New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (right) meeting with Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne at Parliament in Wellington on Monday (Dec 16). Payne is on a two-day visit to New Zealand to meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to discuss, among other things, the Dec 9 White Island volcanic eruption. - AFP
Wellington: New Zealand marked one week since the deadly White Island eruption with a minute's silence on Monday (Dec 16), as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned grieving families they face a lengthy wait for answers.
At 2:.11pm, exactly a week since the eruption -- offices and shops fell silent as New Zealanders remembered the 16 international tourists and two local guides who died, along with at least 18 more now receiving intensive treatment for severe burns.
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