Live: White Island - another victim named as seven Aussies among nine missing
Fears remain that efforts to retrieve bodies from White Island will be delayed.
Fears remain that efforts to retrieve bodies from White Island will be delayed.
This week Leighton also talks about why it's nonsense not to be tough on crime.
Two people from Coffs Harbour are still missing while their friend is badly hurt.
Visiting an active volcano involves risk.
Focus Live: Chief fire officer for the Whakatane Volunteer Fire Brigade, Ken Clark, tells of dramatic rescue efforts as the victims arrived on shore after the eruption. Video / Will Trafford / Alan Gibson
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
The NZ Defence Force is due to approach White Island at first light today.
Monday's eruption ranks alongside some of the biggest disasters in NZ history.
Latest from the White Island explosion.
Focus Live: One confirmed dead in White Island eruption as police say 'there will likely be more' fatalities.
Focus: White Island erupts. Video / Alan Gibson / George Novak / Mark Mitchell / @allessandrokauffmann / @alismoura / @sch
Focus Live: Critical injuries reported on Whakaari / White Island
Focus Live Earlier: Volcanic eruption on Whakaari / White Island.
Up to 100 people could have been near or on White Island when it erupted.
"All our thoughts are with those affected at this stage," PM said.
The 6.4 magnitude quake was felt across the southern Balkans early Tuesday.
National test of civil defence alert hit phones across New Zealand this evening.
A shallow 5.4 magnitude earthquake has struck 30km east of Wairoa.
A decade has past since sisters Rebecca and Petria Martin died in the Samoan tsunami.
Focus: GNS volcanologist Brad Scott on the current state of activity on White Island. Video / Alan Gibson
Vertical evacuation buildings considered to help people in Napier survive tsunamis.
Official recognition ceremony will be held at Auckland Town Hall on October 4.
Typhoon Lingling is expected to affect most of South Korea before hitting North Korea.
GeoNet recorded the moderate earthquake just after 7pm this evening.
The forecast for Dorian continues to be ominous and serious, particularly in Florida.
Aerial footage of the massive sea of moving snow that closed Tūroa ski field on Thursday.
A large vegetation fire near Flagstaff, Dunedin. Video / Matai Newman / Sam Crosson
A large vegetation fire near Flagstaff, Dunedin. Video / Matai Newman / Sam Crosson
Experts are baffled by shifting patterns of geyser eruptions in Yellowstone National Park.