{"id":619864,"date":"2026-10-04T00:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619864\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:08:09","slug":"opotiki-police-searching-for-two-men-who-jumped-into-otara-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619864\/","title":{"rendered":"\u014cp\u014dtiki police searching for two men who jumped into \u014ctara River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cA search and rescue operation was launched, with assistance from the Harbourmaster, Coastguard \u014cp\u014dtiki and a rescue helicopter, but the two males have not been located.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">Police search and rescue staff are continuing the search this morning and are now appealing to the public for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf you are one of these males, you know who they are, or you have any other information which may help us locate them, please get in touch,\u201d Edwards said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019re also after information about any suspicious behaviour in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur priority at this time is ensuring the males are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">Urgent information can be passed on via 111, referencing job number P067829874.<\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">Other information which may help can be reported via 105, referencing the same job number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"RteWPFVmeByCaDvyM\" style=\"display:none\">Alternatively, Crime Stoppers can be contacted, anonymously, if necessary on 0800 555 111 or Crime Stoppers New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cA search and rescue operation was launched, with assistance from the Harbourmaster, Coastguard \u014cp\u014dtiki and a rescue helicopter,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28654,9218,12513,2082,296,17095,48746,3605,111,43,139,69,23421,1562,675,669,6739,11929,28652,1324,33913,1237,1299],"class_list":["post-619864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-appealing","tag-before","tag-failed","tag-for","tag-into","tag-jumped","tag-jumping","tag-men","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-officers","tag-plenty","tag-police","tag-ptiki","tag-river","tag-searching","tag-sightings","tag-stop","tag-tara","tag-two","tag-who"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619864","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=619864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}