The moment that White Island erupted. Photo: Alessandro KauffmannWorkSafe has filed charges against 13 parties in relation to the Whakaari/White Island eruption that killed 22 people, according to reports. Nineteen tourists and two tour guides from White Island Tours were among the dead after the volcanic island erupted underneath them during a sight-seeing tour. "Informally I was told [by council staff] council had no jurisdiction, that it wasn't in our area." What happened to those who had ventured onto White Island was extremely traumatising, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 29, 2020 23:48 UTC