"We are continuing to monitor the situation to determine whether any further flights in or out of Rotorua will be impacted ..

Scott said experts were out near the volcano on Wednesday afternoon and ... were cancelled and three delayed from both Tauranga and Rotorua Airports Thursday morning after an eruption at Whakaari.

“From White Island on the north east coast to Rotorua and the Tongariro National ... and her unborn son Rūaumoko, the deity of volcanoes and earthquakes, are the geothermal heart and pulse ...