A VOLCANO off New Zealand sent a plume of steam two kilometres into the air on Tuesday, although volcanologists described the eruption as small and said it was over in minutes.

The GeoNet monitoring service said White Island, an uninhabited landmark off the North Island's Bay of Plenty, erupted at about10:23 a.m.

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