1 Nov 2023

Whakaari White Island Management convicted for failures over disaster

From Morning Report, 7:56 am on 1 November 2023

The mother of a tour guide who died in the Whakaari White island disaster wants assurances something similar could never happen again.

Avey Woods' son, Hayden Marshall-Inman, was one of the 22 people killed in the eruption in December 2019.

She's pleased the island's owners Whakaari Management Limited has been convicted for health and safety failures leading up to that day and is now waiting to see what the sentence will be.

Reporter Lucy Xia has more.