{"id":214493,"date":"2026-01-03T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214493\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:44:11","slug":"owner-of-abandoned-bike-left-near-lake-ohau-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214493\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner of &#8216;abandoned&#8217; bike left near Lake \u014chau identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVDZPJ_Screenshot_3_1_2026_101232_scontent_fakl1_3_fna_fbcdn_net_jpeg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"790\" alt=\"Police are concerned about the owner of a bike left near Lake \u014chau.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPolice are concerned about the owner of a bike left near Lake \u014chau.<br \/>\nPhoto: Police\/Facebook\n<\/p>\n<p>Police were concerned about the owner of a bike left near Lake \u014chau in the South Island for several days, but have since identified the owner.<\/p>\n<p>The bike had been at the Temple Campsite shelter off Lake Ohau Road since at least 27 December, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVDZPJ_Screenshot_3_1_2026_101247_scontent_fakl1_3_fna_fbcdn_net_jpeg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"777\" alt=\"The bike was left at the Temple Campsite shelter off Lake Ohau Road\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe bike was left at the Temple Campsite shelter off Lake Ohau Road<br \/>\nPhoto: Police\/Facebook\n<\/p>\n<p>Otago coastal search and rescue coordinator Sergeant Matt Sheat earlier said the bike may have been left by a tramper or climber.<\/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&#8217;s owner, or anyone who may know who it belongs to,&#8221; Sheat said.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Saturday, police said they had identified the owner and were no longer seeking information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rnz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are concerned about the owner of a bike left near Lake \u014chau. Photo: Police\/Facebook Police were concerned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-214493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214493","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=214493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}