Fatal Mt Maunganui landslide: Minister to keep tabs on council after damning report

But Local Government Minister Simon Watts will not say if the chief executive at Tauranga City Council should be sacked.

A failure by Tauranga City Council to act on years of warnings about the risk of a landslide hitting the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park had “tragic consequences”.

Findings of the first formal review into the Mount Maunganui landslide tragedy, which killed six holidaymakers in January, will be made public today.At 2pm, Tauranga City Council will release former High Court Judge Paul Davison KC’s report into the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park slip. Davison, Tauranga Mayor M