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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2026 · 4 MIN

Deaths in fatal Mount Maunganui landslide were preventable

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The deaths in the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide were preventable according to a new report that details a litany of systemic failures that resulted in the tragedy in January. No one person is to blame, but the report says its central conclusion is "sobering in its simplicity" and that in all likelihood lives did not need to be lost. Waikato and Bay of Plenty reporter Rachel Moore was at the review release and has more. 

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