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The tour agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people have been ordered to pay more than $A9 million to survivors.
Forty-seven people were on White Island off the coast of Whakatane on December 9 2019 when a volcano erupted, killing 22, which include 17 Aussies.
White Island volcano court hearings begin in New Zealand, as family calls for site to remain closed ThuThursday 4 updated ThuThursday 4 Karen Griffiths with her son Jason, months before he died following the White Island disaster. ( Print text only Cancel Karen Griffiths rushed from NSW to New Zealand as soon as she learned her son Jason had likely been caught up in the explosion on Whakaari White Island. Jason, 33, had been on a cruise with eight friends, including Karla Mathews and Rick Elzer who were also on the island when it erupted on December 9, 2019 But in the hours after news broke o...