Muriwai landslides exacerbated by weakened soil w/ Associate Professor Martin Brook: February 17, 2023

Two firefighters lost their lives when the house they were called to was brought down by a landslide on Monday night, due to Cyclone Gabriel. However, this is not the first time a fatal landslide has occured. A mother and her teenage daughter died and two houses were destroyed during two huge landslides in Muriwai in 1965. Experts say that the sand and soil was probably already damaged due to the past landslides.

Joe spoke to Associate Professor Martin Brook from the University of Auckland on the matter.