{"id":367618,"date":"2026-04-07T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367618\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:42:09","slug":"crew-member-missing-after-going-overboard-from-mariner-trawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367618\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew member missing after going overboard from Mariner trawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"A man was knocked overboard from a New Zealand fishing boat approximately 215 nautical miles east of the Auckland Islands.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A man was knocked overboard from a New Zealand fishing boat approximately 215 nautical miles east of the Auckland Islands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jfCtLXHy\" style=\"display:none\">TAIC\u2019s chief investigator of accidents, Louise Cook, said investigators would travel to Bluff to gather evidence and interview the vessel\u2019s crew and officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jfCtLXHy\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur initial focus is on evidence that could disappear or change, including recollections that are fresh in people\u2019s minds.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"jfCtLXHy\" style=\"display:none\">Investigators will also examine the vessel\u2019s fishing operation, as well as the design, history, performance, maintenance and equipment on board, Cook said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jfCtLXHy\" style=\"display:none\">The commission said its investigations are focused on improving transport safety and \u201cavoiding repeat accidents\u201d, rather than assigning blame. <\/p>\n<p class=\"jfCtLXHy\" style=\"display:none\">TAIC said it typically opened an inquiry when it believed the circumstances of an incident could have \u201csignificant implications for transport safety\u201d or may lead to safety recommendations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was knocked overboard from a New Zealand fishing boat approximately 215 nautical miles east of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,24752,682,14900,3087,71,22220,5503,5836,192790,1329,6501,111,43,139,11550,69,17091,10715,192791,35146],"class_list":{"0":"post-367618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-ago","10":"tag-being","11":"tag-crew","12":"tag-fishing","13":"tag-from","14":"tag-going","15":"tag-knocked","16":"tag-lost","17":"tag-mariner","18":"tag-member","19":"tag-missing","20":"tag-new-zealand","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-newzealand","23":"tag-nights","24":"tag-nz","25":"tag-overboard","26":"tag-remains","27":"tag-trawler","28":"tag-vessel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367618","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=367618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}