10 million in reparations given to Whakaari victims and familes

Victims of the Whaakari White island eruption and their families have been awarded more than ten million dollars in reparations. Five companies that took tourists to the volcanic island before the fatal 2019 erruption were sentenced at the Auckland District Court today. Reparations are being paid by the islands' owner Whakaari Management Limited, White Island Tours and the helicopter company Volcanic Air Safaris.