US EditionLong-Time Camping Friends Among Six Lost in Mount Maunganui Landslide
- On January 24, New Zealand Police said they had moved from rescue to recovery at the Mount Maunganui campground, Tauranga, saying the six people unaccounted for were unlikely to be alive.
- Heavy rain this week triggered the landslide on Thursday at Mount Maunganui, North Island, and sodden slopes amid a fatal January 22 slip in Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, complicated rescue efforts.
- Thirty-Five rescue workers, backed by heavy machinery, were clearing debris after a partial slip while Fire and Emergency New Zealand handed the operation to police at 11.20am on Saturday.
- Chief Coroner Judge Anna Tutton said the Coroners Court leads the Disaster Victim Identification process, which is 'painstaking' and 'complex', with victims sent to the Hamilton mortuary.
- Heavy rain forecast could force crews to withdraw and complicate recovery, while two 15-year-old pupils from Pakuranga College are missing as the school year starts next week.
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The Mount Maunganui tragedy reminds us landslides are NZ's deadliest natural hazard
The tragic events in the Bay of Plenty this week are a stark reminder that landslides remain the deadliest of the many natural hazards New Zealand faces. A large landslide swept through the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park at the base of Mauao, triggering a major rescue and recovery operation that will continue through the weekend.
“An unspeakable tragedy” – Murray Burton reflects on Mount Maunganui landslide
Former Elim Christian College principal Murray Burton. Times file photo PJ Taylor By Jane Nixon of the Franklin Times Drawing on his experience of leading a school through profound loss, the former principal of Elim Christian College in Botany says the impact of the Mount Maunganui landslide tragedy will be felt far beyond those directly affected. Murray Burton says communities across the country will be reeling after the Mount Maunganui and Pā…
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