Focus Live: Police Commissioner Mike Bush provides an update after the successful recovery of six bodies from White Island and announces plans to return this afternoon.
"Our thoughts are with the victims and their whanau and families."
OPINION: We're surrounded by volcanoes in the Bay of Plenty but no one expected tragedy.
Six bodies are due to be airlifted off Whakaari/ White Island, police say.
Small mistakes from police created doubt when people needed certainty, PR expert says.
After days of frustration and worry, one family has received the news they feared.
Brother of Kiwi guide who died said it's "fantastic" to have recovery mission underway.
Whakatāne Hospital staff had been deeply affected by what they saw.
More than $73,000 has been raised for Jake Milbank, one of the White Island victims.
Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement told media: "We have a plan."
Aroha Andrew says her heart breaks for the Whakaari/White Island victims.
Focus Live: “We have a plan”. Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement details White Island recovery operation due to commence tomorrow morning.
Monday's tragedy has prompted wider questions around how NZ's volcanic risks are managed.
Auckland's mortuary has been prepared to receive all bodies from the eruption.
It could have meant life or death for them, but the pair made a crucial decision.
Focus Live: Police to recover bodies from Whakaari / White Island
To anyone who didn't know, the space would be postcard perfect, writes Anna Leask.
Caring Kiwis have been offering to donate their own skin to help White Island victims.
Police are considering a range of recovery options.
GoFundMe says it is monitoring and ensure funds reach the intended place.
Allessandro Kauffmann has released video from White Island, shot on the day it erupted.
Two Australian schoolboys have been confirmed dead following the Whit Island eruption.
Injured couple Lauren Urey and her husband Mathew Urey were married in October.
Pilot Tim Barrow says lives were at risk and he wasn't about to pull out the rule book.
Police decide timing of recovery efforts, Ngāti Awa will lead the process itself.
Eight dead and a further nine are still missing, presumed dead.
Nine friends set out on holiday before three made fateful decision to visit White Island.
A grieving brother sent a message to Jacinda Ardern.
The amount of skin needed for burn victims equates to about 60 donors.
Volcano victims can sue if they bought cruise trip in the US, says law expert.
The question is when, with the risk of another eruption having increased.
"You are prepared. But when it does happen you still can't quite believe it."
Fears remain that efforts to retrieve bodies from White Island will be delayed.
Local government hands-off in White Island access and tourism watch.