Investigations into why tourists were allowed to visit New Zealand’s White Island volcano before it erupted could take at least a year and result in criminal charges and jail sentences, Jacinda Ardern said. “There remains now questions to be asked and questions to be answered,” the prime minister told reporters at her weekly press conference in Wellington after leading the country in a minute’s silence for the dead and injured at 2.11pm — the time the White Island volcano erupted on Monday last week. Four men have been arrested in raids leading to the seizure of several vehicles in an … Continue reading Investigations into why tourists were allowed to visit New Zealand’s White Island volcano before it erupted could take at least a year