{"id":636397,"date":"2026-10-20T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/636397\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:12:22","slug":"late-night-operation-to-save-parachutist-stranded-25-storeys-up-auckland-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/636397\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-night operation to save parachutist stranded 25 storeys up Auckland hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Drilling could be heard from street level, while curtains were opened in an apartment above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">About 50 people gathered on surrounding streets to watch the operation.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Specialist crews worked to reach the parachutist on the exterior of the central Auckland hotel. Photo \/ NZ Herald\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Specialist crews worked to reach the parachutist on the exterior of the central Auckland hotel. Photo \/ NZ Herald<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">The onlookers cheered loudly as the parachutist was pulled into the apartment by rescuers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Hato Hone St John said it sent an operations manager, an ambulance and a rapid-response unit to Albert St after being called at 10.40pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">The parachutist was treated for minor injuries after being rescued and did not need to be taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">It was unclear how the person became stuck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drilling could be heard from street level, while curtains were opened in an apartment above. About 50 people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17311,21045,74,15494,51,16717,1853,32764,6735,8526,111,43,139,69,17286,311980,26525,8527,6302,11590,251816,12507,210,61,810,14451],"class_list":["post-636397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-17311","tag-above","tag-after","tag-apartment","tag-auckland","tag-becoming","tag-central","tag-daring","tag-hotel","tag-latenight","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-operation","tag-parachutist","tag-pulled","tag-rescue","tag-safety","tag-save","tag-storeys","tag-stranded","tag-through","tag-to","tag-up","tag-window"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636397","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=636397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}