Names of final two people still not found after New Zealand volcano eruption released by police

Winona Lanford and Hayden Marshall-Inman

New Zealand police have confirmed the names of the two people whose bodies have not yet been found after last week’s deadly volcanic eruption.

Winona Langford, 17, of Sydney, Australia, and New Zealander Hayden Marshall-Inman, 40, are yet to be accounted for as the search mission stalled on Tuesday.

Authorities believe both bodies are in the waters around the White Island following the explosion which left 18 people dead.

Conditions in the area have so far forced an abandonment of the search for them for a second straight day. Inclement weather struck the Bay of Plenty, where White Island is located, and a water-based search has been ruled out due to the forecast of storms.

Ash billows into the sky over White Island following the deadly eruption last Monday
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Ms Langford's parents, Anthony and Kristine Langford, died in the eruption, while her brother, Jesse Langford, survived with severe burns and is being treated in a Sydney hospital.

In a previously released statement from the Langford family, Anthony and Kristine were described as "loving parents." The statement read: "They will be greatly missed by all who knew them.”

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New Zealand police also released the names of three more people who died in the eruption: Australians Richard Elzer, 32, and Julie Richards, 47, and Sydney-based US citizen Barbara Hollander, 49.

Of the 47 people on White Island on December 9 when it erupted, 24 were Australian citizens and four others were residents of Australia.

Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the trauma had taken a toll on the families of the victims.

"I don't think any one of us can begin to imagine what those families are facing in the coming weeks and months," an emotional Ms Payne told reporters.

"Here in places like Auckland, in Sydney, we're surrounded by Christmas and celebration, but they face tragedy and devastation."

"Our hearts and thoughts are with them every step of the way," she added.

Military specialists recovered six bodies last Friday from White Island, which remains at risk of erupting again.

Scientists have warned that the island, which is the exposed tip of a mostly undersea volcano, is highly volatile.

It has been venting steam and mud regularly.

Survivors are being treated in hospitals across New Zealand and Australia.

Specialist medical teams from Australia, Britain and the United States have assisted in New Zealand.

Victims of the New Zealand volcano

CONFIRMED DEAD

Krystal Browitt, 21, Melbourne

Zoe Hosking, 15, Adelaide

Gavin Dallow, 53, Adelaide

Jessica Richards, 20, Brisbane

Jason Griffiths, 33, Coffs Harbour

Karla Mathews 32, Coffs Harbour

Martin Hollander, 48, Sydney

Matthew Hollander, 13, US citizen and Australian permanent resident

Berend Hollander, 16, US citizen and Australian permanent resident

Barbara Hollander 49, US citizen and Australian permanent resident

Richard Elzer, 32, Coffs Harbour

Julie Richards, 47, Brisbane

Kristine Langford, 45, Sydney

Anthony Langford, 51, Sydney

Tīpene James Te Rangi Ataahua Maangi, 24, New Zealand

An Australian man who died on December 14. Family requested that his details not be released.

STILL MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD

Winona Jane Langford, 17, Australian

Hayden Bryan Marshall-Inman, 40, New Zealander

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