{"id":537223,"date":"2026-07-21T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/537223\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:29:10","slug":"residents-evacuated-after-reports-of-metallic-chemical-smell-in-waikato-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/537223\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents evacuated after reports of \u2018metallic\u2019 chemical smell in Waikato &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOLXNFRklkZEVLdEQteW1TaTBsSUljVFVaOWcyLU9zbmxmZzRJQ2tGVlNNY25uLXVHd2kxazlwQ0M1YkN0OF9JQi1KMFJiSldhU2xTa2tmZWNaX2xvLV9nb2tPZDdqNjU2VDYtQ2t2M2NSRUxGMlY5MHRMcEc5X2NMSWQzMUlTaE16dkZoaW1IdHQzM1AxbFI5Q094Mll3UXFxZ3dqVVE1aw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Residents evacuated after reports of \u2018metallic\u2019 chemical smell in Waikato<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPbXpoaHdmY0xqQWctZ0VrU1dRaUZpcURWX3puQkdSd0FQZkQtbUNYZ0VheWN3VW9pU09NR0Z4RkJqRVM3VWtIbldMQkliTVVNOXlIOGd6R1JYbjdqai10VXF0MlhtaXRKTEJRYnBXQmJGd3R3ampsNVhBQWxMYl9iMHR6THFIaF9iTm44UHFJR0hDVngxcEJKaksxMGJEN3FocUZoeTlXcWRJdmR1UWxWZTdYZmJuSDV1LU5rYnFua3BnRmRlbnBvM2FJZ3Q5OS0yUFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Odour of fuel&#8217; triggers Waikato evacuations, nearby residents told to stay inside<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNNmg5XzdQX29IS2RzRjBleEpjTjVFZG1SLXRyRkdWQTMzQktCUnNtX2xtT1UyN3NNLUtmZndOVklhblkzbWNlZWNvR2Q1bHBCNzZpaGw0LWQxSVItT2JLdHJZSGFhbnFrb1MxWjhQUzVaUXRVZS1MZWo1YmFqV2k4S1ZlN0psYU5RbkxUVkJaSVVBeHNWendhM0ZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Evacuations in T\u016b\u0101kau after &#8216;unknown chemical&#8217; enters drains<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxONEh5MVhhV2psR011Q2tDYW1fRGM4Z3pSSTVjQ2RCbnI0ZXdfVnpTSl9Od2NOVjdiYjgzZ1VkTTVmZlpVanZ0Njd6Q2dyVTNzSzg3NktiTldMMDQwcmhYRUNRb1BGaVktckc4eXpmV0JGVXB6NlZzQkExb0E5aFpISzVfbXRySTIwdEJJYkdZTk5ydTRiaXEtZzZxYk40UGFQOWtkOGFPTVh2aExRQTV2ZTczMkxDMnoz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tuakau residents evacuated after hazardous chemical enters drains<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPWlo5Q0ZPUFQwdzU3c0NBTzIwU1NFdGJySER2OTN5dE52YlNyMC1hbE5xNWUxaWd4eHNwaFJ4Q1IzUEMwZUt0RS1pbUlmWDF4QXlIYnlqeTdWMTg3alhyVmxBRGZNckpfeWR3dW1XMGpYc282RVhyR2MtWTFIWEFMRHNWRXZpQUVCWExtd2NzdkVYZkNGWExfU1Utd1FSWGE4ZEZ0dEVPTXRBZTMxbWhsRjRsZ2dPLU9JWFhhUUVoZEhYbnlvUUxZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Stay away&#8217;: Evacuation after mystery chemical found near Waikato water plant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents evacuated after reports of \u2018metallic\u2019 chemical smell in Waikato&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff&#8216;Odour of fuel&#8217; triggers Waikato evacuations, nearby residents told&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1763,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-537223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-article","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537223","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=537223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}