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Wellington, Jan 22 (IANS) Several people, including children, are missing after a large landslide struck a holiday park at the base of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region on Thursday.Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said search and rescue efforts were continuing at the Beachside Holiday Park.Mark Mitchell described the event as a ‘tragedy’, telling reporters that “parents and the husband of some of the people that we’re currently trying to rescue” were in the campgro…