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By Sam Olley, RNZ  Two years on from the disastrous Whakaari/White Island eruption, a lawyer representing Australian victims says the regulatory shortcomin

Two years ago New Zealand’s Whakaari volcano eruption killed 22 people and changed the lives of many others forever

Two years on from the disastrous Whakaari / White Island eruption, a lawyer representing Australian victims says the regulatory shortcomings are "terrifying".

In May 2021, Shona Brenssell and Dale Waitokia got word that Brenssell’s husband’s name had been cleared, and he was not responsible for causing the crash as police initially indicated, when Coroner Peter Ryan found it was unfair to say Wayne had contributed to the accident. The first coroners report concluded that Wayne’s erratic driving – and more specifically, a braking manoeuvre – caused the crash. The pair had been employed by Calder Developments. Instead, Coroner Ryan put th...

A Little misstep on ACC for terror victims Newsroom 14/03/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. The minister leading the Government’s response to the Christchurch terror attacks has it wrong on ACC, academics say. David Williams reports The interview was getting testy. On RNZ last Friday, Morning Report presenter Susie Ferguson was trying to pin...

Banks have faced increasing criticism in recent years over their ongoing financial support for environmentally destructive industries, but by tweaking their practices they could become part a critical part of the solution to escalating deforestation and habitat destruction worldwide. That is the core message this month from research by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), which outlines a set of five key actions banks and other financial firms can take to ...

It has now been confirmed that South Africa has entered a second wave of Covid-19, with an increase in the number of infections, daily. In the midst of the crisis caused by this  global pandemic, a wide range of solutions are required to mitigate the risk of exposure to the virus – from developing low-cost ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), as well as understanding how the virus is transmitted and the rate of infection. In light of this, a joint team from the University of...