The fire service received a 111 call at 5.48am on Thursday from a person reporting a slip near the Mt Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park. Photo: RNZThe fire service received a 111 call about a slip near the Mt Maunganui holiday park nearly four hours before a fatal landslide, it can be revealed. Recovery work resumed today at the site of the Mount Maunganui landslide, where six people remain missing following Thursday's landslide. Max Furse-Kee, 15, Sharon Maccanico, 15 and Susan Knowles, 71, are three of the six Mt Maunganui landslide victims. When approached for comment, Tauranga City Council Controller Tom McEntyre said they would wait for the outcome of the investigation.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 26, 2026 05:13 UTC