{"id":623767,"date":"2026-10-07T22:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/623767\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:52:26","slug":"former-abc-newsreader-richard-morecroft-dies-aged-70-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/623767\/","title":{"rendered":"Former ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft dies aged 70 &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNbWVIb3c0UTNlRkktamI4a2NXWnkyU0E5amptVU9yWlNCOEtVbGd3TjU1TGxjdW8weTl1SzFRdWJVWjRDaVhVaTllV3NWM1h0aUg3YnJ4YkJ1cDVlOFpxQ2hBZ1YwUEE1RzJfSzhlTHpPVlo3ZkR2V0VlcFJ4eXNvdnNMbnZfellIei1CQVlYRDdnbHEzeHRBUS1odE43UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft dies aged 70<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPZ1N6czVQeW96NUxDMkI0R2psSWhmZmhucW82eUFmbkg5WjNEM05zdWxhT214MGV3cDBtRTNza2F6YVo2eVM3ako1RjE2UHJOQV9sWDYwSGZoYTlXTUpQMFFKUGx1bVlIay1DOGR6aDdFWS1ld21zbGhnUXA5Y21OanlNRHJ2MmNleFZValFZaUcwUHJZLWZHUVllNWQ3TFphblNhQmtGbDRFVjRCb1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News anchor Richard Morecroft remembered as a &#8216;great Australian&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxOcFFRd19tRFlTWU80aXZSWXY2RWFJUGJUandxb3JQR2VMOVJYXzdDbUFrd2lDMWpKdGZJcEpBc2FTVENBZHg0T2FOcU42WnpYdHd5ak5UVHg3bGVsek16akVpOVdHY2pJdUJMYzBBc0ZHT2YxcXpubDFZVTFvWF9YcjVONXZzRU5tT29PZHRMSVZwZkVQT2V3VjE3cEwtM1hwbEp1bWZlTDlnTzFaSUl2UGFEMThrZHRDcHAyUk5MNnpkVUJPd2N5REFxY3BWZ2U3VDRXMU51ZzRuTmpCTTc0aXl6eDQ4Q2JCT01tWVVBTWdzajh1?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Great Australian\u2019: PM\u2019s tribute to ABC stalwart<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxNQXpEVDVNRFVQR2JwZTFnUVlQQ0R4WHYyblk1eGlNUWQzQmRJMjhMX3pEZEVnMnBaLXJxTmRYZHNEbkdfWk56a0t4a3kxMGJ1aEhoY3ZPVlJCQl91YmdtY1B1aWRLMHVQVk9EMmpDZVpFd0NVTkc3cWRqejhsLWxqRzN6aUktdHhOSUZtTFVtU3E1X1d1S1hNWHh1VE1pRzM2Qi1ocVYzb2ZHa3JpeWRrcHpJOXQ3T0RMbnRkaFJKRG5NdTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Richard Morecroft, veteran ABC news presenter, dies aged 70 after cancer diagnosis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6AFBVV95cUxPaDdXNE1jWXhsVk5vT2Rlb0N5dzdUVnZFbVYwZVpCVGxWM1lzUU03T18wekpoa2VkTm5hRWE2amF3ZldaUmpsdVNEUTloRmNiWGdDclNMbTZvbDc5clk5WU05dTlLdWF1S0xhV19PT29DbHMzUmM3QXlYRjYyVzVQcnZNTXVtWVo0bHJneDNrME13VTNDTnJSNFBSYkVFbWRqMUlld1QzX2NqWVJSdWJSbFh2OXZaSHE1d3hHTi1pMFJmTXFUSUVDaFBGdW1FTWZJYkFhOTc4U1Q1bnNpYkZCaEFsSVE2SmZn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Devastated\u2019: Beloved Aus broadcaster dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft dies aged 70&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffNews anchor Richard Morecroft remembered as a &#8216;great Australian&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-623767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623767","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=623767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}