Rotorua Daily Post Year in Review: December 2020
11 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cries during the Whakaari White Island commemorations in Whakatane. Photo / File
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The Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2020. Here s what made headlines in December.
December 1:
Half the organisations facing charges over the deadly Whakaari/White Island eruption that claimed 22 lives have come forward, forgoing name suppression ahead of the first court appearance.
WorkSafe NZ has laid criminal charges against 10 organisations and three individuals following the catastrophic eruption on December 9 last year.
December 2:
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When she finally found her home, she fell in love with a lush tūī-laden kōwhai tree on the front berm, even burying her 12-year-old daughter s placenta underneath it, now that home was finally permanent.