Want to make your own Ruapehu? Vinegar and baking soda won't cut it here. Instead, you'll need andesite rock (crushed), some crater lake fluid (very acidic) and some gases (volcanic). Heat your ...

William Pike's life was changed after he was critically injured during the 2007 eruption of Mount Ruapehu. William and a friend had climbed the maunga on September 25, and on descent decided to spend ...

In 1995 and 1996, a series of spectacular eruptions from Mt Ruapehu shook the central plateau, triggering lahars, avalanches and explosive jets of steam, hot water and rock.

When Ruapehu erupted on September 23, 1995, Korty Wilson wasn't afraid. Standing on her ancestral mountain on a beautiful evening, she watched the volcano explode into life after months of ...

A prolonged period of hotter-than-average temperatures in the crater lake of New Zealand’s Mt Ruapehu has seen the country’s media questioning whether another eruption is on the cards. Mt Ruapehu ...

A new tool created using AI could help forecast volcanic eruptions around the world, following breakthrough research from a University of Canterbury-led team. The data-driven models developed by the ...