Damning Report Into Fatal Mount Maunganui Landslide Shows Tragedy Was Preventable

‘Huge question mark’ over Tauranga council CEO after damning landslide review, MP says

Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell says the council needs to examine its personnel after a review found six deaths at the Mount Maunganui campsite were preventable.

Tauranga council boss is not quitting - says he's 'best placed' to drive changes

Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell says a “huge question mark has to hang over” the future of the council’s chief executive in light of the review into the Mauao tragedy that claimed six lives.

Decades of warnings, missed chances and a ‘preventable’ Mount Maunganui tragedy

A damning review into the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide has revealed a litany of failures by authorities who missed opportunities to evacuate campers to...

Review of the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide

The external review of the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide is extremely critical of the local authority in their approach to the management of the well-documented landslide hazard and risk at the site. The external review commissioned by Tauranga City Council (TCC) into the 22 January 2026 Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide released its report today. It has been extensively covered in the New Zealand media. The co…

Damning report into fatal Mount Maunganui landslide shows tragedy was preventable

A report into the fatal landslide at Mount Maunganui says information identifying a risk to life was received, filed, discussed, forwarded - and then left.

Mount Maunganui landslide report finds ‘preventable’ tragedy as observers call for accountability

Image – Tauranga City Council / YouTube. An independent review has found that systemic failures by Tauranga City Council contributed to the “preventable” Mount Maunganui landslide that killed six people in January. David Lynch, an advocate for the CTV Families Group, said it was indefensible that the report confirmed “a wholly avoidable tragedy” without holding anyone accountable. The landslide struck Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park short…