Heroic teacher’s desperate efforts to save others before dying at campground

Heroic teacher’s desperate efforts to save others before dying at campground

Hours before Lisa Maclennan was killed in the catastrophic landslide at Mount Maunganui, she was moving campers out of danger, trying to alert campground management and photographing warning signs on the slope that would later collapse.

Mauao landslide – statement from the family of Lisa Maclennan

PHOTO SUPPLIED. The following is a statement on behalf of Lisa’s husband, Travis: The Council report released [Wednesday] highlights Lisa’s extraordinary and selfless actions on the morning of the landslide. She made the safety of others at the campground her priority, and went to heroic lengths to help those around her. PHOTO SUPPLIED.