4th March 2024 Whakaari / White Island ToursThe company and three heli-tour operators have been ordered to pay nearly $7m over the fatal 2019 disaster.
1st March 2024 WhakaariSentencing of the parties involved in the Whakaari White Island trial will begin this morning.
26th February 2024 Whakaari / WorkSafeIt brings to an end the prosecutions of ID Tours NZ and Tauranga Tourism Services, which were the only tourism businesses to fight the charges.
26th February 2024 WhakaariFour tourism businesses are among the organisations that face significant penalties over the fatal 2019 eruption.
12th December 2023 WhakaariThe agency will continue its pursuit of the two tourism companies well into 2024.
21st November 2023 Legal / WhakaariInbounders say WorkSafe’s continued legal action creates uncertainty and puts every tourism distributor on notice.
15th November 2023 Opinion / WhakaariWhy the ongoing legal case is both unreasonable and unwarranted.
6th November 2023 Whakaari / WorkSafeThe case will go on after WorkSafe decides to fight the dismissal of charges against ID Tours and Tauranga Tourism Services.
3rd November 2023 Opinion / WhakaariResponsibilities around risk are not just limited to operators.
1st November 2023 Whakaari / White IslandSix of the seven guilty parties in the Whakaari White Island case will be sentenced in February next year after a verdict was handed down on Tuesday.
12th September 2023 WhakaariThe court finds that the booking agents did not have a duty to visitors, nor did they have workers on the island.
6th September 2023 Legal / WhakaariCharges against the owners of Whakaari White Island over the deadly 2019 eruption have been thrown out.
12th July 2023 WhakaariSurvivors of the Whakaari White Island tragedy are taking the stand today at the Auckland District Court.
10th July 2023 Legal / WhakaariThree helicopter tour operators charged by WorkSafe plead guilty just days before the trial starts.
16th June 2023 WhakaariWhite Island Tours says it is devastated by the disaster and has not operated to the island there since.
17th May 2023 Research / WhakaariNew Zealand research has uncovered a new way to track the path of rock and gas flows from volcanoes.
26th October 2022 Awards / WhakaariSeven pilots from scenic flight operator Volcanic Air and commercial helicopter firm Kahu have been awarded for their bravery following the Whakaari White Island eruption on 9 December 2019.
15th September 2022 WhakaariVolcanologists and engineers have completed two years of testing on an automated eruption warning system for Whakaari White Island that aims to estimate the likelihood of an eruption.
22nd October 2021 Whakaari / WorkSafeA review finds some of the agency’s actions “unacceptable and not able to be justified”.
24th September 2021 WhakaariThe measures are being taken in the wake of the Whakaari White Island eruption, which killed 22 people.
3rd June 2021 WhakaariA two-day administrative hearing begins today in Whakatāne District Court to hear charges laid by Worksafe against 13 parties in the Whakaari/White Island eruption over alleged health and safety breaches.
18th December 2020 WhakaariWorkSafe should take a greater leadership role in the adventure activities sector, according to a Government review.
15th December 2020 WhakaariThe first court appearance for the 13 parties charged by WorkSafe in relation to the 2019 Whakaari/White Island eruption has been moved to next year.
9th December 2020 WhakaariTourism Bay of Plenty’s CEO recalls a day of “shock and disbelief” as the tragedy unfolded and the agency swung into crisis management.
9th December 2020 WhakaariA dawn service was held at Whakatane Heads this morning to commemorate the 22 lives lost in the Whakaari/White Island eruption one year ago.
1st December 2020 WhakaariWhite Island Tours and Volcanic Air Safaris are among the parties charged.
30th November 2020 WhakaariCovid-19 restrictions mean many families of the victims of last year’s eruption will not be able to attend the one year commemoration.
27th November 2020 WhakaariGerman man Horst Westenfelder, 64, died on 2 July at an overseas hospital due to medical complications while receiving treatment for injuries.
2nd July 2020 RTO / WhakaariThe RTO chief executive on the region’s resilience, reacting to disaster and moving forward.
30th January 2020 WhakaariThe number of deaths from the Whakaari / White Island volcano eruption has reached 21.
24th January 2020 WhakaariThe two people missing after the Whakaari/White Island eruption on 9 December 2019 have been confirmed dead by the chief coroner.
17th January 2020 WhakaariWhite Island Tours has restarted tours to Moutohorā Island for the first time since the Whakaari/White Island eruption on 9 December 2019.
13th January 2020 WhakaariThe death toll from December’s Whakaari / White Island eruption has risen to 20 following the passing of a person in an Australian hospital overnight.
18th December 2019 WhakaariPolice have confirmed White Island Tours guide Hayden Marshall-Inman is one of the two missing victims following the Whakaari / White Island eruption.
17th December 2019 WhakaariThe Whakatāne councillor, tourism operator, and former TECNZ CEO, on how the local community has come together.
17th December 2019 WhakaariPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a $5m fund to help small businesses in Whakatane following Whakaari / White Island eruption last Monday.
16th December 2019 WhakaariWhite Island Tours guide Tipene Maangi has been delivered back to his family after his body was transported from Auckland Hospital on Sunday morning.
13th December 2019 WhakaariAerial and water searches of the area continue with a second land search being considered.
13th December 2019 WhakaariNZ Defence Force personnel landed on the island shortly after 8am today.
13th December 2019 WhakaariKelsey Waghorn and Jake Milbank are suffering from severe burns.
12th December 2019 WhakaariThe announcement of a criminal investigation into the deaths at White Island had a horrendous impact on staff at operator White Island Tours, says the company’s chair, Paul Quinn.
12th December 2019 Whakaari19-year-old guide Jake Milbank is at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital suffering from burns to 80% of his body.
12th December 2019 WhakaariTourism professor Michael Lueck on why visitors were allowed on the island and what changes might be made.
11th December 2019 WhakaariSupport has gathered for the operator at the centre of the Whakaari/White Island tragedy as investigations are launched.
11th December 2019 WhakaariWorkSafe has started an inquiry as another person succumbs to their injuries from the eruption.
10th December 2019 WhakaariThe long term impact on the local tourism sector following the devastating eruption at Whakaari/White Island yesterday is yet to be determined, Whakatane Mayor Judy Turner
10th December 2019 WhakaariThe operator’s chair, Paul Quinn, says “devastation is an understatement” following Monday’s eruption.
10th December 2019 WhakaariA local tour guide is among the five confirmed killed, with another eight still missing, presumed dead.
10th December 2019 WhakaariThirty-seven passengers and one crew member from the Royal Carribean’s Ovation of the Seas cruise ship was caught up in Monday’s eruption at Whakaari / White Island.
9th December 2019 WhakaariThe island is too dangerous for rescuers to return to this evening, say police.
