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One of the owners of Whakaari White Island said in an audio interview played in court that whether their company owed a duty to the victims of the eruption

One of three brothers who own the island and run tourist operation there tells court ‘what happened was a shock to everybody’

One of the owners of Whakaari / White Island said that whether their company owed a duty to the victims of the eruption in 2019 was a "hard question to answer".

'There is no way you can respond sensibly to the scale of that disaster.'

A court has heard that the owners of Whakaari White Island relied on GNS to manage and monitor the island and update them on any changes.

Multiple helicopter companies also paid fees to conduct tours of the island.

White Island Tours told a court it paid $500,000 a year for access to Whakaari - and helicopter companies also paid to conduct tours on the island.

Multiple helicopter companies also paid fees to conduct tours of the island.

OPINION: Charges were laid against 10 organisations and three individuals.

In a trial against three tourism companies and three directors charged with safety breaches, a helicopter pilot says he and two of his passengers escaped serious injury by jumping into