New Zealand volcano: one dead and ‘likely to be more’ after eruption on White Island – live
At least one person has died after volcano erupted suddenly while dozens of tourists were on the island. Follow the latest updates
Earlier, the operations director for St John Ambulance told Radio NZ that seven people – out of those taken off the island – were critically injured.
Norma Lane confirmed the figures to the Checkpoint program.
In that press conference, deputy commissioner Tims said that some of the tourists on the island were from cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.
“From my understanding, some of the tourists are from a cruise ship so we should have a list of people that left the cruise ship and potentially are on the island. There are ways for us to have that list confirmed.”