9th March 2026 Volcanic Air / WhakaariThe liquidation of scenic air operator Volcanic Air Safaris Limited has finished and liquidators are preparing to deregister the business from the New Zealand Companies Office.
12th November 2025 Inquest / Kahu / WhakaariKahu NZ owner Mark Law went against a direction to transport victims to an airfield.
11th November 2025 Inquest / Kahu / WhakaariKahu NZ owner Mark Law says there was no official back-up or support for pilots who flew out immediately to rescue people.
16th October 2025 Whakaari / White Island ToursA waiver signed by some people who took boat trips with White Island Tours to Whakaari White Island has been released to the coronial inquest into the eruption that killed 22 people on 9 December 2019.
15th October 2025 Whakaari / White Island ToursThe manager says he did not have the expertise to fully understand the risks ahead of the deadly 2019 eruption.
14th October 2025 Whakaari / White Island ToursA White Island Tours crew member was concerned about going to the island on the day it erupted.
13th October 2025 Inquest / WhakaariThree survivors of the Whakaari White Island disaster did not understand the risks of going on to the island when they went there on 9 December 2019.
10th October 2025 Inquest / WhakaariVisitors were not told of the risk of eruption nor asked to sign waivers, says a survivor.
6th October 2025 Inquest / WhakaariSurvivors and people who lost loved ones in the Whakaari White Island tragedy have urged the government to take control of the island and not allow members of the public on there again.
3rd October 2025 Coroner / WhakaariThe first phase of the coronial inquest into the 2019 Whakaari White Island disaster, in which 22 people died and 25 were injured, begins today at the Whakatāne District Court.
2nd October 2025 Coroner / WhakaariThe coronial inquest into the fatal 2019 Whakaari White Island eruption will open in the Whakatāne District Court on Friday.
3rd March 2025 Whakaari / WorkSafeWhakaari Management Limited has its conviction over the 2019 disaster quashed in the High Court.
