New Zealand's Mount Tongariro now quiet | Pacific Beat

New Zealand's Mount Tongariro now quiet

New Zealand's Mount Tongariro now quiet

Updated 8 August 2012, 17:21 AEST

Vulcanologists in New Zealand have flown over Mount Tongariro, after its dramatic eruption on Monday night They say the volcano, in the centre of the North Island, is now quiet but it's impossible to predict what might happen next.

Emma Younger spoke to GNS Science, volcanologist Gill Jolly after her survey flight.

Presenter: Emma Younger

Speaker:Gill Jolly, a volcanologist with GNS Science in New Zealand

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