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Mt Maunganui tragedy: Statement from the family of Susan Knowles

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The following is a statement on behalf of the family of Susan Knowles, who died in the Mt Maunganui landslide. Sue was a mother, sister,...

Mt Maunganui landslide victim: Statement from the family of Sharon Maccanico

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Sharon Maccanico has been identified as a victim of the landslide at Mt Maunganui. The following is a statement on behalf of Natallia and Carmine,...

Third victim identified in Mt maunganui campground landslide

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A third victim of last week’s fatal Mt Maunganui campground landslide has been formally identified as 50-year-old Lisa Anne Maclennan, bringing the confirmed death...

Family of Swedish victim of Mt Maunganui landslide release statement

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The following statement has been released by police on behalf of Nils and Anders, dad and uncle of Mt Maunganui landslide victim Måns Loke...

The Case for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Maunganui landslide

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A new ministerial briefing from CTV Families advocate David Lynch urges NZ Prime Minister to establish a full Royal Commission into the Mt Maunganui...

Welcome Bay tragedy: Name release and family statement

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Police have confirmed the names of the two people who died during a landslide on Welcome Bay Road, Papamoa on Thursday. Ten-year-old Austen Keith Richardson...

Police did not attend call from concerned camper before landslip disaster

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Police have confirmed they did not attend Mount Maunganui’s Beachside Holiday Park after receiving a 6.18am emergency call referencing disorder and a potential landslip,...

Camper says Tauranga CC vehicle passed slips before landslide

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A camper at the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park says a Tauranga City Council vehicle drove through the campground and past multiple visible slips...

High-tech monitoring deployed at Mt Maunganui – Police

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Specialist monitoring technology has been deployed at Mount Maunganui to protect recovery teams working beneath an unstable landslip, after operations were temporarily halted due...

FENZ alerted Tauranga Council hours before fatal landslide

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) has confirmed it received a 111 call at 5.48am on the morning of the Mount Maunganui landslide reporting...

Recovery resumes at Mt Maunganui as WorkSafe prepares safety review

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Police have confirmed the recovery operation at the Mount Maunganui landslide has resumed this morning after specialist monitoring equipment was installed overnight and loose...

Mt Maunganui landslide: Luxon urges trust in experts

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has urged the public to place their trust in emergency and engineering experts as the recovery operation for six people...

Mt Maunganui: Statement from Max’s family

Daily Telegraph NZ -
15-year-old Max Furse-Kee, 15, from Auckland has been named as one of six persons missing in the Mt. Maunganui landslide. Today his family released the...

Mt Maunganui: Work halted due to potential slip

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Recovery work at Mount Maunganui has been halted as a precaution this morning. "At 11.50am, recovery efforts were paused after concerns from the grounds about...

Landslide search enters recovery phase as police name six missing

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The search for victims of Thursday’s landslide at Mount Maunganui is now moving into a recovery phase. Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Tim Anderson...

New partial slip at Mt. Maunganui landslide site

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams continued operations overnight at the Mount Maunganui landslip site, where six people remain...

Tree removal raises questions after Mt Maunganui landslip

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Concerns are mounting over whether the removal of large exotic trees, including English and Holm oaks, from Mount Maunganui may have contributed to the...

Six people confirmed as unaccounted for following Mount Maunganui landslide

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Police can now confirm six people are currently confirmed as unaccounted for, including two teenagers, following yesterday’s landslide at Mount Maunganui. The youngest of those...

Grandmother and grandchild killed in Pāpāmoa landslide – report

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Two of the victims killed when a landslide struck a home in Pāpāmoa have been identified as a grandmother and her grandchild, state media...

Overnight search continues at Mt Maunganui landslide

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Search and rescue crews have continued working through the night at the Mt Maunganui campground following a landslide that trapped a number of people. Fire...

Two bodies recovered after landslide destroys Papamoa home

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Police have confirmed two people have been found dead after a house on Welcome Bay Road in Papamoa was extensively damaged by a landslide...

Rescue operation continues at Mount Maunganui campground after landslide

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Several people remain unaccounted for as at 2pm today after a major landslide struck a campground at the base of Mount Maunganui on Thursday...

Tasman flood recovery to cost $50m and take up to two years

Daily Telegraph NZ -
More than six months after record floods devastated the Tasman District, the recovery effort is expected to cost around $50 million and take up...

Powerful quake jolts Taiwan

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit waters off Taiwan’s northeastern coast late Saturday night, according to the island’s Central Weather Administration. The quake struck at...

Residents evacuated as fast-moving vegetation fire destroys buildings near Hastings

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Residents living around the Farmhouse Lodge on the outskirts of Fernhill are being evacuated due to a vegetation fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand has...

Japan funds solar power systems to strengthen Tonga’s disaster warning network

DTNZ Pacific -
Japan and Tonga have signed a new agreement aimed at boosting the Pacific nation’s disaster resilience through the installation of solar-powered infrastructure to support...

7.6 quake strikes northern Japan

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s north-eastern Aomori region at 23:15 local time, prompting widespread evacuations and initial tsunami warnings. Warnings...

Indonesia flood death toll surpasses 900

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Deadly flooding across Indonesia has claimed more than 900 lives, with hundreds still missing and entire communities wiped out after a rare cyclone unleashed...

Ancient volcano may have triggered the Black Death by creating a medieval “perfect storm”

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A major volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off the chain of events that unleashed the Black Death across Europe, according to new...

Sri Lanka declares emergency as Cyclone Ditwah death toll climbs to 330 (Video)

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Sri Lanka has entered a state of emergency after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides that have killed at least 330 people and...

Monsoon chaos leaves hundreds dead and millions displaced across Southeast Asia

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Southeast Asia is reeling from one of its most devastating bouts of extreme weather in decades, as intensified monsoon rains and rare tropical storms...

Firefighters continue to battle Tongariro blaze

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) crews are continuing to battle a major wildfire in Tongariro National Park that has now burned through more than...

Whakapapa Village evacuated as Tongariro fire grows to 1,800 hectares

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Residents of Whakapapa Village are being evacuated this evening as a precautionary measure as the wildfire burning in Tongariro National Park continues to expand,...

Firefighters battle to contain expanding Tongariro fire

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Fresh crews of firefighters from Taranaki and Manawatu-Wanganui are being briefed before beginning work on the second day of operations at the wildfire burning...

Massive Tongariro blaze forces hiker evacuations and highway closures

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A massive wildfire has engulfed about 400 hectares of Tongariro National Park, forcing the evacuation of 43 hikers and a hut warden and prompting...

Rescue efforts ramp up as death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises across the Caribbean

Daily Telegraph NZ -
At least 19 people have died in Jamaica and 30 in Haiti after Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms to strike the...

Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica before moving toward Cuba and the Bahamas

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to strike Jamaica in modern history, has left the island in ruins after making landfall as a Category...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, has made landfall in southwestern Jamaica as a Category 5 system,...

Kaikōura fires – police update

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Police are assisting Fire and Emergency New Zealand in relation to multiple large fires in Kaikōura. A number of cordons are in place, with multiple...

7.4 quake hits Philippines

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines’ Mindanao region at a depth of 62km, prompting a tsunami alert for coastal areas within...
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