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Media, onlookers worldwide question approach to health and safety for tourists
11 Dec 2019The New York Times is among prominent international media questioning the wisdom of allowing tourists onto Whakaari / White Island and the quality of the country's health and safety systems.
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: Cordon fence becomes makeshift memorial
11 Dec 2019A number of Whakatāne locals are spending their time near the cordon, looking out to the ash cloud from Whakaari / White Island that can be seen in the distance.
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Hero pilot on rescuing survivors: 'A lot of people in serious distress'
11 Dec 2019A helicopter pilot who rescued five of the Whakaari / White Island injured has described how the people lying in the crater covered in ash were crying out for help as he carried them to his… Audio
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Uncertainty over volcano tourism: 'They should leave Whakaari alone'
11 Dec 2019The mayor of Whakatāne wants tourist trips to Whakaari / White Island to continue, despite the eruption which has killed six people, but locals aren't convinced that tourists should return. Audio
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Identification process for victims of White Island eruption starts
11 Dec 2019Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall has declared the Whakaari / White Island eruption as a mass fatality incident and three coroners in Auckland will begin working on the identification of the… Video
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Whakaari / White Island after the eruption from a doctor's eyes
11 Dec 2019A doctor who landed on the island in the aftermath of Monday's eruption says there was a strong smell of sulphur in the air, a thick yellow stain running out to sea and thick smoke. Audio
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Whakaari / White Island volcanic activity increases significantly - GNS
11 Dec 2019Volcanic activity on White Island has increased significantly from early this morning though the GNS alert status remains at level 3 for now. Video
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: 'Missing' mother alive - family
10 Dec 2019The family of an Adelaide mother reported missing in the wake of the NZ volcanic eruption is in hospital with severe burns, her family says - but there is still no word on her husband and daughter.
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Tour guide's actions after eruption praised
10 Dec 2019A tour guide has been called a hero for dragging more than 20 people off Whakaari / White Island in suffocating conditions.
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'I can still smell the ash on my hands' - First responder recalls harrowing rescue
10 Dec 2019A Hamilton man who gave first aid to some of those injured in the Whakaari / White Island eruption says he poured cold water over their burned bodies and kept talking to them to keep them conscious. Audio
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: Six dead, NZ's burns units at capacity
10 Dec 2019The police have confirmed another person has died following the eruption on Whakaari / White Island, bringing the official death toll to six.
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White Island eruption a 'terrible, terrible tragedy' - Aussie PM
10 Dec 2019Three Australians are believed to be among five people confirmed dead after a volcanic explosion on Whakaari / White Island, with tourists from the UK, USA, China Malaysia also among the injured and…
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Nash defends police response to Whakaari / White Island eruption
10 Dec 2019Police Minister Stuart Nash has defended the police decision not to mount a rescue operation at Whakaari / White Island and says he's confident they did everything they could.
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Whakaari / White Island after the eruption from a doctor's eyes
11 Dec 2019A doctor who landed on the island in the aftermath of Monday's eruption says there was a strong smell of sulphur in the air, a thick yellow stain running out to sea and thick smoke.
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: 'Missing' mother alive - family
11 Dec 2019The family of an Adelaide mother reported missing in the wake of the NZ volcanic eruption is in hospital with severe burns, her family says - but there is still no word on her husband and daughter.
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'I can still smell the ash on my hands' - First responder recalls harrowing rescue
11 Dec 2019A Hamilton man who gave first aid to some of those injured in the Whakaari / White Island eruption says he poured cold water over their burned bodies and kept talking to them to keep them conscious. Audio
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Whakaari / White Island eruption: Six dead, NZ's burns units at capacity
11 Dec 2019The police have confirmed another person has died following the eruption on Whakaari / White Island, bringing the official death toll to six.
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Mother 'livid' after US newly-weds caught up in eruption
11 Dec 2019The mother of a badly-burned bride says she's livid her daughter and son-in-law were able to tour White Island/Whakaari following warnings of increased volcanic activity in recent weeks.
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Why tourists were allowed on Whakaari / White Island
10 Dec 2019Questions are being raised over why tourists were allowed on Whakaari / White Island, but the company that owns the tour firm says the alert level was within its guidelines.
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