Ruapehu crater lake / Te Wai ā-moe is at its lowest temperature in more than 50 years. GNS Science said the volcanic alert remained at level one on its five-level scale, with an eruption unlikely ...

"Mt Ruapehu is an active volcano and has the potential ... 1 is mostly associated with environmental hazards, potential for eruption hazards also exists and eruptions can still occur with little ...

Along with the shock Whakaari eruption that claimed the lives of 22 people, the team also drew on observations from Ruapehu’s 2007 eruption and Tongariro’s first-in-a-century blow in 2012.