1 Dec 2020

PM: Whakaari Royal Commission unnecessary

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 1 December 2020

The Prime Minister says she doesn't think a Royal Commission into last year's Whakaari White Island eruption is necessary.

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Jacinda Ardern says both the health and safety regulator and the Coroner are investigating, and a Royal Commission would add little more to that.

She made the comments less than 24 hours after WorkSafe announced it was charging 13 parties over the explosion, which killed 22 people.

Māni Dunlop spoke to National's workplace relations spokesperson, Scott Simpson.