Hamilton City Council is set to appear in court over the fatal mauling of a zookeeper by a tiger.
Samantha Kudeweh, 43, was killed in September 2015 by Oz, an adult male Sumatran tiger, in his enclosure at Hamilton Zoo.
WorkSafe in March laid charges against the council, alleging it had breached the Health and Safety in Employment Act by not taking all practical steps to protect the keeper.
Both WorkSafe and the council are set to appear for a hearing on Thursday, although both have declined to comment further on the matter.
The council faces a possible maximum fine of $250,000 over the breach, Worksafe said.
Ms Kudeweh was a senior member of the zoo's team and had been a keeper for more than two decades.
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