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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 3 MIN

Pumice pouring onto shores of PNG island a 'disaster'

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A crocodile hunter in Papua New Guinea has described masses of pumice arriving on the shores of Manus Island as a "disaster". The huge rafts of pumice were created by an erupting undersea volcano in the Bismarck Sea. RNZ Pacific's Johnny Blades reports. 

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