Paul Charman on the joys of a weekend driving around the Central Plateau.

A digger driver who was critically injured after being hit by a train this morning was carrying out work for KiwiRail.

Rachel Grunwell offers tips on how to survive taking the kids on a ski holiday.

New Zealanders will still have free access to Tongariro National Park and its surrounds despite a report confirming his people's belief its peaks were never gifted to the Crown, says paramount chief.

Work to flush a stream contaminated by a large diesel spill at Tongariro National Park has begun.

Mount Tongariro has been rattled by numerous small earthquakes in the past few weeks, which could spark an increase in volcanic activity, GNS Science says.

Donna McIntyre feels her fear of heights and does the Tongariro Crossing anyway.

Three volcanoes, a castle and a train make for magical holiday ingredients, writes Elisabeth Easther.

A 14-year-old boy has been airlifted off the Tongariro Crossing this afternoon.

The immediate threat of eruption at Mt Tongariro has passed but there remains a chance of another sudden eruption within the next two weeks, GNS Science says.

Tamatea Intermediate School's volcano studies took on unexpected realism as Tongariro erupted in front of a fifth of the Hawkes Bay school's pupils on a trek during their end-of-year camp yesterday.

Police say they would "discourage" sightseers from travelling to Mt Tongariro following an eruption at the Te Maari crater today.

Lydia Jenkin drops the shops and experiences a Ladies' Weekend with a difference - caving, climbing and trekking in Tongariro National Park.

Fraser Crichton joins a Project Tongariro field trip kayaking at Waimarino Wetland Reserve on Lake Taupo.

A moonlit weekend gives Fraser Crichton an opportunity to find out more about Project Tongariro's high-tech Tongariro Alpine Crossing experience.

Officials are looking at reopening tracks which have been closed since the mountain's eruption.

Tongariro erupted late on August 6, throwing out rock, ash and steam. It was the first time since 1897 that it had erupted.

Only hours after Judy Bailey completed the Tongariro Crossing, the volcano awoke from its century-long slumber...

Scientists, wary of another eruption, have managed to move as close to Mr Tongariro as is safely possible since Monday night's unexpected blast.

Interest in the Tongariro Alpine Crossing has gone "through the roof" since Mount Tongariro erupted on Monday night.