Whakatane, New Zealand, Dec 13 (AFP/APP): A team of elite New Zealand soldiers succeeded in retrieving six bodies from the volatile White Island volcano on Friday, in a mission carried out under the ever-present threat of another eruption. The operation began at first light when two military helicopters set off from Whakatane airport for the offshore volcano, where an eruption last Monday killed at least 16 people and severely injured dozens more. The eight-strong team was dispatched to recover the remains of eight people still on New Zealand’s most active volcano, which sits semi-submerged 50 kilometres (30 miles) out to … Continue reading NZ troops complete daring volcano mission to retrieve bodies