New Zealand's High Court has overthrown a conviction handed to the owners of the offshore volcano Whakaari which erupted in ...

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal ...

Whakaari Management Limited (WML) was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors safe and fined just over NZ$1m ...

Brothers Andrew, James and Peter Buttle appealed against their company's conviction which saw them fined $1.045 million and ...

White Island, the tip of an undersea volcano also known by its Māori name Whakaari, was a popular tourist destination before the eruption and was reached by boat or helicopter from the North ...

The ruling absolves the company from paying millions of dollars in restitution to the families of those who died.

An image provided by visitor Michael Schade shows White Island (Whakaari) volcano, as it erupts, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 09 December 2019. Photo by Michael Schade/EPA-EFE ...

The owners of Whakaari/White Island have had their conviction over the volcano’s deadly 2019 eruption, which killed 22 and ...

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --New Zealand's High Court on Friday overturned the conviction against Whakaari Management Limited, the owner of the Whakaari/White Island volcano that erupted in 2019, killing dozens.

The seismic tools were the same as those used to measure earthquakes, Ardid said, but near a volcano the recorded shaking ...