{"id":423168,"date":"2026-05-12T02:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423168\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:06:21","slug":"whangarei-man-helps-police-with-arrest-after-rugby-tackle-on-fleeing-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423168\/","title":{"rendered":"Whang\u0101rei man helps police with arrest after rugby tackle on fleeing suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOfficers responded quickly and located the man, who fled on foot upon seeing police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">Rakete said as officers pursued the suspect towards Vine St, a member of the public at Honey\u2019s Coffee Shop became aware of the events unfolding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis member of the public has seen the alleged offender running towards him and tackled him to the ground, allowing the officers directly behind him to safely take him into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019d like to acknowledge this man\u2019s actions, his intervention prevented further damage and ensured the matter was brought under control quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile we encourage the community not to take matters into their own hands, this individual definitely came to the aid of Police and we are grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">Rakete also praised the man\u2019s tackle, adding: \u201cI also wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he gets a call up from the All Blacks after watching that tackle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOfficers responded quickly and located the man, who fled on foot upon seeing police.\u201d Rakete said as officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,14466,1558,15037,30538,34888,5812,5158,111,43,139,69,23421,90,675,13033,6327,19687,40865,2889,1869,102],"class_list":["post-423168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-arrest","tag-been","tag-fleeing","tag-helping","tag-helps","tag-make","tag-man","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-officers","tag-on","tag-police","tag-praised","tag-rugby","tag-suspect","tag-tackle","tag-tackling","tag-whangrei","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423168","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=423168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}