The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.

The 2019 volcanic explosion on Whakaari/White Island, which killed 22 people touring the crater and severely injured 25, is ...

The successful appeal against the conviction of the owner of Whakaari/White Island for liability in the deaths and injury of 47 people in 2019 could halve the $10.2 million in reparation payments due ...

the owner of the Whakaari/White Island volcano that erupted in 2019, killing dozens. Justice Simon Moore said while Whakaari Management Limited owned the land, it did not manage or control the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an ...

In late 2023, the community board began exploring options for the memorial for the December 9, 2019 eruption of Whakaari-White Island in which 22 people lost their lives and many ...

New Zealand's High Court has quashed a conviction handed to the owners of the offshore volcano Whakaari which erupted in 2019. The eruption killed 22 people, including 14 Australians. Justice ...

WorkSafe NZ is considering its next steps following the High Court decision. The owners of Whakaari/White Island have had their company’s conviction over the volcano’s deadly 2019 eruption ...

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 ...

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

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe ...