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New Zealand Defence Force Tsunami Relief: Update 6
New Zealand Defence Force
Te Ope Kaatua O
Aotearoa
Media Release
7 October 2009
New Zealand Defence Force Tsunami Relief – Update 6
Iroquois
helicopters
• RNZAF Iroquois helicopters have completed
an aid drop to Manono Island today and are continuing to
support requests from non-government organisations and local
agencies.
Medics
• Medics are now supporting a
clinic at Lalomanu with a detachment working from the
Poutasi area, while the NZDF environmental health team is
working with the Samoan Ministry of Health Public Health
team.
Navy Divers
• The Navy divers continue to
search the Upolo to Namu’a Island water pipeline for
breaks.
Engineers
• The Engineers have completed
their search tasking with the NZ Police, and are now
reconnoitring new tasks, and preparing to join the medics in
the Poutasi area.
Boeing 757
• An RNZAF Boeing 757
has completed a flight to New Zealand today with one
deceased person, aero-medical evacuation patients and family
members on board.
HMNZS CANTERBURY
• The HMNZS
Canterbury remains on 8 hours notice to sail, in order to be
ready for whatever tasking is decided by the Government.
There are now 102 NZDF personnel in Samoa.
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