Mount Maunganui landslide: Business owners respond to council’s external review

Mount Maunganui landslide: Business owners respond to council’s external review

Multimedia journalist ·Bay of Plenty Times·19 Aug, 2026 10:00 PM4 mins to read‌Tauranga City Council's external review into the fatal Mauao landslide found more than 20 years of known landslide risk led to a "preventable" tragedy. Main image / Jason Dorday, inset / Alyse WrightA Mount Maunganui business owner has accused Tauranga City Council of a “she’ll-be-right” mentality before January’s landslide tragedy.Six holidaymakers were killed after a section of Mauao collapsed into the council-owned Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park at about 9.30am on January 22 during record rainfall. The into the landslide, prepared by retired High Court Judge Paul Davison, KC, were released yesterday.

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