A temporary road closure is in place following slips on Mauao.
On Saturday Tauranga City Council said Adams Ave, between Pilot Bay and the Maunganui Rd roundabout, would be temporarily closed to vehicles, effective immediately.
It said the closure was a precautionary measure to ensure public safety while the area was at higher risk of further movement.
A reporter at the scene said Adams Ave was closed to traffic between The Mall and Maunganui Rd apart from residents’ vehicles.
A new photo from the scene showing Adams Ave cordoned off and signs of a fresh slip. Photo / Rosalie Liddle Crawford .
Pedestrians could still use the Adams Ave footpath.
Two Māori wardens at the scene said there had been two fresh slips. One slip was at the original slip site above the camping ground and hot pools that took the lives of six people earlier this year.
It was unclear where the second slip was located.
Adams Ave is closed to traffic between Maunganui Rd and The Mall. Photo / Rosalie Liddle Crawford.
Motorists and pedestrians are being advised to avoid the area and follow any signage or directions from staff on site.
The closure is expected to remain in place until at least Monday.
Tauranga City Council said geotechnical engineers were assessing the site and would provide further advice as soon as possible.
6 comments
slips
Posted on 26-07-2026 09:26 | By terminal
yep just like the old song .. slip sliding away;;;;
Over reaction again
Posted on 26-07-2026 14:57 | By Scottie P
Off course your going to get the existing slips to keep moving if you don’t address the initial slip. There open exposed soil which is made up of sand n peat which turns to slurry. This council is not working to fix the problems but to simply add to the existing issues of the slips. Just no actual strategy other than to keep it closed.
The Master
Posted on 26-07-2026 17:30 | By Ian Stevenson
It would be completely reckless and unprecedented... but...
Perhaps TCC could take notice of some of the TCC commissioned reports from over the last 20 odd years that relate to embankments, slips etc? Yes, I know that would be "Outrageous" and some...
Simple stuff really: -
1 Don't remove the big established trees that hold it all up.... OOPIES - a little to late for that perhaps?
2 Take the professional advice (some as far back as 20 years ago) in a timely manner to have an exclusion zone at the foot of slops/embankments.
3 Learn "Something" basic and obvious from all of time... embankments, cleared, rain/storms, slips in the area current and past, obviously happened before...
Each and any and all the above state VERY loudly that this situation would be easily avoided.
The Master
Posted on 26-07-2026 17:35 | By Ian Stevenson
Obviously, the TCC investigation wont find anything wrong at TCC for anything related, the reason for that is absolutely obvious before it starts...
The recommendation/s will be meaningless, it will state that "We have learned a lot..." and "All is well... nothing to see here, move along.".
In the end, that is what is called a "White-wash" intentionally orchestrated by an organisation whose specialty, that has been perfected over decades, is to avoid by any means any accountability for anything done, said and or demanded at anytime.
Hmmmm
Posted on 26-07-2026 18:58 | By Yadick
So I can't drive passed in my car but I can walk passed. I can drive faster than I can walk and if hit by the landslide at road point I'm sure I'd be safer in my car than not. Seems a bit a . . . about face.
It's an open face, surely this was expected . . .
The most basic …..
Posted on 27-07-2026 14:39 | By Shadow1
…. precautions have been ignored by Council’s engineers.
Their first failure is to take control of the water. Most of the culverts under the tracks are woefully inadequate. Usually pipes left over from another minor project.
Has anyone walked the tracks during heavy rain? Do they actually know where the most water crosses the tracks? All the algorithms for calculating catchments, steepness, and coverage are meaningless here. The Maunga’s position is the highest point around, so it will catch the heaviest rain.
All the track repairs will fail if you don’t make the water stick to the best route to the sea.
And remember, you can’t force a huge volume of water through a 200mm pipe.
Shadow1.
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