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![White Island victims' multimillion-dollar civil claim heads to mediation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
White Island victims' multimillion-dollar civil claim heads to mediation
Victims' lawyer says no amount of money will erase the pain inflicted by the tragedy.
![Whakaari: Island's owners say they have no insurance to fund victims' reparations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari: Island's owners say they have no insurance to fund victims' reparations
Twenty-two people died and 25 others were injured when the island erupted in 2019.
![Whakaari/White Island: Tour company cannot afford $517k fine, likely to close](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari/White Island: Tour company cannot afford $517k fine, likely to close
Twenty-two people died and 25 others were injured when the island erupted in 2019.
!['Bittersweet': Brother of killed Whakaari guide speaks out after verdict](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Bittersweet': Brother of killed Whakaari guide speaks out after verdict
'No matter what way you look at it, it doesn’t bring anybody home.'
![Whakaari eruptions victims awarded more than $10m in reparations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari eruptions victims awarded more than $10m in reparations
Twenty-two people died in the eruption and 25 others were injured in 2019.
![GNS Science pushes for lower fine over Whakaari failings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
GNS Science pushes for lower fine over Whakaari failings
The sentencing hearing will return for the judge’s decision this afternoon.
![Whakaari tour companies maintain they were misled by WorkSafe, other govt agencies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari tour companies maintain they were misled by WorkSafe, other govt agencies
Research institute GNS Science will be sentenced separately today.
![Whakaari defendant seeks up to 55pc reduction in fine for guilty plea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari defendant seeks up to 55pc reduction in fine for guilty plea
Court hears more from the victims, families and lawyers at the second day of sentencing.
![Whakaari eruption victims’ families - ‘I feel like a victim of negligence’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari eruption victims’ families - ‘I feel like a victim of negligence’
Richard Elzer's family speak at the Auckland District Court sentencing.
![Opinion: Finger pointed back at WorkSafe in Whakaari/White Island case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: Finger pointed back at WorkSafe in Whakaari/White Island case
Opinion: 'How has WorkSafe been held to account?'
![White Island tragedy will change the way adventure tourism works in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
White Island tragedy will change the way adventure tourism works in NZ
Whakaari Management Limited has been found guilty of breaching workplace safety laws.
![White Island eruption: Company likely to be fined millions for tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
White Island eruption: Company likely to be fined millions for tragedy
Fines for the White Island disaster are likely to be in the millions.
![White Island trial ends, house prices up 1.7% and brewers face tough times | Focus Morning Bulletin November 1, 2023](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
White Island trial ends, house prices up 1.7% and brewers face tough times | Focus Morning Bulletin November 1, 2023
Whakaari Management Ltd found guilty on health and safety charge, window of opportunity for first-home buyers starting to close and Deep Creek in liquidation as industry hit by excise increases. Video / NZ Herald
!['Major failure': Whakaari owners found guilty of one charge relating to fatal eruption](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Major failure': Whakaari owners found guilty of one charge relating to fatal eruption
The December 2019 eruption killed 22 people.
![Tsunami, ashfall and pyroclastic flows: BoP volcanoes subject of new study](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tsunami, ashfall and pyroclastic flows: BoP volcanoes subject of new study
Scientists head out to Mayor and White islands on RV Tangaroa tomorrow.
![Pike River families call for political unity on corporate manslaughter law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pike River families call for political unity on corporate manslaughter law
Calls come after Whakaari/White Island charges were dismissed.
![WorkSafe, Whakaari Management at odds over duties of land-owners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
WorkSafe, Whakaari Management at odds over duties of land-owners
WorkSafe says the company should have questioned if the island was safe.
![Charges against two booking agents dismissed in Whakaari / White Island trial](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Charges against two booking agents dismissed in Whakaari / White Island trial
Thirteen parties were originally charged by WorkSafe in November 2020.
![Charges dismissed for Whakaari / White Island owners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Charges dismissed for Whakaari / White Island owners
The owners of White Island were accused of health and safety failures before eruption.
![WorkSafe failed to probe individual roles of Whakaari owners, lawyer says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
WorkSafe failed to probe individual roles of Whakaari owners, lawyer says
The owners are again applying for the charges against them to be dismissed.
![Whakaari White Island owners unable to answer whether they owed duty to victims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whakaari White Island owners unable to answer whether they owed duty to victims
'There is no way you can respond sensibly to the scale of that disaster.'