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A team of eight from the Army and the Royal New Zealand Air Force returned home last night after spending the past week loading aid aircraft in the tsunami-hit Solomon Islands.
The Hercules aircraft they returned on was the third one sent by the New Zealand Defence
Force to deliver emergency supplies to the Solomons.
A team of 43 New Zealand soldiers remain there in support of the Regional Assistance Mission.
- STAFF REPORTER, NZPA