20 Jul 2020

Brother of Whakaari eruption victim hopes tours will resume

From Checkpoint, 5:55 pm on 20 July 2020

The brother of a man who was killed in the Whakaari White Island eruption says he hopes tours on the island will be able to resume soon.

Mark Inman says a new warning system which can forecast future eruptions, would be good to use alongside other alert levels already in place.

The scientists say the system is ready for deployment, but a volcanologist at GNS Science says while the research is promising, it's still far off from being operational.

Harry Lock reports.