{"id":229455,"date":"2026-01-12T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/229455\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:38:10","slug":"east-coast-drownings-prompt-water-safety-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/229455\/","title":{"rendered":"East Coast drownings prompt water safety warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4KJ1R9Z_Mahia_Peninsula_SUPPLIED_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"M\u0101hia Peninsula has a communication 'blackspot' for boaties where there's no cellphone or VHF Radio coverage.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nMahia Peninsula.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied\n<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public to take care in the water after two separate drownings on the North Island&#8217;s East Coast in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>A man died in the water near Wainuiorangi Road in Mahia at about 9.20pm Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday a woman was pulled from the water unresponsive near Whangara Road, Okitu at about 11.40am.<\/p>\n<p>Both deaths would be referred to the Coroner.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern District commander, Superintendent Jeanette Park, said water safety was often overlooked by most, but extremely important especially at this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the temperatures continue to soar, more people are looking to cool off in the water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re asking everybody to be aware of their surroundings and capabilities while participating in water-related activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Park said police wanted people to enjoy the weather safely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.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":"Mahia Peninsula. Photo: Supplied Police are asking the public to take care in the water after two separate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229456,"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-229455","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\/229455","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=229455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}