The National Emergency Management Agency has won a bid to dismiss a WorkSafe charge -- in relation to the 2019 Whakaari eruption that resulted in the deaths of 22 people
The National Emergency Management Agency has won a bid to dismiss a WorkSafe charge -- in relation to the 2019 Whakaari eruption that resulted in the deaths of 22 people
4 May 2022
The agency is one of 13 defendants charged with health and safety breaches.
Forty-seven people were on the volcanic island when it erupted - 22 died -and many were seriously injured.
NEMA last week made a legal challenge in the Whakatane District Court, arguing the Crown agency's responsibilities are narrower than WorkSafe alleged - and NEMA did not have a local operational role.
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