The port director, Matagi Ray McMoore, said the New Zealanders and many of the other 100 people stuck on the island had requested assistance to be ferried to Samoa so that they can catch flights home.

• 管理部负责人马塔基雷麦克摩尔透露包括停留在普卡普卡岛上的一些新西兰人在内的总共100多人向他们请求支援，帮助他们及时乘船到达萨摩亚以便能及时赶上回家的班机。