Latest news for Mount Maunganui

The findings of the independent external review into the tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park on 22 January 2026 will be publicly released by 21 August 2026.

Recent monitoring has confirmed renewed movement within the main landslide area on Mauao above the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park.

Tauranga City Council advises that the monitoring alarms on Mauao have activated again today.

The landscape on Mauao continues to change.

Over the weekend we have seen reactivations of the main landslide of 22 January 2026 within the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park.

Adams Avenue, between Pilot Bay and the Maunganui Road roundabout, will be temporarily closed to vehicles, effective immediately.

Tauranga City Council’s Mayoral Relief Fund has closed after providing targeted support to individuals, whānau, businesses, and community groups affected by January’s severe weather event.

Tauranga City Council has reached a significant milestone in the Ōropi Road slip repair project, with the first phase of construction now complete and two-way traffic set to resume tomorrow, ahead of the new school term.

Mayor Mahé Drysdale is in New York this week to begin the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a prestigious international programme focussed on strengthening mayoral leadership and improving local government

Tauranga has been selected as one of 300 cities worldwide to receive funding through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund.

Results from Tauranga City Council's recent survey on the future structure of local government show strong community support for locally led change.

The temporary southbound lane closure currently in place on Ōropi Road between Maleme Street and SH29A will be lifted between Friday 10 July and Sunday 12 July, to give road users full access over the long weekend.