Photo: INSTAGRAM @ALLESSANDROKAUFFMANN/via ReutersNew Zealand has observed a one-minute silence to remember the victims of the eruption on Whakaari/White Island. The minute of silence was held at 2.11pm, exactly one week after the volcano erupted in the Bay of Plenty on Monday, December 9. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Cabinet observed one minute of silence to remember victims of the Whakaari / White Island eruption. Photo: Pool photoPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern led the minute of silence, standing alongside her ministers at Parliament in Wellington. In the Bay of Plenty, hundreds of people attended Te Manuka Tutahi marea in Whakatane this afternoon to observe the minute's silence.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 16, 2019 02:03 UTC