White Island trial: Australian witness says no warnings were given ahead of deadly volcano eruption

Tourists were told there was ‘nothing to worry about’, Annie Yongan Lu tells New Zealand court

Guides never mentioned any potential dangers regarding a possible volcanic eruption until tourists were on New Zealand’s Whakaari/White Island, the first Australian witness has told a court hearing a landmark case on the deadly 2019 disaster.

The Auckland district court on Thursday began its third day of hearings for a prosecution brought by New Zealand’s labour inspectorate relating to the eruption, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including 14 Australians.