Rescuers search for survivors after landslide at New Zealand campsite

Several people were missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides across New Zealand’s North Island.

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Rescue workers are searching for several people, including children, missing after landslides in New Zealand, where homes have been evacuated and roads closed as heavy rains hit almost the entire eastern seaboard of the country’s North Island.

Several people were missing on Thursday afternoon following a landslide which hit Mount Maunganui holiday park on North Island, at approximately 9:30am local time (20:30 GMT, Wednesday).