Mount Maunganui landslide: Tauranga councillors grill senior staff over risk management

Local Democracy Reporter·SunLive·1 Sep, 2026 06:54 AM5 mins to read‌Tauranga City Council chief executive Marty Grenfell said the Mauao landslide external review findings were clear and the organisation accepted them "without qualification".Councillors hammered senior Tauranga City Council staff with questions in a meeting to discuss a highly critical review that found the Mount Maunganui landslide tragedy was preventable. Today councillors formally accepted the findings and recommendations of former High Court Judge Paul Davison’s external review into the council’s actions before the