=Women's One-Day International Matches played on Levin Domain|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 November 2011}}</ref> The headquarters of cricket in Levin are now at Donnelly Park.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.horowhenuakapiticricket.com/contact-1| title = Our Office| publisher = HKC| access-date =1 July 2025}}</ref>
In July 2025 the Horowhenua District Council opened Levin Domain to the public during daylight hours as part of an effort to reinvigorate the town centre.<ref name=LDO/>
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==External links== * [https://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/CommunityPlaces/Halls-Recreation-Sport/Parks-Reserves-Recreation/Levin-Domain-Levin Levin Domain] at Horowhenua District website
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Category:Cricket grounds in New Zealand Category:Rugby union stadiums in New Zealand Category:Sports venues in Manawatū-Whanganui Category:Levin, New Zealand