By Charlotte Greenfield and Praveen Menon WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand military team recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, in a high risk operation watched by dozens of grieving family members waiting on the mainland. Military personnel worked as quickly as possible after using helicopters to land on White Island, which experts have said still has a 50-60% chance of another eruption over the coming hours. Six of the eight bodies on the island were successfully retrieved and taken to a naval patrol vessel, police said
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