{"id":413683,"date":"2026-05-06T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/413683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:19:09","slug":"huge-bang-and-smoke-at-long-bay-beach-after-defence-force-detonates-flare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/413683\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge bang and smoke at Long Bay Beach after Defence Force detonates flare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">A plume of smoke seen rising above Long Bay Beach, Auckland&#8217;s North Shore. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">An \u201citem of concern\u201d detonated by the Defence Force was behind a loud explosion followed by a plume of smoke at a beach on Auckland\u2019s North Shore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The item of concern found at Long Bay Beach this morning was later found to be a marine marker flare. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         A New<br \/>\n         Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) spokesperson told the Herald that the Defence Force explosive ordnance disposal team responded to a police request for help.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe item was investigated and determined to be a marine marker flare, which was disposed of in a safe manner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnyone who discovers a potentially dangerous item should always exercise caution until the item is deemed safe by an expert. If you do discover something that might be dangerous, remain clear of the item and contact police as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A plume of smoke seen rising above Long Bay Beach, Auckland&#8217;s North Shore. Photo \/ Supplied An \u201citem&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,95,1975,3952,42611,1561,7972,4057,2516,1403,212658,212657,40737,16011,60044,5760,8482,1553,2190,5165,111,43,139,529,69,52480,18484,3948],"class_list":["post-413683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-and","tag-at","tag-aucklands","tag-bang","tag-bay","tag-beach","tag-behind","tag-concern","tag-defence","tag-detonated","tag-detonates","tag-explosion","tag-flare","tag-followed","tag-force","tag-huge","tag-item","tag-long","tag-loud","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-north","tag-nz","tag-plume","tag-shore","tag-smoke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413683","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=413683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}