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The CTV Families Group wants the Government to take action after new evidence emerged regarding the Mount Maunganui landslide.
Led by University of Canterbury Professor Maan Alkaisi and advocate David Lynch, the group said an engineering report from June 2025 confirmed the tragedy was both foreseeable and preventable. The public safety report warning of a risk to life sat unread for up to eight months despite being authorised by a senior council official, while a scheduled meeting to discuss it was cancelled and never rescheduled.
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Clearly some serious serious oversights made . The council guys came by and then drove off. Two different lots too. Characteristic really of previous disasters we’ve seen here. EWNZ
From the New Zealand Herald
Questions are being asked about why campers weren’t evacuated from Mount Maunganui’s popular campground at the foot of the mountain before a deadly slip, despite a series of smaller slips that were reported to authorities. Six people were buried and inquiries have been launched. Michael Morrah and Alanah Eriksen, who have been on the ground in the past week, detail who knew what and when.
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