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The burns injuries suffered by those on Whakaari White Island are so severe that 1.2 million square centimetres of skin donations is needed to treat them.

Health officials have been providing updates… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

A pilot who flew critically-injured survivors off Whakaari White Island says he would go back immediately to collect those killed in the volcanic eruption, but it is not his call.

Volcanic Air pilot… Read more Video, Audio

An additional 1.2 million square centimetres of skin is needed to treat burns victims from the Whakaari White Island volcanic eruption, Counties Manukau DHB chief medical officer Dr Peter Watson has… Read more Video, Audio

An urgent call has been put out to international skin banks to help treat the dozens of people burned in Monday's eruption at Whakaari White Island.

There are still 25 people in critical conditions… Read more Video, Audio

Civil Defence and NZ Police have held a press conference detailing the recovery effort so far for victims of the Whakaari White Island volcanic eruption.

"This morning we were hopeful we would be… Read more Video, Audio

In other news, hundreds of people have finally managed to leave Franz Josef, after massive slips cut off the tourist hot spot in all directions.

Wild weather over the weekend hammered the West Coast… Read more Audio

One of the people missing on Whakaari is believed to be a 23-year-old man who had only started working as a tour guide on the island a few months ago.

Friends and whānau of Tipene Maangi gathered in… Read more Audio

Should they have been there? That's the question many are asking in the wake of the tragic eruption on Whakaari White Island which has killed at least five people.

The island's alert level had… Read more Video, Audio

The Police Minister Stuart Nash has defended the police decision not to attempt a Whakaari rescue on Monday night and says he's confident authorities did everything they could.

RNZ deputy political… Read more Audio

Police have launched a criminal investigation in the aftermath of the Whakaari White Island eruption.

There were 47 people on the island when it erupted at 2.11pm on Monday, in tours hosted by White… Read more Video, Audio

Most of the people who were on Whakaari White Island on Monday were passengers on board a cruise ship the Ovation of the Seas, which had berthed in Tauranga.

They took a day trip out to the island… Read more Audio