{"id":642745,"date":"2026-10-27T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642745\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:38:13","slug":"tree-crashes-onto-auckland-home-with-four-inside-including-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642745\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree crashes onto Auckland home with four inside, including toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large tree split apart and crashed down on an Auckland property this afternoon, flattening a car and striking a house with four people \u2013 including a three-year-old child \u2013 inside.<\/p>\n<p>The tree came down on the Kolmar Rd home at around 5pm on Tuesday, 1News understands, with Fire and Emergency NZ responding with one crew from Papatoetoe.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-large-tree-crashed-onto-the-roof-of-a-kolmar-rd-home-in-pa-YXJ4P45LLVEPTN65OZSYKIG4IY.jpg\" alt=\"A large tree crashed onto the roof of a Kolmar Rd home in Papatoetoe on Tuesday afternoon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A large tree crashed onto the roof of a Kolmar Rd home in Papatoetoe on Tuesday afternoon. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>It broke into three pieces as it fell. One section landed on the roof of the house, and another crushed a car parked on the property.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-large-tree-crashed-onto-the-roof-of-a-kolmar-rd-home-in-pa-EIDD4WOFJBCNHHVA7AVFH2OSWY.png\" alt=\"A large tree crashed onto the roof of a Kolmar Rd home in Papatoetoe on Tuesday afternoon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A large tree crashed onto the roof of a Kolmar Rd home in Papatoetoe on Tuesday afternoon. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Footage captured by 1News at the scene show the tree&#8217;s roots wrenched out of the lawn, and its trunk and limbs lying across the front of the house.<\/p>\n<p>None of the residents were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Emergency NZ has been approached by 1News for further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Auckland Council and Treescapes have also been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large tree split apart and crashed down on an Auckland property this afternoon, flattening a car and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-642745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642745","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=642745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}