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Analysis - A court decision finding the owners of Whakaari / White Island guilty of breaching workplace safety laws could have implications for adventure tourism, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and James Higham write.
Everyone involved in the tourism industry will need to manage risk differently after a court found the landowners of Whakaari/White Island guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Whakaari/White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in New Zealand’s tourism industry
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OPINION An Auckland court has found Whakaari Management Limited (WML) guilty of breaching workplace safety laws relating to the Whakaari/White Island...
The defence for the island's owners has denied WorkSafe claims they failed to take appropriate steps to improve health and safety standards.