The Royal New Zealand Navy College in August this year made a conditional offer to Tuvalu. If the college could use Tuvalu as a base for maneuvers, they would assist the nation to clean up the towering mountains of garbage that are already spreading into the streets, and provide equipment to compact metal waste.
今年 8 月，紐西蘭海軍學校以要求吐國「提供離島演習」為條件，「順道」來首島協助整頓高聳如山、且已蔓延到車道上的垃圾堆，並提供機具將大型廢鐵擠壓收疊，但終究是治標不治本。