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La'auli Sir Michael Jones, who is supporting the Tonga relief effort, said a large chunk of the aid already in Tonga has been offloaded.

He said the food and water supplies bound for Tonga in the next shipment will also include rugby gear.

Photo: Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee  caption: The first shipment of aid sent to Tonga by New Zealand community members and businesses is finally being unpacked after completing mandatory quarantine on Tongatapu 

The boat is the suspected source of an infection in a New Zealand port worker.

Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles said all 19 crew aboard the Sofrana Surville have now been tested.

The ship was ordered to anchor off the coast of Mooloolaba instead of docking in Brisbane as planned.

The engineer's strain of Covid-19 had never before been detected in New Zealand, and has not been seen in Australia.