A mother whose family was severely wounded in the Whakaari/White Island disaster last month refuses to leave her surviving daughter's hospital room.
Melbourne woman Marie Browitt is keeping a vigil as her 23-year-old daughter Stephanie Browitt attempts to recover from her injuries and burns, the Daily Mail reports.
Stephanie's sister Krystal Browitt, a 21-year-old Australian veterinary student, was killed in the eruption on December 9.
Their father and Marie's husband Paul Browitt was also critically injured when the volcano exploded and is recovering alongside Stephanie in the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Marie escaped the explosion after staying on board the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship in Tauranga, which the family was holidaying on.