, mostly tourists, in 2019, was found guilty of one charge of breaching health and safety law in a New Zealand court on Tuesday.
District Court Judge Evangelos Thomas found Whakaari Management Ltd. , which manages the island on behalf of the owners but did not undertake the tours, was guilty of one health and safety charge. A second charge was dismissed. “It was a reasonably practicable step it should have taken to ensure it met its duty,” said Judge Thomas, adding it was a “big failure” that it did not do so.
White Island is an active volcano, which lies around 50km offshore from the town of Whakatane on the east coast of North Island. It used to regularly host visitors even though eruptions were not uncommon.
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