{"id":267734,"date":"2026-02-04T20:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/267734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:03:10","slug":"tauranga-mayor-says-its-unlikely-mt-maunganui-landslide-area-will-remain-a-campsite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/267734\/","title":{"rendered":"Tauranga mayor says it’s unlikely Mt Maunganui landslide area will remain a campsite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe cordon in Mount Maunganui following the deadly landslide is covered in tributes for the people who lost their lives.
\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Lauren Crimp\n<\/p>\n

The Tauranga mayor said any decisions on the land immediately surrounding the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide will be months away, but feels it is unlikely that the area will remain a campsite in the future.<\/p>\n

Six people died<\/a> after a section of the maunga collapsed into a campground during the extreme weather event two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mayor Mah\u00e9 Drysdale announced that Tauranga is moving to a “transition period” for a month, focusing on assessing damage and making plans for what reopening Mauao looks like.<\/p>\n

The mayor said any decisions on the future of the land surrounding the landslide will require conversations with iwi, communities, and people closely affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got a number of conversations to have with the families of those that lost loved ones, because we also want to be respectful and understand what they’d like to see,<\/p>\n

“I think I can probably confidently say we don’t have a campground where the slip happened, we got to make some decisions around what we do with that land and how we remember this very tragic event,” he said.<\/p>\n

Access to Mauao is restricted, and cordons remain along parts of Marine Parade and Adams Avenue, as geotechnical experts assess conditions.<\/p>\n

Drysdale said the current focus is to mitigate risks around the Mount Maunganui landslip, so that businesses nearby can open before the Waitangi weekend.<\/p>\n

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\nTauranga Mayor Mah\u00e9 Drysdale.
\nPhoto: Calvin Samuel \/ RNZ\n<\/p>\n

He said three businesses remain closed on Adams Avenue, but he’s hopeful that they can safely open by Friday.<\/p>\n

Drysdale said shipping containers have been put in as a precaution, and more work will be done on Thursday to stabilise the land.<\/p>\n

“By putting these mitigations in place, and this is always subject to geotechnical advice, we’re confident that we can make it safe enough that we’re happy to open that,” he said.<\/p>\n

Drysdale said businesses have had a hard time since the tragedy, and he hopes that visitors can still come and support them during the Waitangi weekend.<\/p>\n

“We hope that people still come down to the area and support these businesses, this was a natural disaster and no doing of themselves, but they have been caught in the crossfire, so we’re doing what we can to support them,” he said.<\/p>\n

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