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'Help is coming': Defence Minister addresses Kiwis stuck in New Caledonia

Publish Date
Mon, 20 May 2024, 11:09am
Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. Photo / AP | Nicolas Job
Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. Photo / AP | Nicolas Job

'Help is coming': Defence Minister addresses Kiwis stuck in New Caledonia

Publish Date
Mon, 20 May 2024, 11:09am

There鈥檚 still no word on when Defence Force aircraft will be sent to retrieve tourists stuck in New Caledonia.

Commercial flights remain cancelled due to the unrest in Noumea; 231 Kiwis are registered as being there.

Defence Minister Judith Collins told Mike Hosking 鈥淭he issue is that Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has to work with the French government.鈥

Collins said 鈥淪tay in your own home, don鈥檛 go out unnecessarily and understand that help is coming.鈥

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