The Latest Breaking News from Evangelos Thomas

NZ volcano owners cleared over 2019 eruption liability

New Zealand's High Court has cleared the three owners of offshore volcano Whakaari for liability for deaths and harm from a 2019 eruption.

AAP · Feb 27, 2025

White Island: New Zealand’s volcano tourism trial finally comes to an end

There were 47 tourists and guides on the island when steam blew, killing some and leaving others with agonizing burns

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

The owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, appeal their conviction

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, are appealing their company’s criminal conviction on safety breaches at the High Court in Auckland

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

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

New Zealand judge Evangelos Thomas criticised failures of safety audits given ‘obvious risks’ that led to 2019 fatal eruption

The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2023

Whakaari owners convicted on NZ volcano safety charge

Four years after an eruption killed 22 people on New Zealand's White Island, Whakaari Management Ltd has been convicted on a workplace safety charge.

AAP · Oct 30, 2023

NZ agency cleared over White Island blast

A judge in New Zealand has cleared the country's emergency management agency of safety breaches over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption.

AAP · May 4, 2022