The owners of Whakaari White Island are appealing the criminal conviction against their company which managed access to the volcano until it erupted in 2019, killing 22 people.
Whakaari Management is owned by three brothers - Andrew, James and Peter Buttle.
Their lawyer, James Cairney, says the multimillion dollar conviction against the family-operated company "hangs heavy" on the family-owned business.
It's one of five companies that were fined and order to pay millions of dollars in compensation for health and safety failings leading up to the 2019 catastrophe.
Cairney spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
