Four years on from the fatal explosion at Whakaari, a verdict is to be handed down on the island's owners. Yvonne Tahana looks back at their trial.
A look back at the history of Whakaari, an active volcano for 150,000 years which became a marketed tourist attraction.
Browse any website selling Halloween costumes and variations of the Playboy bunny costume still pop up.
Razor officially starts with the All Blacks this week and, despite the loss of several veterans, he can still pick a high-quality squad, writes Patrick McKendry.
The Duchess made a cameo appearance in the fourth season finale of Friends, when the sitcom went across the pond to film in London.
The actor admitted he feels "significant grief" that he put his career before his family, and so had little impact or influence on their upbringing.
David Moore called for more police in the Bay of Plenty town and other rural communities.
The hitmaker was sued in August by three ex-members of her Big Grrls dance troupe who accused the 35-year-old star of discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
Further investigations are underway to establish exactly why the late Friends star was found unresponsive in his jacuzzi at his Pacific Palisades home in Los Angeles.
The outgoing prime minister told Breakfast the war is creating "an international humanitarian crisis".
Madeleine went missing from her family’s holiday accommodation at the Portugal resort of Praia da Luz in 2007.
A financial expert is advising savers to hold on for the long run.
Following the October 7 attacks, footage of 22-year-old Shani Louk was released, showing her face down in the back of a truck while Hamas militants jeered.
The man says development plans would deny him "privacy, outlook and daylight", with the effects "much more than minor".
An investigation has been launched and a man has been charged after the death of a woman in Auckland earlier this month.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer paid tribute to their friend and colleague.
Fireworks are known to cause distress for pets and other animals, with the SPCA saying they receive dozens of calls each year because of fireworks.
Police said emergency services responded to the incident on Highcliff Rd in Andersons Bay at around 9.20am.
Whakaari Management Limited (WML) was the last defendant standing by the time the months-long trial ended.
Alarm bells were immediately set off when a Gore man walked up to Sergeant Eric Browne speaking in code and talking about local corruption.
Tania Tapsell's husband and baby daughter will travel with her, but she says this will not cost ratepayers or the council.
The inquiry found survivors were silenced and the school's actions not only protected sex criminals but enabled them.
South Wairarapa District Council has been in an email to-and-fro with one unhappy resident.
A lawyer who specialises in employment says it is a "difficult question" to answer.
The final defendant in the months-long Whakaari / White Island trial has been found guilty on one charge today.
More than 12,000 get help from Veterans' Affairs but hundreds more are waiting in the wings.
"I've been thinking about this for a while," Kobori told 1News.
They won their spot on the side of the runway in a social media photo competition, with the shutterbugs revelling in their up-close encounters with passenger jets.
One of the country's most preserved heritage precincts is struggling to make ends meet in the current economic environment.
