Chelsea Daniels: ZB reporter says WorkSafe is accusing Whakaari Management Limited of outsourcing health and safety obligations - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

The trial relating to the fatal 2019 eruption of Whakaari began- White Island has heard Worksafe's opening statements today.

Six parties are accused of health and safety failures before the eruption, which left 22 people dead and 25 injured.

ZB reporter Chelsea Daniels has been at the trial.

She says WorkSafe is accusing Whakaari Management Limited and its directors of essentially trying to outsource its health and safety obligations to tourism operators.

"Prosecutor Kristy McDonald KC was quick to point out that as of 2019, WML was making about $1 million in profit annually from handing out those licensing fees to those operators."

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