Six people have been confirmed dead and eight are still missing following the White Island volcano eruption.

Authorities are cautious about accessing the New Zealand's White Island, which was covered with hot ash and steam when a volcano erupted on Monday.

New Zealand authorities have begged anguished families for patience before the bodies of loved ones who killed in the White Island volcano disaster can be released, as fresh tremors continue to be observed.

Fears remain for 10 Australians still missing after the White Island volcano in the Bay of Plenty suddenly erupted on Monday, killing at least six people and injured scores more.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that recovery teams were hoping to access the volcanic island on Wednesday where eight people are missing and feared dead, two days after an eruption killed six people.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that recovery teams were hoping to access the volcanic island on Wednesday where eight people are missing and feared dead, two days after an eruption killed six people.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said recon flights had shown no signs of life, and government officials warned that more of the injured could die from horrific wounds.

An American couple on their dream honeymoon in New Zealand were among those seriously burned on Monday when a volcano erupted on an island filled with tourists, as officials disclosed Tuesday the death toll had increased.

American couple on honeymoon in New Zealand severely burned in volcano eruption on White Island that left at least 6 people dead.

Sylvain Plasse was aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship about 90 kilometres away when he noticed "huge smokes and plumes" billowing from the island.

At least six people have died, another eight are missing and 31 are injured after the volcano on White Island, erupted off the coast of New Zealand.

Forty-seven people, including nine Americans, were on New Zealand’s White Island when a deadly volcano in erupted Monday. Video captured just moments before the eruption shows people walking inside the crater. Ramy Inocencio reports from Whakatane.

Red Cross list names of survivors, deceased and missing following eruption

An Adelaide mother who ­appeared to have perished in ­Monday’s volcano tragedy has been found critically injured in a New Zealand hospital — but grave fears are held for her husband and daughter who are ­unaccounted for

Officials say 9 Americans were on White Island at the time of the eruption, but it remains unclear whether any failed to make it off.

Fearing the volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on New Zealand's White Island for eight people still missing on Tuesday, as police raised the death toll to six from the eruption a day earlier.

Fearing the volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on New Zealand's White Island for eight people still missing on Tuesday, after an eruption a day earlier killed at least five and injured more than 30.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Officials say 47 people from New Zealand, United States, Australia, Germany, Britain, China and Malaysia were on a New Zealand volcanic island when it suddenly...

‘There will be bigger questions in relation to this event. They must be asked and answered,’ says PM Ardern

New Zealand's stunning landscape was formed by geological processes over tens of millions of years — and that same geology is what makes the North Island a centre of volcanic activity.

Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims did not go into details of the criminal investigation but said it would sit alongside an investigation by health and safety regulators. The announcement indicates authorities are concerned safety standards may have been br…

Police say no one still on the island is alive and some of injured not expected to survive

Police say no one still on the island is alive and some of injured not expected to survive

Five people are confirmed dead after a volcano erupted twice on New Zealand's White Island, with almost a dozen Australian tourists still unaccounted for.

Five people are confirmed dead, with eight still missing and 31 in hospital after a volcano erupted twice on New Zealand's White Island.

Egmont National Park is where you can see the magnificent and distinctively cone shaped Mt Taranaki volcano, or Mt Egmont https://t.co/KjiM9IUtSY #taranaki #egmont #newzealand #volcano

Mount Maunganui is a famous extinct volcano landmark, it is 232 metres high, you can walk to the top, and it can be seen from all around the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand https://t.co/g1EYeRBZTe #mount #bayofplenty #newzealand

Mount Eden is just one of the fifty volcanic cones in the Auckland region of New Zealand and is a great place to walk to the top and get amazing views over Auckland https://t.co/AzwxjEyQXD #newzealand #volcano

Visit the still active volcano Mt Ngauruhoe, the Mountain used as Mt Doom in the Lord of the Rings https://t.co/QtPZSvEZgk #mtdoom #newzealand #lordoftherings #lotr

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

Australia and New Zealand volcano girls https://t.co/LQucP5LEVs

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

RT @volcanodiscover: #White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights con…

