{"id":474132,"date":"2026-06-12T18:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474132\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:19:12","slug":"concerns-raised-after-unmanned-dinghy-found-at-doubtless-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474132\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns raised after unmanned dinghy found at Doubtless Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4JN52JL_dingy_1_jpeg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"The dinghy was found at Hihi Beach on Thursday 11 June.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe dinghy was unattended when found.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>An unmanned dinghy found at a beach in the Far North is causing concern.<\/p>\n<p>Police are appealing for information about the two-metre, light blue boat found at Hihi Beach at Doubtless Bay.<\/p>\n<p>It was found at 5pm, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4JN52ME_dingy_2_jpeg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"The dinghy was found at Hihi Beach on Thursday 11 June.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nA fishing net with floats, three freshly caught fish, a loose seat cushion and a wooden bench seat were located inside.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>It has a fishing net with floats, three freshly caught fish, a loose seat cushion and a wooden bench seat inside.<\/p>\n<p>Police say it appears the dinghy was in use and need to rule out it being linked to anyone missing or in distress.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4JN52J1_dingy_3_jpeg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"The dinghy was found at Hihi Beach on Thursday 11 June.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe dinghy was found at Hihi Beach.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>They want to identify the owner or the boat&#8217;s recent movements and are asking anyone who recognises it to get in touch.<\/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>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dinghy was unattended when found. Photo: Supplied \/ Police An unmanned dinghy found at a beach in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474133,"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":["post-474132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474132","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=474132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}