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Ni-Vanuatu arrive in Darwin

"What you thought was going to be happening tomorrow was, by the time you woke up, completely different."
A man speaks to media wearing a blue button-up shirt and a dark cap.

"The plane went through Brisbane which allowed us enough time to fix our internal issues to get the plane on the ground. That's was how close we were flying to the wind."

A navy Newmont Tanami welcome sign at sunset in the desert.

"It wasn't fantastic. But by day three, four, we had this place up and running."
A blue and yellow sign on a white door reads: good housekeeping, this is your home away from home, please help keep it clean.

A mango cut open ready to eat.

Little white dongas are set up in rows. The sky is a purple and cloudy at sunrise. Lights on the dongas illuminate the porch.

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