Six companies convicted of health and safety failings in the lead up to Whakaari White Island disaster will be sentenced today in the Auckland District Court.
The eruption in 2019 claimed 22 lives and injured 25 people.
The hearings have been held in the Environment Court all this week because the District Court is too small.
Victims and families have been making submissions along with the defendants.
The Crown Research Institute GNS Science, was the last to be heard.
Reporter Lucy Xia was there.
