{"id":263537,"date":"2026-02-02T06:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/263537\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:04:09","slug":"seven-people-injured-in-two-car-crash-in-north-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/263537\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven people injured in two-car crash in north Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JTTWKZ_Media_25_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"whangapar\u0101oa crash\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe crash happened on the arterial route of Whangapar\u0101oa Rd.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ\/Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p>Seven people, including pedestrians, have been injured after two cars collided in north Auckland&#8217;s Whangapar\u0101oa Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said the crash happened on the arterial route of Whangapar\u0101oa Road, Manly, just before 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said people have received minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JTTWKZ_Media_22_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"whangapar\u0101oa crash 2\/2\/26\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPedestrians were hit in the crash.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ\/Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p>Two Fire and Emergency crews were called to the scene. FENZ shift manager Paul Radden said on arrival, firefighters saw a crash involving pedestrians and two cars.<\/p>\n<p>One crew has since left, and one remained in attendance working alongside St John and the police.<\/p>\n<p>The road is closed while the scene is cleared.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JTTY4O_Whangaparaoa_Road_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"698\" alt=\"Whangapar\u0101oa Road.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nWhangapar\u0101oa Road.<br \/>\nPhoto: Google Maps\n<\/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 daily newsletter<\/a> curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crash happened on the arterial route of Whangapar\u0101oa Rd. Photo: RNZ\/Nick Monro Seven people, including pedestrians, have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263538,"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-263537","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\/263537","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=263537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}