{"id":248849,"date":"2026-01-24T02:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/248849\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:17:10","slug":"homicide-investigation-launched-after-womans-death-in-clutha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/248849\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide investigation launched after woman\u2019s death in Clutha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4LDWYGN_MicrosoftTeams_image_55_png\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Police in Wellington. Generic image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver\n<\/p>\n<p>Police have launched a homicide investigation following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/584844\/person-found-dead-another-in-critical-condition-after-serious-incident-in-clutha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the death of a woman<\/a> in the Clutha settlement of Crichton, while another person remains in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to a property on Adams Flat Road at about 6.10pm on Friday, after reports of a &#8220;serious incident&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUC6JS_adams_flat_road_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"605\" alt=\"A map showing Adams Flat Road in Clutha.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nOne person is dead and another seriously injured after an incident on Adams Flat Road.<br \/>\nPhoto: Google Maps\n<\/p>\n<p>Detective Sergeant Hayden Smale said a woman died at the scene, while a man was taken to hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>A scene guard remains in place at the address as police conduct a scene examination.<\/p>\n<p>Police said there is not believed to be any risk to the public, but residents can expect an increased police presence in the Crichton area.<\/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":"Photo: RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a woman in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-248849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248849","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=248849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}