MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand: Efforts to rescue at least six people buried alive by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended Saturday, with police shifting their focus to recovering human remains. Police Superintendent Tim Anderson said it could take several days to locate all of the bodies, after a mountain of dirt and debris tumbled onto a campsite in Mount Maunganui on Thursday. Anderson said it was “heartbreaking” that six people remained unaccounted for, including two teenagers, after camper vans, caravans and a shower block were buried by a mudslide brought on by heavy rain.

Record-breaking rains spark landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite, with helicopter teams retrieving families from rooftops and local states of emergency declared

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

Number of people unaccounted for is in the ‘single figures’, police say