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Whakaari/White Island owners cleared, off the hook for $5.9m

Successful appeal of WorkSafe case leaves it to the Buttles as to whether to pay out the victims of the eruption.

Buttle family holds a long-term lease on the island and active stratovolcano.

The successful appeal against the conviction of the owner of Whakaari/White Island for liability in the deaths and injury of 47 people in 2019 could halve the $10.2 million in reparation payments due to the victims.

Whakaari Management (WML), owned by brothers Peter, Andrew, and James Buttle, was

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Brent Melville Mon, 03 Mar 2025
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