{"id":248707,"date":"2026-01-24T00:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/248707\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:27:08","slug":"italian-town-waits-for-news-of-15-year-old-believed-to-be-missing-after-mt-maunganui-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/248707\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian town waits for news of 15-year-old believed to be missing after Mt Maunganui landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Avellino<\/p>\n

\nAvellino Today is reporting that 15-year-old Sharon Maccanico who is originally from Italy is missing after the Mt Maunganui landslide.
\nPhoto: Avellino Today\n<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old believed to be missing in the slip has been named as an Italian girl from Auckland.<\/p>\n

Italian media are reporting her to be Sharon Maccanico, originally from a small town called Picarelli in the municipality of Avellino.<\/p>\n

RNZ understands her parents are at the scene.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, her Italian relatives have posted on Facebook asking their local community to pray at a church service with them in hope of a miracle.<\/p>\n

Avellino Today reports that she is from a small town in Southern Italy called Picarelli.<\/p>\n

The community gathered in the town’s local church as they waited for news of Sharon, with family nervously awaiting news from New Zealand, it reported.<\/p>\n

She is widely known in the small community, it said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has confirmed that one Swedish citizen is unaccounted for in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

It says it cannot comment further on this individual case due to consular confidentiality.<\/p>\n

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