{"id":215406,"date":"2026-01-03T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215406\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:32:10","slug":"two-dead-after-fatal-drownings-on-northland-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215406\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead after fatal drownings on Northland beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"R\u0101hui<\/p>\n

\nR\u0101hui from the Glinks Gully entrance to Mahuta Gap
\nPhoto: Police\n<\/p>\n

Two people drowned at Ripir\u014d Beach, between Mahuta Gap and Glinks Gully, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Police were called about 6.50pm to reports two men could be seen struggling in the water.<\/p>\n

Police and other emergency services responded immediately, and the men were pulled from the water unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) confirmed surf lifeguards responded to an incident at Glinks Gully.<\/p>\n

Police had informed SLSNZ of two people caught in a rip, 300m north of the access way at Glinks Gully, approximately 17km south of the Baylys Beach patrolled area.<\/p>\n

The first surf lifeguards to arrive at the scene launched an inflatable rescue boat and located both people, who were in the water and unresponsive.<\/p>\n

They returned them to the beach to commence CPR, however resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

The deaths have been referred to the coroner and local iwi have placed a r\u0101hui on the area, until 7pm Monday 5 January.<\/p>\n

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":"R\u0101hui from the Glinks Gully entrance to Mahuta Gap Photo: Police Two people drowned at Ripir\u014d Beach, between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215407,"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-215406","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\/215406","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=215406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}