The police are conducting an inquiry on behalf of the Coroner and in parallel with WorkSafe's investigation following the eruption of Whakaari White island yesterday.
Karyn speaks with RNZ News journalist Katie Scotcher for the latest update from Whakatane, before speaking with Donna Field - who is a journalist for the ABC in Brisbane - and a passenger with her family on the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship, where many of the injured and missing had also been traveling.