On 30 May 1996 Denis Marshall resigned as minister of conservation as an 'expression of sorrow' for the Cave Creek tragedy of the previous year, in which 14 people had been killed when a Department of Conservation viewing platform collapsed. He had chosen not to resign at the time, but to stay on and rectify matters in his department – an interpretation of ministerial vicarious responsibility that had some support from other politicians. However, some of those affected by the tragedy, and some members of the public, felt he should have resigned earlier. This newspaper coverage of Marshall's resignation airs both viewpoints.
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Dominion Post
Reference:
The Dominion, 31 May 1996, p. 1
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