Several missing after landslide hits holiday park in New Zealand

Several people, including children, are missing after a large landslide struck a holiday park at the base of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region on Thursday.

Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said search and rescue efforts were continuing at the Beachside Holiday Park. Mark Mitchell described the event as a ‘tragedy’, telling reporters that “parents and the



husband of some of the people that we’re currently trying to rescue” were in the campground.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand commander William Pike said rescuers initially heard voices from under the debris but none since, and no survivors had yet been found. The slip swept through campervans, cars, tents, hot pools, and a shower block at around 9.30 am local time, triggering evacuations across the site.