While its 53 volcanoes are considered unlikely to erupt again, the Auckland Volcanic Field is geologically young, potentially active, and could unleash fast-moving surges of gas, widespread ...

La Palma has a volcanic field similar to that in New Zealand's largest city and it is also close to populated areas. In 2021 lava poured out for 85 days, but local officials waited until the eruption ...

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.

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 ...