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  •   Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry joined skate-boarders for the official opening of a new state-of-the-art skate park over the weekend

    Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry joined skate-boarders for the official opening of a new state-of-the-art skate park over the weekend


    The new facility at Avalon Park was completed late last year and has held a community activation day..

    It's name, Motutawa Skatepark, was gifted by Iwi.

    It's replaced the former Melling skate park and was funded by the NZ Transport Agency as part of the Melling transport improvements.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Accident and Emergency News
     01 Feb: Environment Canterbury says it's likely all the marine diesel fuel that was on a tourist boat which grounded yesterday outside Akaroa Heads has gone into the sea
     01 Feb: A person has died after a crash involving two vehicles on Puketutu Road in Matamata
     01 Feb: Police are packing up the recovery operation at the Mount Maunganui landslide
     01 Feb: One person has died, and another is in a serious condition, following a two-vehicle crash in Glenorchy, near Queenstown
     01 Feb: Auckland Council's put in place safety measures at a popular indoor pool complex after a man's finger was ripped off on a water slide
     01 Feb: Firefighters are continuing to dampen down a large blaze at a lodge on the outskirts of Te Anau
     01 Feb: All six campers who were buried under a landslide at the base of Mount Maunganui have now been formally identified by the Coroner
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