US EditionNew Zealand Calls Off Rescue Efforts for Six Missing After Landslide
Search shifts to recovery after a landslide at Mount Maunganui campground left six people missing, including two teenagers and a Swedish visitor, officials said.
- On Jan 24, Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Tim Anderson said police found human remains at Mount Maunganui campground, shifting the search operation into a recovery phase.
- The landslide struck the Beachside Holiday Park at about 9:30am on Thursday, smashing into campervans and an ablution block after heavy rain tied to a tropical storm saturated slopes.
- Authorities released the names of the six unaccounted for, including Mōns Loke Bernhardsson, 20, Swedish visitor, and Sharon Maccanico, 15, and Max Furse-Kee, 15, from Auckland.
- Chief Coroner Judge Anna Tutton said identifying remains will be painstaking and victims will be transported to the mortuary at Hamilton, with the disaster victim identification process taking several days.
- Iwi leaders at Mauao conducted karakia asking the mountain to release the unaccounted, while a father holding a vigil said he believes two of his children remain under the slip and an independent review was ordered.
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Record rainfalls on Thursday cause a landslide that hits a campsite on a volcano in New Zealand. The mud masses capture tents and a medical building. Afterwards several people are missing. Now there is terrible certainty.
After the landslide on Mount Maunganui, helpers are no longer looking for survivors. It is now a question of storing bodies. One of the victims comes from abroad.
Community leaders pay tribute to fatal landslide's teen victims
Members of the public look on as emergency services work at the site of the landslide in Mount Maunganui earlier this week. Photo supplied There’s been an outpouring of grief and support today following the news that two of the victims of the devastating landslide at Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty on Thursday were pupils at Pakuranga College. They are Max Furse-Kee and Sharon Maccanico, who were both 15 years old. Police said today, Januar…
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