{"id":352064,"date":"2026-03-28T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352064\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:07:08","slug":"diggers-save-dog-trapped-in-seawall-on-aucklands-orewa-beach-with-incoming-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352064\/","title":{"rendered":"Diggers save dog trapped in seawall on Auckland\u2019s \u014crewa beach with incoming tide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"A dog was freed by fire and emergency crew after falling into a cavity in a seawall on \u014crewa Beach, Auckland. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A dog was freed by fire and emergency crew after falling into a cavity in a seawall on \u014crewa Beach, Auckland. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesman said two nearby excavators were used to help remove rocks, which freed the dog about 30 minutes after the crew arrived. <\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Another bystander said the situation became dire at one point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFor a while with the tide coming in, it seemed very futile, but in the end with persistence and a second construction vehicle to the rescue, they were able to get the dog safely to its owners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">They said it was a \u201cclose call\u201d and everyone cheered when the dog was finally freed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Onlookers said construction workers in the area, who wore high-vis vests, assisted crews in freeing the dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Lee said it was \u201creally lucky\u201d that nothing fell on to the dog when the rocks were moved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe were expecting the size of maybe something like a Shih Tzu to be pulled out, so we were surprised when rescue pulled out a medium-sized dog not dissimilar to ours.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Construction workers and a Fire and Emergency crew worked with an excavator to lift rocks and free the dog. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Construction workers and a Fire and Emergency crew worked with an excavator to lift rocks and free the dog. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Lee said the wall hasn\u2019t been on that part of the beach for that long, so she posted to Facebook to warn people of the risk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019m a teacher and always looking out for hazards \u2013 [I\u2019d] rather prevent something than say, \u2018Well, I knew but didn\u2019t bother to do a thing about it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt may be worth the council reassessing this section of the wall for risks and considering the installation of clear warning signage, such as \u2018no climbing on the rocks\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Sea walls are often used as a barrier against erosion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog was freed by fire and emergency crew after falling into a cavity in a seawall on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,3952,7972,16717,1558,40181,186412,9219,6097,14030,38403,78,53906,186413,111,43,139,69,90,43923,1629,11590,17162,120414,90879,8528,13558,102],"class_list":["post-352064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-aucklands","tag-beach","tag-becoming","tag-been","tag-cracks","tag-diggers","tag-dog","tag-down","tag-drew","tag-falling","tag-in","tag-incoming","tag-nearer","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-rewa","tag-rock","tag-save","tag-saved","tag-seawall","tag-tide","tag-trapped","tag-wall","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352064","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=352064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}