{"id":608325,"date":"2026-09-22T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/608325\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:30:14","slug":"long-standing-tararua-councillor-peter-johns-dies-in-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/608325\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-standing Tararua councillor Peter Johns dies in accident"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cHe was excited for the future of Woodville and its potential to grow following the opening of the Te Ahu a Turanga\u2013Manawat\u016b Tararua Highway and the proposed district plan. <\/p>\n
Tararua District Councillor Peter Johns was passionate about his community.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was deeply invested in the future of the district and worked tirelessly to help move Tararua forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Scott Gilmore said Johns\u2019 death was a great loss for the council and the Tararua community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are devastated by our loss. Peter has become much more than a valued colleague, he was also a good friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter cared deeply about his community and the people he represented. He brought passion, conviction and a genuine desire to make Tararua a better place.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also had a wonderful sense of humour and was a pleasure to be around. <\/p>\n
\u201cCouncil meetings will not feel the same without him. He will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter devoted many years of service to this district and leaves behind a lasting legacy. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arrangements for Johns\u2019 farewell would be communicated in due course. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe was excited for the future of Woodville and its potential to grow following the opening of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,16772,5205,38290,6179,7126,7557,78,44011,33450,15973,1956,111,43,139,69,5413,3240,312,1240,49954,29421,19791],"class_list":["post-608325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accident","tag-character","tag-council","tag-councillor","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-district","tag-in","tag-johns","tag-known","tag-longstanding","tag-mind","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-peter","tag-recently","tag-says","tag-south","tag-speaking","tag-tararua","tag-ward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608325","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=608325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}