31 May 2024

Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 31 May 2024
This handout photo taken and received on May 26, 2024 from the International Organization for Migration shows people digging at the site of a landslide at Yambali Village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. More than 670 people are believed dead after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on May 26 as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their desperate search for survivors. (Photo by Mohamud Omer / International Organization for Migration / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION / MOHAMUD OMER - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVE

This handout photo from the International Organization for Migration shows people digging at the site of a landslide at Yambali Village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. Photo: AFP / Mohamud Omer

Recovery efforts continue in Papua New Guinea after a landslide buried an entire village in the remote highlands. New Zealand has sent $1.5m of humanitarian aid supplies through the Defence Force which arrived on Thursday night. Engineers are now working to assess the landslip, which is still moving, making it difficult to retrieve hundreds of buried bodies.

Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon joins Kathryn Ryan.

Eleisha Foon is a journalist with RNZ Pacific.