White Island volcano
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White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out
Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a …
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White Island volcano disaster: owners appeal against criminal conviction
Buttle brothers argue in Auckland court that tour operators to blame for deaths of 22 people, including 14 Aus…
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Danger ahead: White Island volcano ruling could reshape adventure tourism in New Zealand
One expert says tougher regulations will have ‘enormous implications’ for the industry in a country that promo…
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White Island volcano eruption: Whakaari Management found guilty of ‘astonishing’ safety failures
New Zealand Justice Evangelos Thomas criticised failures of safety audits given ‘obvious risks’ that led to 20…
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Owners of New Zealand volcano that fatally erupted deny responsibility for visitor safety
White Island/Whakaari volcano exploded in 2019, prompting debate over natural hazard tourismThe landowners of …
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Whakaari White Island eruption: negligence charges dropped against two tourism agencies
Two of six defendants successfully applied on Tuesday to have charges over alleged workplace health and safety…
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New Zealand judge dismisses charges against White Island volcano owners
Individual charges against Andrew, James and Peter Buttle dropped, though their company still faces charges ov…
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Couple who survived White Island volcano tell court they weren’t warned of danger
US couple gives evidence to New Zealand court in case against island’s owners and tourism operatorsAn American…
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White Island anniversary passes quietly, with healing – and reckoning
Two years ago New Zealand’s Whakaari volcano eruption killed 22 people and changed the lives of many others fo…
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White Island volcano anniversary: Ardern leads nation in mourning tourists who died
Prime minister remembers 20 foreign tourists and two local guides who died in Whakaari disaster, as the govern…
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White Island volcano: New Zealand authorities charge 13 parties over disaster
Ten parties charged under health and safety laws and three charged as directors or individuals over Whakaari e…
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New Zealand scientists invent volcano warning system
Researchers claim system could save lives in situations like the Whakaari/White Island eruption in 2019, which…
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White Island volcano survivor out of coma and told of deaths of husband and daughter
Australian victim Lisa Dallow awake in a serious but stable condition two months after New Zealand volcano eru…
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White Island eruption: last two missing victims declared dead
Police said Hayden Marshall-Inman of New Zealand and Winona Langford of Australia perished in the disasterThe …
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New Zealand White Island eruption: death toll from volcano disaster rises
One person has died in an Australian hospital, bringing the toll to 18 with two still missing, presumed deadTh…