January 2020
Mourners farewell volcano victim
About 600 mourners farewelled 53-year-old Gavin Dallo during a funeral service held at Adelaide Oval.
- Kathryn Bermingham
December 2019
Police end search for last two volcano victims
Sydney teenager Winona Langford and New Zealand tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman were presumed to have been killed in the eruption, but their bodies were never found.
Death toll from volcano eruption rises to 19
Another person had died in hospital as a result of burns sustained when tourists were caught in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand two weeks ago.
Payne breaks down speaking about volcano victims
The Foreign minister is overcome when speaking about the victims of the White Island eruption.
- Ben McKay
Volcano penalties could be up to five years' jail
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that official inquiries into last week's fatal volcano eruption could take up to a year, and will carry potential criminal penalties of up to five years in jail.
- Steven Trask and Andrew Leeson
Search for White Island victims hindered by toxic air, water
Police released the names of a further four victims on Sunday and a further victim died in hospital, bringing the death toll of Australians to 10.
- Hannah Wootton
Recovery team face knee-deep ash, boiling acid
The bodies were more than a quarter-mile from shore, some on higher ground, on a scorched, moonlike landscape shrouded in toxic gas.
- Jamie Tarabay
Tragedy forces New Zealand to reassess risk
Rocked by earthquakes and volcano eruptions, New Zealand is a nation that has had to look more closely at risk – and how it is assessed – than most other countries have had to.
- Luke Malpass
Safety questions 'must be answered': Ardern
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has conceded questions about safety on the country's most active volcano "must be answered", as the search for bodies missing on White Island continues.
- Tom McIlroy
Six bodies recovered expected to be Australian
New Zealand authorities have recovered six of the victims left behind on White Island eruption lifting the death toll of Australians to 16.
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- Andrew Tillett
New Zealand volcano vents steam, death toll now at 16
Two people who were being treated at hospitals have died. Ten injured Australians are to be flown home starting today.
'United in grief': Families await grim news
Three more Australians have been confirmed dead in the White Island volcano eruption, bringing list of Australians identified as killed in the tragedy to six.
- Andrew Tillett
Sydney brothers from Knox Grammar confirmed dead
A total of eight Australians, including two teenage boys, have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of a massive volcanic explosion in New Zealand.
Why the NZ volcano erupted
When cool water meets boiling magma, the result can be explosive. This is what is thought to have happened on Whakaari, the New Zealand volcano that erupted on Monday.
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- Anjana Ahuja
Volcano toll expected to reach at least 14
New Zealand authorities have begged anguished families for patience before the bodies of loved ones who killed in the White Island volcano disaster can be released, as fresh tremors continue to be observed.
- Andrew Tillett
Families hope for a miracle
Entire families are feared dead in the White Island volcano disaster, as news slowly filters in from across the Tasman about the fate of 24 Australians.
- Andrew Tillett and Tom McIlroy
Why were tourists on an active volcano?
Questions are being asked about if tourists should have been allowed on the volcano, but tour operators say there was no reason to suspend operations.
Jacinda Ardern lauds pilots behind volcano rescue
Amid the bleak news of death, stories of incredible bravery are also emerging from the New Zealand's Whakaari volcano eruption.
- Ben McKay
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- New Zealand
Sixth death confirmed from White Island volcano after 'terrible day'
The death toll could be as high as 14 after New Zealand police closed the door on the possibility that anyone may have survived White Island's eruption.
- Andrew Tillett
Victims may have had no warning
White Island is a popular tourist destination but Monday's eruption has raised questions over whether it is safe for sightseers.
- Andrew Tillett