Sharon Maccanico who is originally from Italy is missing after the Mt Maunganui landslide. Photo: Avellino Today
An Italian town is waiting for news on a 15-year-old Italian girl, now living in Auckland, who is missing in the Mt Maunganui slip.
Sharon Maccanico, was originally from a small town called Picarelli in the municipality of Avellino.
RNZ understands her parents are at the scene.
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.
Avellino Today reports that she is from a small town in Southern Italy called Picarelli.
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.
She is widely known in the small community, it said.
Meanwhile, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has confirmed that one Swedish citizen is unaccounted for in New Zealand.
It says it cannot comment further on this individual case due to consular confidentiality.
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