New Zealand
police said on Monday that one of those injured during the eruption of a
volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing.
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"Police can confirm a further person has died in Middlemore Hospital last night … police were advised of the death shortly before 11pm," said Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims in a statement.
The majority of the previously named victims after the powerful eruption of White Island, also known by its Māori name of Whakaari, were
Australian citizens or permanent residents.