Onboard with an NZDF aid drop to Fiji's remote villages

Cyclone Winston relief ready to be transported on NZ and Australian defence force flights from Suva.

Livia Rasomai and Setoki Qalubau are accompanying the aid and will show the villagers how to put up the tents

RNZI hitches a ride on one of the last aid flights to remote villages in Fiji hit by Cyclone Winston

The NH90 hovering over a remote village, ready to land and drop in aid

The children of Nawaisomo in the Fiji highlands are getting used to choppers landing in their remote village

Villagers rush to the NZDF NH90 which is delivering aid. Damage from Cyclone Winston can be seen in the background

The chief of Nawaisomo Ratu Waisea Drakusiwale with villagers

The villagers at Nawaisomo have started rebuilding. Some of the homes were write-offs

A tent donated by China and flown in by the NZ Defence Force is erected in Nawaisomo village

A Nawaisomo woman cooking. Food is the biggest problem now according to the village chief.

Nawaisomo village chief Ratu Waisea Drakusiwale is building a new river boat. His last one was washed away in floods

The NZDF NH90 refuels before another aid drop to remote villages in Fiji

The New Zealand Air Force NH90 flies towards Koro Island, which was badly hit by Cyclone Winston.

Koro island was in the eye of Cyclone Winston but much work has been done to restore infrastructure in the past six weeks

Villagers help unload. It is the first aid drop to this Taveuni village.

Navakawau villagers set up a chain to help unload. It is the first time this village on Taveuni has had an aid drop

Villagers on Taveuni watch as more tents are unloaded. It is the first aid they have received since Cyclone Winston

70 percent of the homes were devastated at Navakawau, Taveuni after Cyclone Winston