{"id":557826,"date":"2026-08-03T16:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557826\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:03:09","slug":"man-found-dead-on-palmerston-north-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557826\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead on Palmerston North property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating after a man was found dead at a property in Palmerston North this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to property on Wilson Cres in Highbury around 11.30am, where a man was found unresponsive, Inspector Phil Ward said.<\/p>\n<p>Police alerted ambulance and immediately commenced first aid. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, this was unsuccessful, and the man was confirmed deceased a short time later,&#8221; Ward said.<\/p>\n<p>Enquiries were underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>A scene examination was completed and cordons on Wilson Cres were stood down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police will continue to maintain a visible presence in the area in the coming days,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no risk to the public following this incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including another earthquake wakes thousands, a Kiwi runner sets an ultramarathon record, and the lucky escape for a New York scooter rider. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating after a man was found dead at a property in Palmerston North this morning. Emergency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,31044,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-557826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-manawatu-wanganui","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557826","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=557826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}