New Zealand volcano: Details emerge of people hit by eruption - BBC News
More than half the people on the island were Australian, with others from the US, the UK, and elsewhere.
The New Zealand Red Cross's Family Links website has a list of 100 people who were registered as missing following the White Island eruption. Thirty-one have since confirmed themselves as safe. However, we know that only 47 people were on the island at the time, so many of them have not been caught up in the disaster.

The Red Cross stresses that the list is user-generated and not official. It encourages family members to update details when they get relevant information.

Matthew Evans, 38, who is originally from Carmarthen in Wales, is one of the Britons listed as missing.

However, his brother Ian told the Press Association that he had been found safe and well.

"He was travelling with his new wife, he was trekking at the time and we were concerned because we hadn't heard from him for 24 hours," he said.

"But they are safe. They were in the North Island, away from the Bay of Plenty.

"They said they had no idea what had gone on."