A slip has narrowly missed a new build home in the Tauranga suburb of Welcome Bay, viewed from Te Auhi Reserve. Multiple landslides can be seen along the hills extending from Welcome Bay down the coast to Pāpāmoa, with dozens of residents having to evacuate after a tropical storm swept through overnight Wednesday. One of those slips turned fatal on Welcome Bay Rd in Pāpāmoa after a slip tore through a house about 4am Thursday. Yesterday, it was revealed a grandmother and her grandson were the two people killed in that Welcome Bay Rd landslide. A slip has narrowly missed a new build home in the Tauranga suburb of Welcome Bay, viewed from Te Auhi Reserve on January 24, 2026.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2026 12:30 UTC