Damning review into deadly Mount Maunganui landslide released
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Tauranga City Council, Paul Davison (Retired High Court Judge)
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
January 22, 2026
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A 238-page review into the January 22 landslide at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park found systemic failures by the Tauranga City Council. Six people were killed in the disaster, which the report concludes was preventable. The council failed to implement risk mitigation strategies despite years of geotechnical warnings. No individual was found to be intentionally at fault, but the organizational structure was deemed inadequate.
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