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Josh Salisbury

White Island: Judge finds company guilty over New Zealand volcano disaster

A New Zealand judge has criticised a company’s “astonishing failures” over the death of 22 people who died in a volcano disaster.

Whakaari Management, which licences tours to New Zealand’s White Island, was found guilty of not minimising risk to those on the tour over the 2019 volcano eruption, which also left 25 injured.

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