Police deputy commissioner Wally Haumaha confirms six bodies have been recovered from Whakaari/White Island. Six of the eight bodies remaining on Whakaari/White Island have been recovered after an emotional morning in Whakatāne. * Whakaari/White Island eruption: Police know where six bodies are on island* Whakaari/White Island: The risk of recovering bodies from the island* Whakaari/White Island eruption: Friends mourn loss of Australians killed after eruption* Whakaari/White Island eruption: Australian family mourn father and stepdaughter* Multiple casualties, multiple victims: Man who flew last survivor off Whakaari/White Island speaksDuring a press conference at 1.30pm, Police commissioner Mike Bush said they would do aerial searches of the island on Friday afternoon to try and locate those missing two bodies. ROSA WOODS/STUFF Families and friends of the missing return from Whakaari/White Island and make their way to the marae. Earlier, crowds gathered on the Whakatāne shoreline looking seaward as authorities launched their mission to retrieve bodies off Whakaari/White Island.

Source: Stuff December 12, 2019 17:29 UTC