For the first time, the criminal trial into the Whakaari White Island disaster has heard evidence from the three brothers who own the volcano. Asked what steps they took to fully understand the danger posed by the island, Peter Buttle said he and his brothers held "institutional knowledge" gained over more than 40 years of the Buttle family communicating with …
The criminal trial into the White Island disaster has heard GNS Science changed how it assessed risk to its own staff after a "near miss", but the volcano monitor did not have a role in passing advice to the owners of Whakaari. On Wednesday, the court heard Prosecutor Kristy McDonald question Dr Jolly on the details of the current GNS …
Legal action is being pursued against Royal Caribbean cruise line over last year's deadly volcano eruption in New Zealand as extraordinary new details of the effort to rescue survivors are revealed. Ms Yousef said Royal Caribbean told the passengers on the Ovation of the Seas "absolutely nothing" about the possibility or the risks of an eruption. "There are accounts of …