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Nearly a week after six people were killed in a landslide at the Mount Maunganui campground, questions remain on who knew what, when they were notified, and what action could or should have been taken. National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood reports.
It was about 5am, when Lisa Anne Maclennan began waking her fellow campers in Mount Maunganui, warning them about a slip that had pushed her campervan about a metre forward.
Nearly five hours later a massive chunk of land came down at the Beachside Holiday Park, smashing into campervans, tents, vehicles and an ablution block near the Mount Hot Pools. Six people remain missing, Maclennan, 50, MΓ₯ns Loke Bernhardsson, 20, Jacqualine Suzanne Wheeler, 71, Susan Doreen Knowles, 71, Sharon Maccanico, 15, and Max Furse-Kee, 15.
RNZ has asked authorities in the days since the landslide what they knew and what actions they took.
'I think everyone should move'
A woman, who did not want to be named, told RNZ she had been at the campground for about three weeks and was staying right next to Maclennan and her husband.
She said she was woken shortly before 5am on 22 January by Maclennan banging on her window.
"She's like 'Oh I'm so sorry I'm waking you up', but the slip had pushed her campervan about a metre forward, so she said, 'I'm just waking everyone up because I think everyone s
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