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Types of buses and safety to come under more scrutiny
Types of buses will be key to public service transport planned for Ruapehu

Turoa bus crash: 'All I could hear was a guy running at me screaming'
They'd only known each less than 24 hours but the new group of friends didn't muck around.

Bus taken to Whanganui to be examined
Bus company says driver "really shaken up" from traumatic crash

Mt Ruapehu bus crash: Driver discharged from hospital
It is still unclear what the cause of the crash was.

Bus crash survivor's chilling account: 'We are going to die'
The passenger and their brother were both hurt in the crash that occurred on Saturday.

'People had blood coming from their heads': One dead, 18 hurt in Ohakune ski bus crash
Police rushed to the scene just after 2.30pm on Saturday.

More tourists accessing great outdoors sees spike in incidents
More than 1.5 million people went tramping in New Zealand last year.

Tremors, rising lake temps signal 'unrest' at Mt Ruapehu
Scientists believe the lake activity is part cycle that's long been observed at Mt Ruapehu

Seven homes red-stickered after tornado
Eleven houses are uninhabitable as homeowners bunk with family and friends.

Police lambast trampers ill-prepared for Tongariro Crossing
Rescued six adults and a 2-year-old were suffering hypothermia.

Local Focus: Logs 'come to life' in Tongariro National Park
Pouwhenua mark cultural significance for National Park. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Multiple rescues in a week on alpine crossing
Police ask that people are prepared to do alpine walks after multiple Tongariro rescues.

Wild and wintry blast to lash North Island in next 24 hours
A vicious storm packing snow, hail, gales and rain is set to lash the North Island.

Buy a Ruapehu 2018 season pass, ski the Swiss Alps
A Ruapehu season pass now buys skiers the chance to hit the slopes of the Swiss Alps.

Tongariro Crossing: Pass with care and respect
Greta Umbers takes on the country's most popular day hike.

Tongariro's 4-hour parking limit for 19km hike
Hikers who want to park at the start of the crossing will risk clamping after 4 hours.

Tongariro celebrates 130 years
National treasure: Tongariro celebrates 130 years as a national park

Missing men's bodies found in Tongariro National Park
"We told the whanau we would bring these two men home," police said.

Tongariro National Park search: Police brings in recovery dogs
Victim recovery dogs were brought in by police yesterday.

Lost climber spends night on Mt Ruapehu
Mountaineer spends cold night waiting to be rescued from snowy slopes of Mt Ruapehu.

'People think he's dead but he's a soldier'
Vincent Taurima's uncle says he will defy police and continue search for 21-year-old.

Missing man's family determined to find him
One of the missing men's uncle said he was still searching after police asked him to stop

Rāhui placed in Tongariro for missing men
The search for two men missing in Tongariro National Park entered day 10 today.

Search for pair missing in Tongariro continues
The search for the missing men is in its ninth day today.

Beanie found in search for missing men
But the men are still missing, despite the best efforts of 101 searchers.

Search for missing men continues
The pair who fled into the forest to escape police have been missing for nearly a week.

Widespread avalanche warnings hit NZ
Widespread snowfalls have raised avalanche warnings to the highest level in seven areas.

Search for missing men: 'Positive outcome is diminishing'
Items belonging to men who escaped police at Tongariro National Park have been located.