Ahimate Park News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Work starts to recreate a culturally significant watchtower over the Manawatū River.

Since the accident, Katie hadn't spent an entire week at school due to frequent doctor appointments and lingering pain. Sometimes she attended school just to practice with the band. Every year, the Palmerston North City Council removes wood from the Manawatū River to reduce the risk of flooding, which is then burnt in bonfires at Ahimate Park to mark Kōanga with Rangitāne. WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Katie Brunn fell in an unmarked and unfenced firepit. She needed to apply ointment to her burns 3 times a day. The accident happened in February on a dying bonfire created by members of the public...

WARWICK SMITH/Stuff The Palmerston North City Council removes wood from the Manawatū River to reduce the risk of flooding – and each spring that wood is burnt in bonfires at Ahimate Park. Katie said the only sign the pile of sticks she decided to play around was a cooling bonfire, was the smell of burnt wood in the air. “But the park always smells like that [at this time of year].” The Palmerston North City Council removes wood from the Manawatū River to reduce the risk of flooding – and each year that wood is burnt in bonfires at Ahimate Park to mark Kōanga with Rangitāne.