A recovery team has landed on the island where a deadly volcanic eruption took place in a bid to find the remains of those still missing.
A recovery team has returned to New Zealand's White Island in a bid to retrieve the remains of those still missing after a volcanic eruption.
Two bodies are still missing. Police and navy divers searched unsuccessfully off the volcanic island on Saturday.Jacinda Ardern invites NZ and Australia to share a minute's silence for the White Island victims "These police staff will be deployed to an area of the island where our best information suggests a body might be," Deputy Commissioner John Tims said in a statement.
"We remain committed to finishing the task at hand and returning the two remaining bodies to their loved ones," Deputy Commissioner Tims said.
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