Out of touch with the news cycle after the Christmas hols? Here’s a recap of the biggest stories to get you up to speed.

A cruise line has decided it is too risky to continue sending passengers on ground excursions that include tours of active volcanos.

New Zealand police have conceded the chances of finding the two missing victims of the White Island eruption are slim.

Passengers onboard the Royal Caribbean cruise have expressed their disapproval with the way the cruise line handled the tragic event, with one going as far as calling Ovation fo the Seas a “prison ship”.

New Zealand authorities have begun the process of retrieving the bodies of the remaining victims of the tragic volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island.

As devastating news continues to emerge, questions are being asked around why tourists were allowed to venture onto “one of the world’s most active volcanos”.

More people have now been confirmed dead and eight are missing in the aftermath of a devastating volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island. 

Multiple Australian travellers are feared dead after one of the world’s most active volcanos erupted in New Zealand during a cruise ship shore excursion.