Live: Mt Maunganui recovery paused over slip fears, community holds vigil

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It's unclear whether the recovery of the six people who have been missing since Thursday's landslide on Mount Maunganui will resume today.

Work at the site paused on Sunday because of fresh slip fears after a crack was spotted on the maunga.

A vigil was held on Sunday evening at Mt Maunganui's Blake Park for the community to mourn the loss of six people missing in the landslide.

Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell says Cabinet will discuss government support for communities affected by slips and flooding.

Some coastal areas east of Kawakawa in Northland, and on the East Coast, are dealing with closed highways and roads, flooded homes and buildings and threats of more landslides.

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