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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Eva Corlett in Wellington

New Zealand landslide: six missing named as police confirm victims are unlikely to be found alive

Members of the public lay tributes at the scene of a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Members of the public lay tributes at the scene of a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Photograph: David Rowland/Reuters

The families and friends of six people buried in a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park last week have paid tribute to their loved ones, after they were named by officials, and police confirmed they were unlikely to be found alive.

The victims include 15-year-old Pakūranga College students Sharon Maccanico and Max Furse-Kee, literacy coordinator Lisa Maclennan, 50, longtime friends Jacqualine Wheeler and Susan Knowles, both 71, and Swedish national Måns Loke Bernhardsson, 20.

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