{"id":441475,"date":"2026-05-23T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/441475\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:46:11","slug":"whakatane-rescue-six-saved-from-rocks-after-bar-crossing-boat-capsize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/441475\/","title":{"rendered":"Whakat\u0101ne rescue: Six saved from rocks after bar crossing boat capsize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coastguard praised the \u201cswift actions\u201d of the member of the public who raised the alarm, particularly in low-light conditions.<\/p>\n

They have advised all boaties to log a bar crossing report before setting sail and to ensure they close it on landing. This allows Coastguard to monitor the trip and quickly respond if a boat fails to return.<\/p>\n

The rescue came just a day after a tragedy in Whakat\u0101ne waters, where a missing diver was later found dead following an extensive search effort<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Coastguard volunteers assisted police in the rescue effort, trawling the area near Sugarloaf Rocks after emergency services were notified of a person in distress.<\/p>\n

The search was suspended overnight and resumed overnight, with the diver tragically being recovered earlier today.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed this afternoon that a body had been located<\/a> near the Whakat\u0101ne River entrance at 9am. <\/p>\n

\u201cPolice are providing the necessary support to the diver\u2019s family and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coastguard praised the \u201cswift actions\u201d of the member of the public who raised the alarm, particularly in low-light…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,225351,17181,1558,5532,58458,58461,48054,71,305,3180,111,43,139,69,384,8527,18560,4204,17162,4739,165,2240],"class_list":["post-441475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-aground","tag-bar","tag-been","tag-boat","tag-capsize","tag-capsized","tag-crossing","tag-from","tag-have","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-people","tag-rescue","tag-rescued","tag-rocks","tag-saved","tag-six","tag-their","tag-whakatne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441475","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=441475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}