Source: Radio New Zealand
Tauranga Mayor Mahe Drysdale. Calvin Samuel / RNZ
Tauranga’s mayor has confirmed council workers were at the fatal Mount Maunganui campground landslide when it happened.
There have been several accounts of warnings that were made to Tauranga City Council and other agencies about landslips at Mauao in the hours before the tragedy.
Mayor Mahe Drysdale told Midday Report that council staff were there when the slip came down at about 9:30am on Thursday.
“There were some staff at the campground at the time of the slip.
“Our City Ops workers were doing a job, and we have camp workers. Those facts will all be established so we can understand exactly where they were and what they were doing.”
Drysdale said a timeline of what staff knew and when would be made public.
He said they were working to verify a large amount of information.
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