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Mount Maunganui landslide: Were warnings missed? A timeline of who knew what and when

Clearly some serious serious oversights made . The council guys came by and then drove off. Two different lots too. Characteristic really of previous disasters we’ve seen here. EWNZ

From the New Zealand Herald

Questions are being asked about why campers weren’t evacuated from Mount Maunganui’s popular campground at the foot of the mountain before a deadly slip, despite a series of smaller slips that were reported to authorities. Six people were buried and inquiries have been launched. Michael Morrah and Alanah Eriksen, who have been on the ground in the past week, detail who knew what and when.

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