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“We would like to acknowledge Police’s announcement today confirming that this morning the recovery operation at the Mauao landslide site has now been stood down."

Tauranga City Council is working alongside partner agencies to ensure public safety, support affected residents, and maintain access to essential services. Find new and recent updates for the community here.

A Mayoral Relief Fund has been set up by Tauranga City Council to support the people and places directly affected by last week’s severe weather events.

In the days following the tragic Mauao landslide, Council has re-opened Hopukiore (Mount Drury) to the public (on Thursday, 29 January) and the Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Dawn Service organising committee has held careful and respectful kōrero with tangata whenua about continuing to hold the Dawn Service at Hopukiore.

FISHER at Bay Oval, as well as other planned events, will go ahead this weekend.

Hopukiore Mount Drury has now reopened and is a designated tsunami safe location.

Tauranga City Council is working alongside partner agencies to ensure public safety, support affected residents, and maintain access to essential services. Find recent updates for the community here.

Tauranga City Council has lifted the evacuation order for the Mangatawa Marae, residents, and the office of Mangatawa Pāpāmoa Blocks Incorporated in Pāpāmoa.

The cordoned area around the Mount Maunganui landslip site has been reduced to allow businesses to open on the Marine Parade side of the Mount.

The community is invited to come together in aroha - to support one another, to honour those who are missing and those whose lives have been lost, and to hold close all who have been affected by the recent landslides.

Tangata Whenua has placed a Rāhui over parts of Waikorire (Pilot Bay) and Hīnekite (Mount Main Beach).

Tauranga City Council acknowledges today’s tragic news that six people remain unaccounted for at the Mount Beachside Holiday Park, with Police saying it’s highly unlikely anyone will be found alive.