Vanuatu

Tanna in the country's south was hit directly with winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour and most of its houses, trees and infrastructure was destroyed.

Jamie Tahana reports Tanna still bears the scars of Cyclone Pam.

Air New Zealand has suspended its flights to and from Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, because of damage to the runway.

It means seasonal workers booked to fly to New Zealand in the next few weeks to pick fruit are grounded until a solution is found.

Dr James Kalougivaki, who heads the Fiji Police Force's Forensic Pathology Unit, not only has experience in forensic pathology, but has worked and trained under forensic experts from Australia on Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and Medico-legal Death Investigation.

He will share his expertise in the area of anatomical and forensic pathology with Vanuatu police.

Air New Zealand has stopped flying to Bauerfield because of concerns over the state of the runway although Virgin, Air Vanuatu and Fiji Airways say they will continue to operate.

Solomon Airlines' Gus Kraus says the airline has conducted a review of the runway and concluded conditions were safe for its Airbus A320 to fly in and out..

Its safety experts conducted a full review at the weekend and decided it was safe for their aircraft to operate.

Virgin says it is working closely with local authorities and the Australian Civil Aviation Authority to ensure the condition of the runway remains safe at all times.

Giorgio Bertacchi (midfielder), Giannario Liburdi (defender), Michele Ganz (striker) and their new coach Mauro Bertoni arrived in Port Vila last week.

Club President, Mr. Andrew Leong said it is very important for the club to start to prepare now before the competition in New Zealand in April.

Mr Leong said more players will be coming in to help Amicale FC.

“Our former players, Colin Marshall from Scotland will be back next month with New Zealand defender Ian Hogg.”

While final results from Friday's snap election are yet to be confirmed, preliminary results suggest there will be a record ten independent MPs in the 52-seat house, and 17 political parties - although eight of these have just one MP.

Joe Natuman, whose Vanua'aku Pati is part of the United Front for Change bloc that hopes to form the government, says no party will be able to form a solid majority on current results.

This follows a decision by Air New Zealand and Qantas to suspend flights to Bauerfield Airport due to concerns about issues like debris on the runway.

In response, the Authority and Airports Vanuatu Ltd have immediately increased actions to mitigate the runway problem.

However, a bloc with some of the bigger parties has emerged as likely front-runner to form a coalition government.

While final results from Friday's snap election are yet to be confirmed, it's clear that it will take another patchwork coalition to form government.

The carrier suddenly suspended flights on Friday, citing concerns about foreign objects on the runway of Bauerfield Airport.

The Authority concedes that the runway is urgently due a resurfacing or repair.