#White Island #volcano (New Zealand): minor steam and gas emissions continue - The most recent observation flights confirmed the gas and s...: https://t.co/dGRf7KycpT

RT @LE0THEPANTHERA: White Island, New Zealand Volcano Eruption Survivors ants on lilypads... #volcano #news https://t.co/Q9inMKp9Pm

RT @LE0THEPANTHERA: White Island, New Zealand Volcano Eruption Survivors ants on lilypads... #volcano #news https://t.co/Q9inMKp9Pm

RT @BBCWorld: New Zealand White Island volcano tragedy trial begins https://t.co/NXIs0k5Ylk

RT @NZvolcanologist: We thought it would be useful to explain a bit about how we (@gnsscience ) monitor volcanoes in NZ. Our awesome team b…

GeoNet detects, analyses, and responds to the natural hazards across New Zealand and provides critical information about earthquakes and volcanoes https://t.co/QXdYfAW1Om #newzealand #travel #nz #earthquake #volcano

Egmont National Park in New Zealand covers 33,534 hectares of the North Island and includes the towering Mt Taranaki volcano (Mt Egmont) https://t.co/KjiM9IUtSY #newzealand #travel #egmont #taranaki

This crowd is so goddamn loud a volcano might explode if New Zealand scores

Harrowing footage https://t.co/BAh9qeQhJH

RT @Lucky_finds: Court for New Zealand volcano eruption... wow. White Island Pilot says he jumped into ocean to escape New Zealand volcano…

Court for New Zealand volcano eruption... wow. White Island Pilot says he jumped into ocean to escape New Zealand volcano that killed 22 https://t.co/XtJW6o7iOK via @CBSNews

RT @CBSMornings: Pilot says he jumped into the ocean to escape the New Zealand volcano that killed 22 https://t.co/SIqJLVrPu5

RT @CBSMornings: Pilot says he jumped into the ocean to escape the New Zealand volcano that killed 22 https://t.co/SIqJLVrPu5

Moment horrified tourists flee New Zealand volcano which killed 22 people #tourists #NewZealand #volcano https://t.co/OY6xB7OSE0

Video shows New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption in 2019 - CNN https://t.co/T18lvnFpm7

RT @CBSMornings: Pilot says he jumped into the ocean to escape the New Zealand volcano that killed 22 https://t.co/SIqJLVrPu5

Pilot says he escaped serious injury by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted (from @AP) https://t.co/gDQh3zoOiP

Pilot says he jumped into the ocean to escape the New Zealand volcano that killed 22 https://t.co/SIqJLVrPu5

RT @WadsworthFabian: Good to catch up with @Volcano_frankie after her trip to @LMU_Volc for #MGM23 and now that she's back in the lab looki…

Island owners stand trial in volcanic explosion that killed 22 tourists in New Zealand https://t.co/vrzNSqVQUK via @usatoday

RT @WadsworthFabian: Good to catch up with @Volcano_frankie after her trip to @LMU_Volc for #MGM23 and now that she's back in the lab looki…

Good to catch up with @Volcano_frankie after her trip to @LMU_Volc for #MGM23 and now that she's back in the lab looking through amazing sample textures from her fieldwork in New Zealand! https://t.co/fIEFs35bzQ

RT @RYP__: There is a warning sticker at the base of the volcano but its in small type. https://t.co/1jgypQ1RZv

RT @RYP__: There is a warning sticker at the base of the volcano but its in small type. https://t.co/1jgypQ1RZv

Heart-Stopping Vid Shows Tourists Fleeing New Zealand Volcano https://t.co/pGPt7iwD1A #NewZealand #volcano #tourists

A #helicopter #pilot said in court yesterday he and 2 of his #passengers had escaped serious #injury by jumping into the #ocean when a #NewZealand #volcano erupted in 2019, #killing 22. https://t.co/RWxo8wBh4b

Breaking News brought to you by @uknip247 A trial has commenced in New Zealand for three bosses of the company managing the White Island volcano, following a devastating eruption in 2019 that claimed the lives of 22 tourists and caused https://t.co/y4TBlwUFSr https://t.co/f29SV4YQV1