Rubble from the landslide hit the Beachside Holiday Park in the town of Mount Maunganui. Photograph: TVNZ via AP.
Emergency services in New Zealand are searching for several people, including children, believed missing after a landslide hit a campsite during storms that have caused widespread damage across the North Island.
Emergency minister Mark Mitchell told RNZ that parts of the east coast looked like “a war zone”, with helicopters deployed to rescue families sheltering on rooftops from flooding, and local states of emergency declared in five regions across
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