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

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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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Concerns over lack of official action prior to deadly Mount Maunganui landslide

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Collapsed trees and slips were seen hours before the hillside collapsed. Video / Alyse Wright, Jason Dorday
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Two men observed warning signals in the terrain just hours prior. One out walking at 6am phoned 111 but was told, ring council. He warned folk at the Council owned camping ground. He’s said he wished he’d kicked up more. The other, an hour or so prior to the slip, observed slips and waterfalls around the area, took photos and spoke to people there. After leaving the slip came.

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Mt Maunganui Landslide: A woman dubbed a ‘hero’ is praised for warning campers four and a half hours prior of impending danger

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Update: As it has transpired today, it’s been revealed that a man phoned 111 at around 6am notifying of slips in the area. He was told to ring the council. This explains the woman who also raised the alarm at the camp ground at 5am. Link to the NZ Herald articles below.

Local man said he called 111 to report unstable ground several hours before disaster.

Further report from a second witness:

Mount Maunganui landslide: Eyewitness says danger visible before campers buried

The UK Daily Mail reports:
“The woman is being praised by locals after she frantically pulled campers from their beds at 5am and warned them of danger so they could start packing up to leave.“

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