{"id":387680,"date":"2026-04-19T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/387680\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:58:10","slug":"woman-and-children-believed-killed-in-hastings-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/387680\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman and children believed killed in Hastings incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4JPXEST_Media_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"591\" alt=\"A homicide investigation has been launched, after the death of three people in Hastings.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPolice outside the Avenue Road East property in Hastings, on Sunday.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Anusha Bradley\n<\/p>\n<p>Two children and a woman have died following an incident at a property in Hastings, RNZ understands.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understood a man is in hospital in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/crime-and-justice\/592787\/police-launch-homicide-investigation-after-three-people-killed-in-hastings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">homicide investigation was launched<\/a> after emergency services were called to the Avenue Road East property, about 6am Sunday, after reports of several people being seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Martin James said on arrival one person was found dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two others were found to be in a critical condition and one in a serious condition, and were transported to Hastings Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, both critical parties have now also died.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you know more? Email  sam.sherwood@rnz.co.nz<\/p>\n<p>James said a homicide investigation had been launched, and a scene examination was under way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police appreciate this is a distressing incident that will no doubt be concerning to nearby residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to reassure the community that this was an isolated incident, contained to this specific group of people, and there is no risk to the wider public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4JPXEST_Media_1_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"591\" alt=\"A homicide investigation has been launched, after the death of three people in Hastings.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Anusha Bradley\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":"Police outside the Avenue Road East property in Hastings, on Sunday. Photo: RNZ \/ Anusha Bradley Two children&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386591,"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-387680","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\/387680","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=387680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}