New Zealand Volcano Eruption

Landowners Andrew, James and Peter Buttle will not face charges as individuals, but their company will.

A court has heard from Jesse Langford, who lost his father, mother and sister in the New Zealand White Island eruption.

Brian Depauw took four tourists to the volcano the day of the eruption.

All Lauren Urey remembered when she stood up from behind the rock that sheltered her from the Whakaari White Island eruption was screams.

There were 47 people on White island when it erupted in 2019, killing 22.

Survivors of a volcanic eruption that killed 22 cruise ship passengers, including 14 Australians, off the coast of New Zealand have succeeded in having back-up legal action in Australia delayed until a Florida court case is decided.

Throughout a premiership pockmarked by tragedy and challenges, Jacinda Ardern placed empathy front and centre, earning global acclaim even amid dissent at home.

The Whakaari volcano eruption was the deadliest in over a century, killing 22 people including 14 Australians, on December 9 in 2019.

A Melbourne mother and daughter who were victims of the horrific White Island volcanic eruption can sue a cruise ship company over the disaster, the Federal Court has ruled.

The Whakaari/White Island eruption "left an eternal imprint" on the Whakatāne community, and Whakatāne is where those charged in the wake of the tragedy should face justice.

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The six bodies recovered so far from a New Zealand volcano are expected to be confirmed as those of Australians, the foreign minister says.

The anniversary of the White Island tragedy today is a "heartbreaking" time for the Australian families who lost loved ones a year ago.

The death toll of the tragic White Island explosion off New Zealand last year has risen to 22.

The threat level for the New Zealand volcano which killed 21 people last December has been lowered for the first time since the deadly eruption.

A Melbourne woman who lost her father and sister in New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island volcanic eruption has written of her anxiety and grief six months on.

A Whakaari/White Island tour guide caught in last year's eruption is celebrating after being allowed out of hospital after three months.

The brother of a Brisbane woman killed alongside her daughter when a volcano erupted on New Zealand's White Island says they'll be remembered for how they lived, not how they died.

In the minutes, hours, days and weeks following the eruption of White Island, photos and videos of the conditions on the island and the impact of the disaster circulated.

The heartbroken family of two New Zealand volcano eruption victims has lashed tour operators, saying they would be alive if proper precautions had been taken.

Lava has been spotted on the surface of Whakaari/White Island - the site of a deadly eruption last year - but there is no greater chance of a second one.

Doctors have been left baffled by some of the 'unprecendented' Whakaari/White Island survivors' injuries, including mysterious infections and chemical burns.

Scientists have resumed public streaming of White Island's volcanic crater, just over a month after the eruption that claimed at least 20 lives.

Another Australian has died in hospital from injuries sustained during the Whakaari/White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand in December.

New Zealand's workplace safety regulator sent one of its safety experts to visit White Island Tours just two months before the eruption which killed 17 people.

The official death toll of the eruption now sits at 19.

The official death toll from the White Island eruption has risen to 17 after a victim died in hospital on Sunday night

A tight-knit NSW Mid North Coast community today mourned the loss of a young adventure-loving couple who died in the New Zealand volcano eruption.

Experts behind the mission to recover the two remaining victims of the White Island volcano eruption say the bodies have likely been washed out to sea.

New Zealand Police say poor weather has hampered efforts to search for any sign of the two bodies still missing following last week's eruption on New Zealand's White Island.

The Ovation of the Seas has arrived back in Sydney a week after the New Zealand Volcano tragedy, in which 16 people have now died.

Sixteen people have now died in the New Zealand volcano eruption, after two more Australian families confirmed the loss of their loved ones today.

Underneath three layers of special garments, the soldiers' bodies were drenched in sweat, gas masks fogging up, claustrophobic heat attacking their resolve.

Queensland woman Julie Richards, 47, and her 20-year-old daughter Jessica were on White Island when it erupted last Monday.

Authorities have declared a "mass fatality" incident as they work to identify the victims from the catastophic White Island volcano eruption on Monday.

New Zealand Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Clement said the risk has not gone, and a lot had to go right for the mission to work.

Seven Australian survivors of the White Island volcano eruption have been airlifted into Melbourne and Sydney, as the Prime Minister flags "worse news" to come.

Video has emerged of tourists in helmets and gas masks take selfies with the White Island volcano just minutes before it erupted, killing at least nine people.

Injured volcano victims or families of the dead can't sue the cruise line or tour company which took them to White Island, and could get less than $7000 compensation for their loss.

The brother of a New Zealand man believed to have died on the White Island has criticised authorities over their "broken communications" with the family of the victims.

Two Sydney brothers have been confirmed as the latest Australians to have been killed by New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption.

New Zealand Police have released a list of nine people listed as "officially missing" including seven Australians.

Doctors have revealed some of the horrific injuries suffered by tourists who survived the deadly volcano blast in New Zealand.

One of the Australians still missing in the wake of the deadly White Island volcano eruption is believed to have been identified.

Colin Magee described a close-knit community traumatised by the events.

A sixth person has died as a result of the volcano eruption on New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island.

Remarkable footage shows what White Island looked like three weeks before it suddenly erupted killing five and injuring dozens more.