Tag: Nuku’alofa
Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption
RNZ Pacific
Churches across Tonga have commemorated the victims and the struggles endured as a result of the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano...
Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
Three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the kingdom of Tonga bringing the total number...
Why no warning sirens before Tonga’s deadly tsunami hit? Minister unclear
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
The managing director of Radio FM Broadcom, Katalina Tohi, asked Tonga's disaster minister during last Sunday’s media conference to explain...
Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence
ANALYSIS: By Michael Field in Auckland
Within a day of the massive volcanic eruption that rocked Tonga and severed the archipelago's communications with the rest...
Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
There is an overwhelming sense relief in Tonga with people thankful the death toll is...
Tonga’s King Tupou VI offers hope to families who lost relatives...
Kaniva News
King Tupou VI has offered sympathy and prayers to all those who lost relatives in last weekend's Tongan volcano eruption and tsunami disaster...
Safety at Tonga port being checked for arrival of more humanitarian...
RNZ News
Specialist New Zealand Defence Force staff will be checking Tonga's shipping lanes are passable and the wharf is safe so desperately needed humanitarian...
Tongan community welcomes official word from Tongan government
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Tongan communities in New Zealand feel relieved to hear official information from the government of Tonga for the first...
Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications
By Kalino Latu and Philip Cass in Auckland
Lack of backup satellite and cable links in the wake of Tonga's volcanic eruption at the...
PM Ardern on covid-19 vaccine for children, booster doses and Tonga
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will move to the red traffic light setting if omicron is spreading in the community following...
NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption...
RNZ Pacific
Power is being restored in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, and the country is sending naval boats to outlying islands to assess the damage from...
Tsunami wave hits Tonga’s ‘Eua royal palace gate as vehicles try...
The video of the tsunami wave crashing into the gate of the Heilala Tangitangi royal palace in ‘Eua. Video: Kaniva Tonga
By Kalino Latu in...
New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves hit Tonga’s...
Kaniva Tonga News
A new tsunami warning is now in force for all of Tonga following this evening’s violent eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai undersea volcano...
