Ni-Vanuatu RSE workers

Final repatriation flight from New Zealand for stranded ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers

They travelled on a New Zealand Air Force aircraft.

Over the last five days, there have been eight flights to Port Vila to repatriate stranded Recognised Seasonal Employer workers.

In total more than 1000 ni-Vanuatu have been brought home on these flights and it was the largest repatriation effort carried out by the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recent history.

The passengers are under quarantine for 14-days where they will be tested for the presence of the coronavirus.