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The remains of Rotorua property manager Susan Knowles have been formally identified by the coroner.

Susan Doreen Knowles, from Ngongotahā, was one of two Rotorua women who were victims of the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide.

Knowles, 71, was with long-time friend Jacqualine Suzanne Wheeler on their annual summer camping trip, according to another friend.

The significant landslide tore down tents, caravans and structures, when it swept through the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park, and the Mount Hot Pools on 22 January at 9.29am.

Six people were unaccounted for after the landslide and a rescue operation commenced.

However, that soon became a

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