{"id":214115,"date":"2026-01-03T01:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214115\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:44:15","slug":"police-concerned-after-bike-left-for-a-week-at-remote-campsite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214115\/","title":{"rendered":"Police concerned after bike left for a week at remote campsite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are seeking information around the owner of a bike left abandoned for around a week at the Temple Campsite shelter near Lake \u014chau.<\/p>\n<p>The bike has been unclaimed since at least December 27. <\/p>\n<p>Otago Coastal Search and Rescue Coordinator Sergeant Matt Sheat was concerned the bike indicated a tramper or climber may have run into some trouble while in the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our concern is that the owner may be overdue from a trip or have got into trouble in the area, and we want to hear from the bike\u2019s owner, or anyone who may know who it belongs to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a-map-showing-the-temple-campsite-near-the-bike-that-was-lef-DMYL2FBU6VDSTDDRRCZH4NRMHI.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing the Temple Campsite near The bike that was left near  Lake &#x14C;hau..\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A map showing the Temple Campsite near The bike that was left near  Lake \u014chau.. (Source: NZ Police \/ Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you recognise this bike, or may have seen who left it at the Temple Campsite shelter, please contact us.&#8221; said Sheat. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information connected to the bike is encouraged to call 105 or provide information online using the reference number 260102\/2266. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are seeking information around the owner of a bike left abandoned for around a week at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[158,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-214115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}