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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 coroner's 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 the crash down to four factors: a loss of structural integrity in the A-frame, which caused the concr...

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 down Andrew Little, the minister leading the Government’s response to the terror attacks royal co...