The risk of tourism-related deaths there was considered too high to be acceptable to New Zealand society. This is also clear ...

New Zealand's High Court has overthrown a conviction handed to the owners of the offshore volcano Whakaari which erupted in ...

University of Canterbury provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. The 2019 volcanic explosion on Whakaari/White Island, which killed 22 people touring the crater and severely injured ...

Whakaari Management Limited (WML) was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors safe and fined just over NZ$1m ...

The successful appeal against the conviction of the owner of Whakaari/White Island for liability in the deaths and injury of ...

Further engagement with hapū is needed if a Whakaari memorial space is to be created in Whakatāne. Whakatāne District Council ...

On 27 February 2025, the High Court overturned the conviction of Whakaari Management Limited (WML). WML had been charged by ...

Notably, 47 people were on Whakaari, also known as White Island, when it erupted in December 2019. It is regarded as New ...

Most of the 47 people on the island during the eruption were US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tour, ...

An image provided by visitor Michael Schade shows White Island (Whakaari) volcano, as it erupts, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 09 December 2019. Photo by Michael Schade/EPA-EFE ...

The ruling absolves the company from paying millions of dollars in restitutions to the families of those bereaved in the 2019 explosion on Whakaari, also known as White Island, and two dozen ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --New Zealand's High Court on Friday overturned the conviction against Whakaari Management Limited, the owner of the Whakaari/White Island volcano that erupted in 2019, killing dozens.