Review finds Mount Maunganui landslide deaths were preventable
Thursday 20 August 2026 · 2 outlets · 3 reports · updated In this story Tauranga City Council, Marty Grenfell
An independent review into the January landslide at a Mount Maunganui campground found that six deaths were preventable due to systemic failures. The report revealed that Tauranga City Council received emergency warnings before 5am, but failed to escalate them to geotechnical assessors.
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