"New Zealand's Fire and Emergency commander William Pike said there were initially signs of life at the site of the landslide, but not recently, according to local site, Stuff. Fire and Emergency Commander William Park had earlier told reporters that fire crew and other members of the public had heard voices under the rubble. But rescue workers had to withdraw because of the unstable ground and nobody had been rescued yet, Stuff said. Sniffer dogs are at the scene."
"Children among those missing in landslide Police said the number of people missing was in the single figures, with children apparently among them, local media report. One witness, Nix Jaques, told Radio NZ she heard an incredibly loud noise as she was about to walk up a mountain. She saw land come down on cars and on toilet block, she said. "I believe there were some people in the showers, and it shifted a campervan, there was a family with a campervan.""
A landslide struck the Beachside Holiday Park at Mount Maunganui at about 9:30 a.m., sending rubble down over a busy campsite during summer school holidays. Hundreds of people were at the site. Fire and Emergency crews initially detected signs of life and reported hearing voices under the rubble, but unstable ground forced rescuers to withdraw and no one had been rescued yet. Sniffer dogs are searching the site. Police say the number of missing people is in the single figures and includes children. Heavy rains across the North Island caused widespread damage, numerous weather-related callouts, and other separate missing-person incidents.
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