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Future of Whakaari / White Island tourism debated
7 Dec 2020'Explore an active volcano!' the brochures advertising trips to Whakaari / White Island said - but should tourists have been allowed there in the first place, and should they be allowed back?
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Families of Whakaari victims describe struggle to get counselling
7 Dec 2020Families of people who died in the Whakaari / White Island eruption say it has been a battle to access grief counselling following the tragedy.
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Whakaari/White Island eruption: PM sees no need for royal commission
1 Dec 2020The prime minister doesn't believe a royal commission into the Whakaari / White Island eruption is necessary.
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'None of this action is going to bring anyone back'
1 Dec 2020The brother of a tour guide who died on Whakaari/White Island says he doesn't think charges should have been laid against anyone over what he believes was an act of God. Audio
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Whakaari: WorkSafe charges 10 orgs, three directors
30 Nov 2020Worksafe has laid criminal charges against 13 parties in relation to the Whakaari / White Island eruption in December last year.
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Whakaari/White Island rocks may hold clues to eruption risk - research
29 Apr 2020Unique, cracked rocks on Whakaari/White Island allow gas to escape, easing the build-up of pressure that triggers volcanic eruptions, but can become clogged and act like valves.
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White Island volcano victims to sue Royal Caribbean
27 Apr 2020Legal action is being pursued against Royal Caribbean cruise line over the Whakaari/White Island eruption as extraordinary new details of the effort to rescue survivors are revealed.
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Whakaari/White Island eruption: Final patients at Middlemore released
6 Apr 2020The last patients remaining in the National Burns Unit after the Whakaari / White Island eruption have been discharged.
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Whakaari / White Island: Three injured people still in hospital in NZ
4 Mar 2020Only three victims of the Whakaari/White Island volcano remain in hospital in New Zealand.
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The Whakaari recovery operation - behind the scenes
2 Mar 2020New details of the Whakaari/White Island recovery mission shed light on the planning and bravery of the special forces team who searched the island just days after its eruption.
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Whakaari/White Island eruption: Middlemore reports $2.1m spend on response
25 Feb 2020The public tab for last year's deadly eruption at Whakaari/White Island continues to grow, with Counties Health revealing its response has cost more than $2 million and counting.
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White Island victim comes out of coma, learns of family deaths
11 Feb 2020An Adelaide mother whose husband and daughter died in New Zealand's White Island volcanic eruption in December is now out of a coma and been told of her family members' deaths.
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Whakaari helicopter pilot: 'You just did what you had to do'
11 Feb 2020Helicopter pilot Tom Storey, who was among the first to respond to the Whakaari / White Island disaster, wants to know if the people he helped rescue have survived.
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No further lava appears at Whakaari / White Island
4 Feb 2020Whakaari / White Island remains in an steady elevated state of unrest, but no further lava has come to the surface.
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Volcano tourism call: 'Proper safety equipment would have saved my family'
30 Jan 2020Family of the 21st victim of the Whakaari / White Island eruption have urged tour operators to have proper safety equipment, saying such items would saved their relatives' lives.
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Burns Centre gets $100k for rehab machines
23 Jan 2020Middlemore Foundation's public plea for money to fund machines to help rehabilitate Whakaari/White Island volcano eruption victims has secured upwards of $100,000.
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: How it unfolded
12 Dec 2019For years, it has awed the thousands of visitors who have stepped on to its alien surface. On 9 December, 2019, that otherworldliness was transformed into a hellscape.
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Whakaari/White Island: The dead and missing
11 Dec 2019There were 47 people on Whaakari/White Island when it erupted. Eight died, and eight others on the island are presumed dead. This is who they are.
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: two missing people officially listed as dead
23 Jan 2020The two people whose bodies were still unrecovered after the eruption at Whakaari have been confirmed dead by the Chief Coroner.
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White Island Tours restarts visits to Moutohorā Island
16 Jan 2020White Island Tours has started taking people to Moutohorā/Whale Island for the first time since the Whakaari/White Island eruption five weeks ago.
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Police detail attempt to retrieve body from water
15 Jan 2020Whakaari-White Island still remains in an elevated state of unrest after a major eruption in early December that took the lives of 20 people.
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Top health official praises Whakaari/White Island response
9 Jan 2020People often hear about challenges facing the health sector, but its response to the Whakaari/White Island eruption has shown its capability, the country's top health official says.
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White Island eruption: Victims still fighting for their lives one month on
8 Jan 2020Families of victims of the eruption are preparing to mark a month since the devastating blast that took the lives of 19 people. Meanwhile, 26 others are still in hospital recovering.
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Whakaari/White Island no-go zone reduced
7 Jan 2020Whakaari/White Island remains active and while the no-go zone around the island was reduced on Monday, GNS Science staff still can't go back for standard operations.
