{"id":520629,"date":"2026-07-11T08:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/520629\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:17:09","slug":"person-critical-after-evening-crash-south-of-waiuku-rural-road-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/520629\/","title":{"rendered":"Person critical after evening crash south of Waiuku, rural road closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WJBBNFHEO5GXLN5HCNYJJHKXTM.jpg\" alt=\"Herald Reporters\" class=\"rounded-full object-cover h-[3.4375rem] w-[3.4375rem] min-w-[3.4375rem]\" data-test-ui=\"author--details__image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">A person is in a critical condition and a road is closed after a crash south of Waiuku.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A scooter rider is in a critical condition after a crash south of Waiuku this evening, which has also closed a road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emergency services were called to a serious crash involving a car and scooter on Waiuku-Otaua Rd, between Smith Rd and Misa Rd, around 5.20pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         A police spokesperson said<br \/>\n         initial reports suggest the scooter rider has critical injuries.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">The road is expected to be closed for some time as the Serious Crash Unit examines the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200c Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now \u200c&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,2851,5201,1239,3549,11728,19555,111,43,139,69,1118,4056,1071,1314,3175,56574,1240,1961,101129,5977],"class_list":["post-520629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-also","tag-closed","tag-condition","tag-crash","tag-critical","tag-evening","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-person","tag-rider","tag-road","tag-rural","tag-scooter","tag-south","tag-this","tag-waiuku","tag-which"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520629","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=520629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}