Mount Maunganui Landslide: Camper Criticizes Evacuation Warning System

An Auckland woman, Karyn Henger, expressed disbelief and anger after she and her 16-year-old son narrowly escaped a landslide at Mount Maunganui, questioning why they weren’t evacuated a day earlier despite worsening weather forecasts. She criticized the lack of warning from campground staff and local authorities, emphasizing the danger they faced and the potential loss of life. Henger had decided to leave the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park after enduring 36 hours of heavy rain when the disaster occurred.

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