Scientists have visited Spain's Canary Islands to better prepare Auckland for a volcanic eruption. An 85-day eruption in La Palma in 2021 saw 160-million cubic metres of lava bury hundreds of homes.

Most New Zealanders are familiar with our big volcanoes like Ruapehu and Taranaki - but there are lesser-known volcanoes "dotted" over much of the country, a scientist has revealed. Northland, for ...

The stretch of golf-ball-size pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a New Zealand air force plane about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 26,000 square ...