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1 September 2026

'Very few' middle tier staff understood the gravity of reports into Mt Maunganui landslide risks

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'Very few' middle tier staff understood the gravity of reports into Mt Maunganui landslide risks

Paul Davison KC's report found the risk was known decades before six people died in the landslide.

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