Councillors failed to read landslide warning report before Mount Maunganui tragedy
A report warning of high risk to life from landslide and rockfall at a Mount Maunganui campground went unread by councillors before six people died.
A warning report commissioned seven months before a deadly landslide at a Mount Maunganui campground was not read by council officials. The August 2025 council meeting scheduled to receive the report was cancelled and never rescheduled. Former mayors and governance leaders said the risk warnings never reached them.
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NZ Herald
Mount Maunganui campground landslide: Councillors did not read warning report
Councillors received a report warning of rockfall and landslide risks before six died.
RNZ
Report warning of high risk to life from Mount Maunganui landslide went unread by officials
The report was commissioned just seven months before the tragedy.
Stuff
Report warning of high risk to life from Mt Maunganui landslide went unread by officials
The report was commissioned just seven months before the tragedy.
Otago Daily Times
Report warning of high risk to life from Mount Maunganui landslide went unread by officials
RNZ
Report on Mt Maunganui landslide risk unread: Tauranga City Council
The August 2025 council meeting that was to receive the report warning of the landslide risk was cancelled and never rescheduled.
NZ Herald
Mount Maunganui landslide review: Former mayors say camp risk warnings never reached them
The Bay of Plenty Times spoke to mayors and other governance leaders going back to 2004.