The body of a Kiwi tour guide is among the six corpses recovered by a military operation on White Island,meaning one Australian is still missing after Monday's eruption.
The families of 10 Australians presumed killed in the White Island volcano explosion are still waiting for formal confirmation of the loss of their loved ones.
Crack squad will land on White Island to recover eight bodies,despite the enormous personal risk,say NZ police.
As more victims are identified,New Zealand police have made the dangerous call to revisit the island on Friday to retrieve the remains of up to eight people.
The US is sending more than a million square centimetres of skin to help Australia and New Zealand cope with the treatment of burns victims from the White Island eruption.
New video shows a couple taking White Island selfies in gas masks minutes before the crater exploded.
Authorities are on high alert as scientists warn that seismic activity on the island has increased and there is a chance there will be another eruption in the next 24 hours.
Whakaari/White Island is right up there for an exhilarating travel experience - the kind we commonly take risks for.
As the family of two women grieved,the teenage son of a missing family of four was identified as one of the wounded in a New Zealand hospital.
New Zealanders are world leaders at flaying ourselves after disaster has struck,but we never seem to see it coming,writes Dominion Post columnist Karl du Fresne. .
It was a beautiful day for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. But when disaster struck at White Island,14 people didn't come home.