Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A report into the fatal landslide at Mount Maunganui says information identifying a risk to life was received, filed, discussed, forwarded - and then left | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
"The failure was not the fault of any one person; it was the failure of a system that enabled an identified risk to life to remain unowned, un-escalated and unmanaged," the report said.
Six people died in the landslide on 22 January 2026. They were Lisa Maclennan, Susan Knowles, Jacqualine Wheeler, Måns Loke Bernhardsson, Sharon Maccanico, and Max Furse-Kee.
Tauranga City Council has released the report by former High Court Judge Paul Davison, KC, into the Mount Maunganui landslip. Davison was joined by Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale and council chief executive Marty Grenfell.
Read more: rnz.co.nz/news/emergencies/1058481/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 | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
"The failure was not the fault of any one person; it was the failure of a system that enabled an identified risk to life to remain unowned, un-escalated and unmanaged," the report said.
Six people died in the landslide on 22 January 2026. They were Lisa Maclennan, Susan Knowles, Jacqualine Wheeler, Måns Loke Bernhardsson, Sharon Maccanico, and Max Furse-Kee.
Tauranga City Council has released the report by former High Court Judge Paul Davison, KC, into the Mount Maunganui landslip. Davison was joined by Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale and council chief executive Marty Grenfell.
Read more: rnz.co.nz/news/emergencies/1058481/damning-report-into-fatal-mount-maunganui-landslide-shows-tragedy-was-preventable
