{"id":413518,"date":"2026-05-05T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/413518\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:56:10","slug":"two-people-knocked-off-dirt-bikes-one-fatally-in-northland-probe-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/413518\/","title":{"rendered":"Two people knocked off dirt bikes \u2013 one fatally \u2013 in Northland, probe launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">One person has died and another has been seriously injured after an incident involving two dirt bikes in Northland overnight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police were called to Ngapipito Rd near Kaikohe following reports of a serious incident just after 11pm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;One person was located deceased at the scene,&#8221; a police spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Officers believed two people were knocked off their dirt bikes: one on Ngapipito Rd, Kaikohe and the other on Tana Rd, Moerewa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The second rider has been transported to hospital with serious injuries,&#8221; police said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-distance-between-ngapipito-rd-kaikohe-and-tana-rd-moerew-WMARGO4TO5GLZNO7JYFLJQWR3A.jpg\" alt=\"The distance between Ngapipito Rd, Kaikohe and Tana Rd, Moerewa was less than 4km by road.\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">The distance between Ngapipito Rd, Kaikohe and Tana Rd, Moerewa was less than 4km by road. (Source: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Investigations were now underway to determine the circumstances of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Ngapipito Rd was closed between Mangakahia Rd (SH15) and the intersection of Tana Road, Moerewa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The road was expected to remain closed for some time, and motorists were advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Anyone with information regarding this incident was urged to contact police through 105 online or by phone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person has died and another has been seriously injured after an incident involving two dirt bikes in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-413518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413518","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=413518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}