{"id":260723,"date":"2026-01-31T08:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/260723\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:54:09","slug":"army-bomb-squad-called-to-auckland-beach-after-dangerous-device-spotted-in-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/260723\/","title":{"rendered":"Army bomb squad called to Auckland beach after dangerous device spotted in water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Members of the NZDF responded to the scene, at Okoromai Bay, on the Whangapar\u0101oa Peninsula, in Auckland early this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAfter establishing a cordon around the beach at Okoromai Bay to prevent public access, the NZDF Explosive Ordnance Disposal team destroyed the item via a controlled demolition,\u201d a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOnce the item was deemed safe, the cordon was lifted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Local resident Lee Durham, whose home overlooks the bay, said they were preparing dinner shortly before 6pm when an explosion went off.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A resident near Okoromai Bay, Auckland, said their house shook after an explosion just before 6pm. Image \/ Google\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A resident near Okoromai Bay, Auckland, said their house shook after an explosion just before 6pm. Image \/ Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt shook our house and we were in a bit of a shock. We looked out and there was a big cloud of smoke going up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI immediately called Fire and Emergency. I drove down to see if I could offer any help, but there was Police and Army [personnel] there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">He said it appeared that it was a controlled detonation, so knew it was all okay, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">The NZDF encouraged anyone who finds similar items to contact the Police or Coast Guard immediately to ensure they can be disposed of safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the NZDF responded to the scene, at Okoromai Bay, on the Whangapar\u0101oa Peninsula, in Auckland early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,8227,149663,51,7972,1556,1559,8452,8696,44192,1874,78,111,43,139,69,36200,9636,1557,61,376],"class_list":["post-260723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-army","tag-armys","tag-auckland","tag-beach","tag-bomb","tag-called","tag-dangerous","tag-device","tag-floating","tag-found","tag-in","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-potentially","tag-spotted","tag-squad","tag-to","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260723","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=260723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}