As the sun set on Sunday evening, Mount Maunganui locals came together to mourn.
A crowd of about 200 sat on a bank at Blake Park, looking down the fields and beyond at Mauao, a place dear to their hearts - but a place now home to tragedy, after a slip crashed down onto a campground, leaving six people missing and unlikely to be found alive.
The maunga sat in a backdrop of cloud, tinged with orange light, as a tough week drew to a close.
People wanted to show those whose loved ones were missing that Mount Maunganui felt and shared their grief.
Photo: RNZ/Nick Monro
Organiser Rachel Bailie had a message for them: "You're one
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