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White Island volcano eruption: Whakaari Management found guilty of ‘astonishing’ safety failures

White Island/Whakaari volcano in New Zealand
The eruption at White Island/Whakaari volcano in New Zealand in 2019 killed 22 people. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images

A New Zealand court has found the owner of White Island/Whakaari, the offshore volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, guilty on one charge of breaching workplace safety laws.

On Tuesday, Auckland district court ruled Whakaari Management Limited (WML), the holding company of landowners Andrew, James and Peter Buttle, had not met its obligations to visitors to the volcano.

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