Tag: Tongatapu
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...
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...
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...
