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Brian Kelly: Newstalk ZB Sports reporter on the slip that hit tents and campers at a Mount Maunganui campsite

Brian Kelly: Newstalk ZB Sports reporter on the slip that hit tents and campers at a Mount Maunganui campsite

Published 5 months ago
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People still aren't accounted for in Mount Maunganui's Beachside Holiday Park after a landslide roared into the campsite at the base of the mountain at about 9.30 this morning.  

Images show a caravan on its side inside the nearby the hot pools.  

Newstalk ZB Sport reporter Brian Kelly says about 30 police cars have arrived – the most he's seen in the town.   

He says there’s a couple of helicopters, seven or eight fire engines, and a digger on scene, and the only comment he’s gotten is from a police officer who was sprinting past, saying the slip is bad. 

The torrential rain that's lashed the North Island's east coast has caused flooding, slips, and road closures. 

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