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Focus: Whakaari / White Island Eruption

PM Jacinda Ardern meets with the first responders and a police investigation is launched. Video / Pool / Alan Gibson / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust / White Island Flights

'He'd never have gone if he knew the risk': Honeymooners suffer severe burns

"My husband was joking around and said, 'I hope it's not a live volcano'."

'Very unfair' – Police Minister rejects White Island/ Pike River comparison

Nash rejects claims authorities' response to the eruption was comparable to Pike River

'Beautiful but deadly': NZ's ever-present volcanic risk

Home to a dozen volcanoes under regular watch, NZ's risk of eruption is ever-present.

Steve Braunias: White Island latest tragedy in year of grief and unimaginable terror

Comment: As a name, White Island is about to take on a new and terrible resonance.

Anatomy of an eruption: Why White Island blew without warning

Yesterday's blow would've given people on White Island as little as seconds of warning.

The alert level was raised. So why were tourists allowed on volcano?

Questions being asked over why tourists were allowed at White Island amid elevated risk.

NZ's angriest volcano: What lies beneath White Island

Monday's eruption came after a decade of drama at White Island - NZ's angriest volcano.

'Indescribable': A tourist documents hell unfolding on Whakaari/White Island

Michael Schade peered into the depths of the crater 30 minutes before it erupted.