The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe overturned by a judge on Friday.

The brothers who owned Whakaari/White Island, who were convicted and ordered to pay millions in connection with a 2019 ...

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

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 ...

A million tourists visit Milford Sound every year, including on cruise ships. What is the level of risk from natural disaster New Zealand is prepared to accept?

We have written in this column before about the tragic loss of life and serious injuries suffered by guides and visitors to ...

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.

White Island, the tip of an undersea volcano also ... including five tour companies and New Zealand’s geoscience research institute, which monitors active volcanoes. Charges were dismissed ...