The first relief officials to reach cyclone battered Anuta Island in the Solomons say there have been no deaths or injuries, and very little damage to houses, but food crops, and the island's vegetation, have been severely battered.
Anuta is one of two remote islands hit by winds of up to 350 kilometres an hour when Cyclone Zoe struck ten days ago.
The patrol boat Auki reached the island this morning after arriving at neighbouring Tikopia two days ago.
Maurice Polyn of World Vision is one of the eight officials now on the island.
"...the damage here is like .....the houses are intact, the houses here in Anuta are intact, it's just the damage in the coconuts, the fruit trees,and some of the gardens that is damaged, and also there is damage to water. We have like 10 pipes....two are not working, another eight are working, but they need some repair."
The Auki is scheduled to return to Tikopia this evening.
Meanwhile.....
A third boat is leaving Honiara today with additional supplies for Tikopia and Anuta.
Vince McBride, the acting director of the Pacific division of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, says the Hamakyo Maru will provide support for the two boats that are already at the islands.
They are carrying 150 drums of fuel, 24 tonnes of rice, a 100 household kits, water supply materials, fishing materials, educational materials, blackboards, seeds, and bush housing materials from Lata, ....so they are going to call in to get some local material that can be used in repairing the roofs and houses.