A young survivor of the White Island volcano eruption has taken to social media to share a heartwarming encounter with her family on the first day of leave from hospital.
Stephanie Browitt, 23, can be seen greeting her rough collie "fur baby", Arlo, at her family's home – on its first birthday – for the first time since the tragic event on December 9.
Browitt has been hospitalised for the past six months after suffering third-degree burns to 70 per cent of her body and losing parts of her fingers in the eruption off the coast of Whakatāne, New Zealand.
Her younger sister Krystal, 21, and father Paul were among 21 people who died as a result of the eruption.
They were part of a group of 38 from the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship on a day trip to White Island.
