 There is also access to the Stairway of Tāne (Te Arapiki-a-Tāne), steps cut into the former Anzac Cliffs, now collapsed into a slope.Aokautere is a part of the Ashhurst-Fitzherbert Ward in the Palmerston North City Council, alongside Linton and Turitea.Prior to 1996, Aokautere was part of the Manawatu electorate.