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St John urged to assess its call-taking process, elderly migrants tell of abuse by New Zealand children and Papua New Guinea considers foreign support.
St John urged to assess its call-taking process, elderly migrants tell of abuse by New Zealand children and Papua New Guinea considers foreign support.
GNS Science says the initial eruption happened about 8.20am yesterday.
GNS Science says the eruption happened about 8.20am.
Court documents reveal US tourists' battle for survival as Whakaari/White Island erupted.
Victims' lawyer says no amount of money will erase the pain inflicted by the tragedy.
Twenty-two people died and 25 others were injured when the island erupted in 2019.
Twenty-two people died and 25 others were injured when the island erupted in 2019.
'No matter what way you look at it, it doesn’t bring anybody home.'
Twenty-two people died in the eruption and 25 others were injured in 2019.
Court hears more from the victims, families and lawyers at the second day of sentencing.
Richard Elzer's family speak at the Auckland District Court sentencing.
Family of 23-year-old tour guide broke down in tears as they spoke in court.
Sentencing of companies guilty of safety failings starts today.
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Whakaari Management Limited has been found guilty of breaching workplace safety laws.
Fines for the White Island disaster are likely to be in the millions.
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The December 2019 eruption killed 22 people.
WorkSafe says the company should have questioned if the island was safe.
Thirteen parties were originally charged by WorkSafe in November 2020.
The owners of White Island were accused of health and safety failures before eruption.
The owners are again applying for the charges against them to be dismissed.
'There is no way you can respond sensibly to the scale of that disaster.'
The judge-alone trial resumed on Wednesday.
It is the fourth week of a trial at the District Court in Auckland.
Multiple helicopter companies also paid fees to conduct tours of the island.
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"We can never definitively say when an eruption might happen."
Jesse Langford lost his mum, dad and sister on Whakaari.
Brian Depauw piloted his first solo chopper trip to Whakaari on the fateful day in 2019.