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Onlookers watch the volcanic activity in Iceland from a distance on Saturday night.

Is this just a fiery thrill or another disaster waiting to happen?

We take a gamble with volcano tourism. The obvious lava and ash aren’t the only dangers.

  • Brian Johnston

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Tourists on a boat look at the eruption of the volcano on White Island, New Zealand, December 9, 2019.

NZ tour operators told to pay $12m in fines and reparations over White Island eruption

In handing down his sentence, the judge was particularly scathing of the island’s owners who he said had “appeared to have profited handsomely” from tourists.

The deadly White Island eruption.

Brothers who own deadly New Zealand volcano have charges dismissed

Andrew, James and Peter Buttle had been on trial since July over the deadly 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, including 14 Australians.

Krystal, Paul and Stephanie Browitt on the edge of the crater lake six minutes before the volcano eruption on New Zealand’s White Island.

Tourists given no safety warnings before landing on deadly New Zealand volcano, court told

The owners of White Island in New Zealand have gone on trial for allegedly failing to protect tourists and staff in the 2019 eruption that killed 22 people.

  • Rod McGuirk
The documentary The Volcano: Escape From Whakaari recounts the horrors of December 9, 2019.

White Island volcano documentary captures two minutes of sheer terror

The eruption in New Zealand left 22 people dead and a lifetime of trauma for survivors, but do the filmmakers need someone to blame?

  • Karl Quinn
Composite: stephaniecoral96 - Stephanie Browitt and Marie Browitt after the volcano eruption.

Royal Caribbean loses bid to block White Island volcano survivors suing in United States

The Federal Court has cleared the way for the cruise giant to be sued in the United States over the disastrous 2019 trip to New Zealand’s White Island, where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people including 14 Australians.

  • Jenny Noyes
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Tourist Allessandro Kauffmann took this footage from a boat as the volcano erupted.

Volcanic activity monitoring agency charged over White Island deaths

NZ's WorkSafe agency has filed charges against 13 parties over the volcano eruption that killed 22 people, including 14 Australians.

  • Amanda Cropp and Matt Shand
The dominant themes of Jacinda Ardern’s responses to tragedies are love and kindness, not anger and vengeance – and that has proved appealing to the world beyond NZ.

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Dealing with three catastrophes in her first term played well for Jacinda Ardern. However, if she wins New Zealand’s election, she’ll have to deliver some big policy successes to keep the Kiwis happy.

  • Peter Hartcher
Stephanie Browitt with her dog Arlo.

'Welcome home darling': White Island survivor returns to Melbourne home after 6 months in hospital

Stephanie Browitt, 23, lost her younger sister and father when a New Zealand volcano erupted last December. She suffered third-degree burns to most of her body.

  • Paul Sakkal
Julie Bricknell, Senior Physiotherapist, with a patient in the Royal North Shore Hospital Burns Unit

Meet the team who treated White Island volcano patients

Six of the 13 Australians airlifted from New Zealand after the eruption were treated by the tight-knit team including surgeons, nurses and physiotherapists at Royal North Shore Hospital.

  • Rachel Clun

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