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Independent report into Mauao landslide identifies decades of ignored warnings

An independent inquiry into the fatal Mauao landslide finds that warnings were repeatedly ignored over many years.

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An independent report examining the Mauao landslide disaster has identified systemic failures that made the disaster preventable. The inquiry reveals that warnings about the risk were ignored for decades. The report characterises this as another instance of preventable failure rather than an anomaly.

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Mauao landslide report reveals decades of ignored warnings behind fatal disaster

Comment: The independent report into the Mauao landslide disaster identifies yet another systemic failure; yet another preventable disaster. This isn’t an anomaly. The post Mauao landslide report reveals decades of ignored warnings behind fatal disaster appeared first on Newsroom .

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