Lisa Owen

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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Audio

An Australian professor of geosciences believes tourists should not have even been on Whakaari White island because the volcano is too volatile.

Five people are confirmed dead after the eruption at… Video, Audio

An intensive care paramedic says White Island looked like a scene from Chernobyl in the immediate aftermath of the explosion.

A veteran of more than 20 years Rusty Clarke was onboard one of two… Video, Audio

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

A Hamilton man who gave first aid to some of those critically injured says he poured cold water over their severely burned bodies and kept talking to them to stop them falling unconscious as the tour… Video, Audio

Of the five people are confirmed dead; up to three may be Australians. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison broke the news to the country early on Tuesday morning. Video, Audio

Police have announced they will carry out a criminal investigation into the deaths of at least five people from the Whakaari White Island eruption.

There were 47 people on the island when it erupted… Video, Audio

A rescue operation is underway in the Bay of Plenty following an eruption on White Island at 2:11pm Monday, that sent a plume of ash and steam 12,000 feet into the air.

Around 50 people were on or… Video, Audio