Tag: Tongan volcano
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...
Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
On the first anniversary of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption two men share how they survived...
A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so...
ANALYSIS: By Shane Cronin, University of Auckland
The Kingdom of Tonga exploded into global news on January 15 last year with one of the most...
Tonga volcano eruption: PM reflects ahead of one-year anniversary of disaster
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic volcanic eruption tomorrow, Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni spoke to...
David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie
The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...
Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston
ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University
While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami...
Tongan King calls for unity as he vows to rebuild amid...
RNZ Pacific
Tonga's King Tupou VI is urging his people to unify and rise from the ashes of the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami which...
Covid-19 cases confirmed aboard HMAS Adelaide bound for Tonga
RNZ News
Twenty-three people onboard an Australian Navy vessel enroute to help with the recovery effort in Tonga have tested positive for covid-19.
In a statement,...
Tonga’s tsunami: ‘Nana! There’s a wave coming … Nana! It’s...
WITNESS: By Ordinary Tongan Lives
It happened so quickly and so suddenly that we were completely unprepared.
We were going about our Saturday chores when I...
International aid starts to flow into volcano tsunami-hit Tonga
Al Jazeera's report on Tonga from Auckland.
Al Jazeera News
It has been a week since the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami near Tonga destroyed large...
‘Our resources on the ground aren’t enough’, says UN Tonga official
UN News
As news coverage of the Hunga volcano eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the...