Whangarei Boys' High School ordered to pay over half a million

The parents of a boy who died on a school trip to Abbey Caves say they trusted teachers to keep him safe. Whangarei Boys' High School student Karnin Petera drowned when the cave system flooded in May of 2023.Two adults and sixteen other students were able to escape.The school board was being sentenced at the Whangarei District Court after pleading guilty to two charges of exposing people to the risk of harm or death. Judge Davis ordered the school to pay more than half a million dollars in reparations to the victims, including Andre Petera and Alicia Toki.