Whakaari/White Island trial not expected to start until 2023
Setting a date for the trial - which is set to last four months - is a priority, Judge Evengelos Thomas told the court.
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Setting a date for the trial - which is set to last four months - is a priority, Judge Evengelos Thomas told the court.
The government wants to bring in tougher safety rules for adventure activity operators, in response to the deadly 2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption.
The government wants to bring in tougher safety rules for adventure activity operators, in response to the deadly 2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption.
The case is due back in court next month, but Judge Evangelos Thomas has previously said a substantive trial is still some way off.
More than one-and-a-half years since the Whakaari eruption, defendants enter not guilty pleas.