PremiumOpinionOpinion byBay of Plenty Times27 Aug, 2026 04:30 PM5 mins to readManu Caddie (Ngāti Pūkenga, Waitaha-ā-Hei, Ngāi Te Rangi) is a trustee of Ngāti Pūkenga Iwi ki Tauranga Trust is an entrepreneur, activist and academic based in Tauranga.Tauranga City Council chief executive Marty Grenfell (inset) has said he will not resign after the release of a review into the Mount Maunganui landslide tragedy. Images / Alyse WrightThe independent review into the Mauao landslide is devastating.
Paul Davison, KC, concluded the tragedy at the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park was preventable – not because anyone could have predicted the moment the slope would collapse, but because the hazard was known and relatively inexpensive measures had twice
