"All I could think was, if it can do that to metal, what can it do to human skin?"

The pilot has revealed the "horrific" scenes he found in the aftermath of the eruption.

Adelaide woman Lisa Hosking located in a Hamilton hospital, suffering from severe burns.

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

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

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

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

Former Whakatane mayor has slammed the health and safety regulations.

One woman's awful wait for news at the Whakatāne Wharf.

More than 60 earthquakes have been recorded in the Wairoa District.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of around 25km, within 5km of Porirua.

GeoNet recorded the moderate earthquake just after 7pm this evening.

The last time Ruapehu erupted was on September 25, 2007.

It turns out there's an exact middle of Middle Earth. Artist Billy Apple just marked it.

New centre already helping us better monitor earthquakes - and could save lives.

A large locked-up North Island fault zone could unleash bottled-up energy in a big quake.

Calmer conditions on White Island has allowed scientists to explore newly-formed features.

One of the closest active faults to Dunedin is not giving up its secrets easily.

A study has revealed lead concentrations in some NZ centres exceed health guidelines.

Scientists have put a recent spate of Central North Island quakes down to long-term tectonic "stretching" rather than worrying volcanic activity.

Kiwi scientists could soon have a new way to safely get an up-close look at erupting volcanoes: send in the drone.

There was nothing unusual about the late-night 5.1 quake that shook Marlborough and the lower North Island on Wednesday, says a scientist.

International scientists have claimed the 7.8 Kaikoura quake has raised the potential threat of another large NZ event - but a Kiwi scientist says that's unlikely.

A Kiwi scientist has unexpectedly discovered what appears to be a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.

Scientists have found an intriguing new way to peer into the fiery belly of New Zealand's hottest island.

INTERACTIVE: Dams created by landslides in this month's 7.8 quake have been pin-pointed on a detailed new map created by GNS Science and Environment Canterbury.

The spectacular eruption of a geyser near the shores of Lake Rotorua comes as scientists are discovering new insights into the city's famous geothermal backdrop.

Scientists working in North Canterbury have captured incredible images showing the fractures in the landscape wrought by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.

By noon today, scientists had recorded nearly 5000 aftershocks from last Monday's big shake. But what are aftershocks and what can they tell us? Jamie Morton explains.

A pumice raft spotted by a Royal New Zealand Air Force crew has pointed to a possible major undersea eruption somewhere in the Tonga-Kermadec volcanic arc.