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Report Warning of High Risk to Life From Mount Maunganui Landslide Went Unread by Officials

Simon Watts says he is monitoring Tauranga City Council as the report says the landslide was preventable and killed six people.

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A report commissioned just seven months before a fatal Mount Maunganui campground landslide says there was a high risk to life - but councillors never read it.

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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.

·Wellington, New Zealand
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Young landslide victims almost went home days before disaster

The Maccanico family had decided to cut their summer camping holiday in Mount Maunganui short, with bad weather coming. But a campground staff member...

·Auckland, New Zealand
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Fatal Mt Maunganui landslide: Minister to keep tabs on council after damning report

The Local Government Minister says he is keeping a close eye on Tauranga City Council in the aftermath of a damning report into a deadly landslide but won't say if its chief executive should be sacked.

·Wellington, New Zealand
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RNZ broke the news in Wellington, New Zealand on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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