WHAKATANE, New Zealand — Above the noise of the boat engine, there was quiet, Geoff Hopkins remembered. There was no rumble, no roar to signal that the White Island volcano had awakened. The crater he ...

One year on since a volcanic eruption killed and injured dozens of people in New Zealand, the country marked the tragedy on Wednesday, with a dawn service and a minute silence. The eruption on White ...

A local Maori community leader has called Monday's (December 9) White Island volcano eruption a "sad" time for New Zealand. Pouroto Ngaropo said he had performed a rahui, a traditional Maori ritual, ...

WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand military team in gas masks and hazmat suits recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, as doctors ...

WHAKATANE (Reuters) - Helicopter pilot Mark Law did not hesitate to fly out to New Zealand's White Island volcano immediately after it erupted to carry survivors to hospital, but after a harrowing ...

With hindsight, it looks embarrassingly inappropriate, but long before New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted killing at least 16 people last week, it was once humorously marketed as a fun ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) — A second land ...

LA GRANDE — The stunning Dec. 9 volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island jolted the small nation and the life of Dr. Matt Valentine, an emergency room physician with deep La Grande roots.

New Zealand Maori group Te kura o te paroa kapa haka sing during a service in Whakatane, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, to mark the first anniversary of a deadly volcanic eruption. An eruption killed 22 ...

Steam rising from the White Island volcano in Whakatane after a volcanic eruption - Copyright GNS SCIENCE/AFP Handout Steam rising from the White Island volcano in ...

Despite searches from the shoreline and the air, no remains have been recovered. Police in New Zealand on Tuesday said they're calling off the search for two people who went missing during a volcano ...

The eruption on White Island has set off an intense debate on exploiting nature for thrills. By Jamie Tarabay WHAKATANE, New Zealand — When Phil van Dusschoten retired as a police officer and started ...