Theonila Roka Matbob - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:17:02 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Theonila Roka Matbob - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 7,000 people in Bougainville need temporary accommodation after eruption https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/07/27/more-than-7000-people-in-bougainville-need-temporary-accommodation-after-eruption/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 05:51:41 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=161767 Ash fall from the erupting Mt Bagana in central Bougainville has collapsed a number of traditional houses. A cabinet minister in the government of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region, Theonila Roka Matbob, said there is in excess of 7,000 people needing temporary accommodation as a result of the eruption. Mt Bagana, erupted for the Read more

7,000 people in Bougainville need temporary accommodation after eruption... Read more]]> Ash fall from the erupting Mt Bagana in central Bougainville has collapsed a number of traditional houses.

A cabinet minister in the government of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region, Theonila Roka Matbob, said there is in excess of 7,000 people needing temporary accommodation as a result of the eruption.

Mt Bagana, erupted for the first time in 11 years more than two weeks ago, depositing ash over a broad area, with lava flowing into the rivers surrounding the mountain.

Matbob said thick layers of ash have collapsed some sago leaf-roofed houses in rural areas.

"Where people still living the most harmonious, traditional kind of life, she said.

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