{"id":245881,"date":"2026-01-22T09:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/245881\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:27:09","slug":"new-zealand-landslides-wreak-havoc-and-leave-two-dead-and-several-missing-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/245881\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand landslides wreak havoc and leave two dead and several missing &#8211; live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand &#8216;heavy with grief&#8217; prime minister sayspublished at 08:53 GMT<\/p>\n<p>08:53 GMT<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at the announcement of the new govenment in New Zealand, in the Banquet Hall of the Parliament Buildings in Wellington, New Zealand, 24 November 2023.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c1f5e1d1-a39c-4ba0-9b25-f7103bbbce72.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">New Zealand&#8217;s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says that the country is &#8220;heavy with grief&#8221; after the &#8220;profound tragedy&#8221; of the recent weather. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rescue efforts are continuing and the government will stand with affected communities, Luxon adds in a statement shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The weather events of the past 48 hours have been a profound tragedy, claiming lives and devastating livelihoods,&#8221; he writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Luxon leads tributes for &#8220;the families who have lost loved ones, and with those whose family members remain unaccounted for&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These losses are deeply shattering, and New Zealand is heavy with grief,&#8221; he adds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He goes on to commend efforts by first responders, adding that &#8220;amid this tragedy, we have once again seen the very best of New Zealand&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand &#8216;heavy with grief&#8217; prime minister sayspublished at 08:53 GMT 08:53 GMT Image source, EPA New Zealand&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-245881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245881","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=245881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}