The New Zealand Health Ministry has announced the death toll from Monday's volcano eruption remains at 15, after an unsuccessful follow-up mission on the island.
A follow-up mission to New Zealand's White Island in a bid to retrieve the remains of those still missing after last Monday's volcanic eruption, has been unsuccessful.
Mission command firmly believe a seventh body is in the water, and are increasingly convinced the eighth could be too.Jacinda Ardern invites NZ and Australia to share a minute's silence for the White Island victimsNational Operations Commander and New Zealand police deputy commissioner John Tims said Sunday morning's visit was quicker than Friday's four-hour salvage effort.
"These police staff will be deployed to an area of the island where our best information suggests a body might be.
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