One person is suffering injuries after a bouncy castle blew away at a New Year's Eve celebration in Matua's Fergusson Park.
SunLive received numerous reports of an increased presence of emergency services in the area shortly after the incident.
"Police received a report of a bouncy castle blowing away at Fergusson Park at 7.42pm," says a police spokesperson.
"One person appears to have sustained injuries."
A Tauranga City Council spokesperson says as a precaution, all inflatable devices were closed at all the community events "as soon as we were notified of the incident".
"This evening there was an incident with a bouncy castle at Fergusson Park's New Year's Eve community celebration in Matua,"says the spokesperson
"One person was taken to hospital and four people were treated by medical staff on site. "Worksafe NZ has been notified and we are also undertaking our own investigation."
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Should not have bouncy castles at Fergusson Park
Posted on 02-01-2023 10:30 | By The Sage
It is pretty well known that Fergusson Park can be extremely windy, you just have to see the amount of kite boarders who frequent it to know that. The wind there can also change in the blink of an eye. One minute calm, the next a howling gale. For that reason bouncy castles should not be permitted there. I wonder how many of the other bouncy castles that were taken down that night were on the edge of the inner harbour. None I would think. I know hindsight is a great thing but surely common sense should prevail. This could have been a whole different scenario. Time this industry was tightened up.
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