Six deaths, decades of warnings, and no accountability
About this episode
The episode discusses the Mount Maunganui landslide, highlighting the ignored warnings and lack of accountability for the tragedy.
'This should never have happened' - how warnings about the Mount Maunganui landslide went unheeded, and why no one has been held accountable Questions remain over failures and accountability in the Mount Maunganui landslide, after a review found the tragedy could have been prevented, had councillors bothered to read commissioned reports Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Topics covered
- landslide
- accountability
- warnings
- council
- disaster prevention
Keywords
- Mount Maunganui
- landslide
- warnings
- accountability
- council reports
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Mount Maunganui
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