A New Zealand court has found the owners of White Island/Whakaari, the offshore volcano which erupted in 2019 killing 22 people, guilty on one charge of breaching workplace safety laws.
On Tuesday, the Auckland District Court ruled Whakaari Management Limited - the holding company of landowners Andrew, James and Peter Buttle - had not met its obligations to visitors to the volcano. At the time of the eruption on 9 December 2019, 47 tourists and tour guides were on the island, including 24 Australians, 14 of whom were killed . Many had booked day trips while visiting on cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.
was also common sense," he said. "In WML's case, it should have appreciated that it could rely on risk assessment work being done by others to relieve it of its own obligation in relation to risk ... it needed to stop and re-evaluate," he said. "It should have been no surprise that Whakaari could erupt at any time, and without warning, at the risk of death and serious injury.
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