In today's episode, the company that owns Whakaari/White Island has had its conviction relating to the volcano's deadly December 2019 eruption quashed, the 32-year-old man accused of killing Nelson police officer Lyn Fleming has pleaded not guilty to her murder, dozens of residents from Waipoua Settlement in Northland's Kaipara District are still unable to return home on Friday morning due to a large fire burning in nearby grassland and pine forest, and Oscar-winning cinema giant Gene Hackman was found dead on Wednesday alongside his wife, in an incident that police are reportedly calling "suspicious".
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