New Zealand's Māori lunar new year celebrations commenced on Thursday with a dawn ceremony beneath Mount Ruapehu in the North ...

Thousands of skiers, snowboarders and sightseers will head up Mount Ruapehu this long weekend, with both skifields now ...

Mount Ruapehu eruption risk: Hikers warned away from ‘Lord of the Rings’ volcano in New Zealand. Natural landmark inspired trilogy’s Mount Doom and last erupted nine years ago ...

This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees.

Mount Ruapehu, commonly known as Mount Doom from filming of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy has increased signs of an impending eruption. Mount Ruapehu, located on the northern island of New Zealand ...

Near Mount Ruapehu’s summit lies Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe). It’s heated by hydrothermal system within the volcano, so it remains warm all year (roughly 50 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

That's despite Mount Ruapehu's two ski resorts – Turoa and Whakapapa, 50 minutes apart on opposite sides of the mountain – with New Zealand's longest ski season, ...

A cold front is expected to bring snowfall to parts of Central Otago and the Canterbury high country, and NZSki’s chief ...

Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand's largest active volcano and the setting used to film Mount Doom in "The Lord of the Rings" movies, sits at the heart of Tongariro National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage ...

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Mount Ruapehu surrounded by clouds at sunset. (Image credit: Stefano Cellai/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Crater Lake is important to geologists who monitor the volcano's threat ...