White Island rescue workers search for remaining two bodies

Wearing industrial yellow protective suits and Chernobyl-style gas masks, these are the first pictures of the New Zealand rescue workers heroically trying to recover the last two victims of the White Island disaster. Eight specialist NZ Defence Force soldiers were deployed to the disaster scene off the coast of the north island on Friday to … Read more

Divers start scouring the water surrounding White Island to search for missing Kiwi tour guides

A team of divers has been deployed to search the waters surrounding White Island in the hopes of finding the bodies of the two tour guides who died fleeing the eruption. Eight specialist soldiers from the New Zealand Defence Force recovered six of the eight victims on Friday morning, risking their lives to recover after Monday’s tragic … Read more

Man arrested in dawn raid was planning attack inspired by Christchurch massacre, sources say 

Far-Right terror plot smashed: Man arrested in dawn raid was planning attack inspired by Christchurch massacre, sources say Scotland Yard swooped on an address in Luton on Wednesday in a dawn raid Far-right plot is said to have been inspired by Christchurch, New Zealand Man, 25, was arrested on suspicion of being involved in terrorism  … Read more

White Island volcano body retrieval mission begin on Friday despite chance of eruption

A daring mission to retrieve eight bodies from White Island began at first light – despite a 60 per cent chance the deadly volcano will erupt again.  A team of eight specialist soldiers from the New Zealand Defence Force landed on the island on Friday morning, risking their lives to recover the bodies of six Australians … Read more

Australian cancer sufferers will soon have a survival rate DOUBLE that of British patients

Australians suffering from some of the deadliest forms of cancer will soon be twice as likely to survive as patients in Britain. A recent study into 3.9 million patients with cancer from seven countries  – Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the UK – found Aussie battlers had a better survival rate across the … Read more

Volcano island in New Zealand had metal shipping container as a makeshift bunker from eruptions

Authorities put a metal shipping container on White Island that was supposed to act as an emergency bunker if the volcano erupted when tourists were visiting.  The metal shipping container was installed on the island in 2016 by the New Zealand Defence Force in an old mine shaft and filled with the and which was … Read more

White Island New Zealand volcano: Victims so burnt they are hard to identify

Victims of the New Zealand volcano island eruption have been burnt so badly that they cannot speak and officials are struggling to identify them. Thirty burns victims are being treated in hospitals across the country after the White Island volcano erupted on Monday, killing at least six. Some of the victims suffered 90 per cent … Read more

New Zealand is hit by 5.3 magnitude earthquake

New Zealand is rattled by a ‘strong’ 5.3-magnitude earthquake just one day after deadly volcano eruption A strong earthquake has rocked the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island  It struck 25 kilometres south of Gisborne, but was felt across the island Earthquake happened a day after the deadly volcano erupted on White Island By Daily Mail … Read more

Passengers aboard Ovation of the Seas caught up in New Zealand’s volcano tragedy describe horror

Tourists on Australia’s biggest cruise ship are ‘grateful’ they decided to stay on board after passengers and crew members were caught up in New Zealand’s volcano tragedy.   At least five people died in the powerful eruption on White Island, also known as Whakaari, at 2.11pm local time on Monday when an estimated 50 tourists were … Read more