At least six people are confirmed dead and 10 Australians are still unaccounted for in the White Island volcano eruption. We'll be bringing you the latest in our live coverage throughout the day:
The Chinese and Malaysian governments are providing assistance to their citizens caught up in the disaster.
The Malaysian High Commission in Wellington also said it was also working to identify a Malaysian citizen who was reported dead. It was difficult to breathe and they couldn't fit gas masks to the 12 victims they loaded into the aircraft."We know where they are, we've mapped tyhem out for the police, where the bodies are."We handled all the bodies that we brought out alive and the deceased, I don't see why there's a major issue."But when they landed, Law said he found tracks that led him to the victims.
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