カテゴリー: White Island volcano
Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal convictio…
Buttle brothers argue in Auckland court that tour operators to blame for deaths of 22 people, including 14 AustraliansGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019 killing…
One expert says tougher regulations will have ‘enormous implications’ for the industry in a country that promotes itself as the adventure capital of the worldWhite water rafting guide Hamish Watters stands in a garage, a 30-minute drive north of Wellin…
New Zealand Justice Evangelos Thomas criticised failures of safety audits given ‘obvious risks’ that led to 2019 fatal eruptionA New Zealand court has found the owner of White Island/Whakaari, the offshore volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 peopl…
White Island/Whakaari volcano exploded in 2019, prompting debate over natural hazard tourismThe landowners of a New Zealand volcano that fatally erupted in 2019 have rejected arguments from the country’s workplace safety regulator that they ultimately …
Two of six defendants successfully applied on Tuesday to have charges over alleged workplace health and safety breaches droppedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA judge has dismissed charges against two of the thr…
Individual charges against Andrew, James and Peter Buttle dropped, though their company still faces charges over deadly eruptionThe three brothers who owned Whakaari/White Island at the time of its deadly eruption had the individual charges against the…
US couple gives evidence to New Zealand court in case against island’s owners and tourism operatorsAn American couple who were badly burned when Whakaari/White Island erupted in December 2019, killing 22 of the 47 people in its crater, told a New Zeala…
Two years ago New Zealand’s Whakaari volcano eruption killed 22 people and changed the lives of many others foreverOn a pristine day two years ago, a group of mostly international day-trippers boarded boats and chugged over to Whakaari/White Island, a …
Prime minister remembers 20 foreign tourists and two local guides who died in Whakaari disaster, as the governor general speaks of ‘dark day in our nation’s history’Jacinda Ardern has said the overseas visitors among 22 people killed in the White Islan…
Ten parties charged under health and safety laws and three charged as directors or individuals over Whakaari explosion which killed 22New Zealand’s workplace safety watchdog has charged 13 parties as part of its investigation into last December’s White…
Researchers claim system could save lives in situations like the Whakaari/White Island eruption in 2019, which killed 21 peopleNew Zealand scientists say they have invented a warning system to predict volcanic eruptions that may prevent future tragedie…
Australian victim Lisa Dallow awake in a serious but stable condition two months after New Zealand volcano eruptedAn Australian woman has come out of her coma, two months after the volcano eruption on New Zealand’s White Island, to be told the blast ki…
Police said Hayden Marshall-Inman of New Zealand and Winona Langford of Australia perished in the disasterThe death toll has risen to 20 from the volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island last month, as two people still missing were officially co…
One person has died in an Australian hospital, bringing the toll to 18 with two still missing, presumed deadThe death toll from last month’s volcanic eruption in New Zealand has grown to 18 after one of the injured died in a hospital in Australia, poli…