{"id":485818,"date":"2026-06-19T18:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485818\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:36:14","slug":"fisherman-missing-off-taharoa-coast-search-underway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485818\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisherman missing off Taharoa coast, search underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">His belongings were found \u201cnear his usual fishing spot\u201d on Paparoa Rock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe believe Dilane was fishing alone, and we are not searching for anyone else at this stage,\u201d Van Dongen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cA search and rescue operation is underway in the area, including the Police Eagle and the use of a drone, with the assistance of Land Search and Rescue and Auckland Coastguard Air Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe Taharoa community can expect to see an increased police presence during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Paparoa Rock is a remote spot near the Taharoa Iron Sands Mine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">It is only accessible by rough farm tracks or beach access through the Sands Mine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Police ask the public not to engage in any search activities themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Any information on Dilane\u2019s whereabouts or other information that could assist in police\u2019s search can be provided by calling 111 and referencing file number 260619\/4179.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His belongings were found \u201cnear his usual fishing spot\u201d on Paparoa Rock. \u201cWe believe Dilane was fishing alone,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,1558,11586,12513,19630,3087,71,42,1345,1743,6501,3180,43,6662,17286,8527,1527,1870,243241,40,38,41,39,86465,58455],"class_list":["post-485818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-after","tag-been","tag-coast","tag-failed","tag-fisherman","tag-fishing","tag-from","tag-headlines","tag-home","tag-launched","tag-missing","tag-near","tag-news","tag-off","tag-operation","tag-rescue","tag-return","tag-search","tag-taharoa","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-torohanga","tag-underway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485818","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=485818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}