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Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake cools down
The temperature of the lake has now fallen to about 33C and other monitored indicators show less activity.

Ruapehu's Crater Lake heating up
Mount Ruapehu's Crater Lake is heating up, but there are no signs an eruption is imminent, say volcanologists.

Under the volcanoes
Auckland is home to more than 50 volcanic cones and craters. Diana Clement explores just a few.

Robots to hunt for lost Pink and White Terraces
Scientists from New Zealand and the United States plan to map the bottom of Lake Rotomahana in the hope of discovering what happened to the Pink and White Terraces hydrothermal system.

Auckland's hot spots spark disaster drama
Aucklanders will be reminded that, like Christchurch, their city is built on a seismic hot spot when Eruption screens on TV3.

Council in firing line for volcano damage
The Auckland City Council has been accused of hypocrisy after ignoring the rules designed to protect the area's volcanic cones.

Volcano insurance cover still troubling NZ travellers
NZ travellers may find themselves out of pocket if ash from the Icelandic volcano causes authorities to close airspace again.

NZ volcano claims top $500,000
Claims from travelers disrupted by the Iceland volcano have topped half a million dollars, one of NZ's leading travel insurance companies says.

Have cheese, will travel - a very long way
A wife took a block of her husband's favourite Lancashire cheese on an epic 24,000km, 10-country journey after being grounded by the Icelandic volcanic eruption.

Air NZ UK flights resume as normal
Air New Zealand flights to and from London are operating as normal again, after restrictions due to volcanic ash were lifted overnight.

Volcano ash creates new travel chaos
Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland has reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel.

Ash cloud causes sky-high traffic jam
The ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano is still causing havoc for flights across the Atlantic.