Tag: Tsunami
NZ election 2023: ‘Too cavalier’ – scientists call out Peters over...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has been spreading misleading climate information at public meetings during the Aotearoa...
NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release
Asia Pacific Report
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Aotearoa, the longest running women’s peace group in New Zealand, has called on...
Japan to release treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater in weeks
RNZ Pacific
Japan plans to start releasing treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean as soon as later this...
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu,...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is warning coastal areas are expected to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges following...
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,...
Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery
RNZ Pacific
As Tonga's recovery from the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami ramps up there is growing concern for the psychological and emotional wellbeing of...
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...
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...
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...
Global aid effort underway for Tonga’s recovery from the Hunga tsunami
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A global aid effort is underway for Tonga with vessels en route to the Pacific kingdom from Australia, the...
‘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...
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...
Second day of NZ’s Tonga tsunami emergency fundraiser today
RNZ Pacific
The second day of a drive to receive emergency supplies in Aotearoa New Zealand to be sent to Tonga has started in Auckland...
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...
Tonga eruption: Airport runway cleared of ash, says WHO official
RNZ Pacific
A World Health Organisation representative in Tonga says the international airport has been cleared of volcanic ash which will allow humanitarian aid flights...
Tonga eruption: Images appear to show most of Atatā island wiped...
RNZ News
New images appear to show the majority of structures on the Tongan island of Atatā have been wiped out after a volcanic eruption...
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...
Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll...
RNZ News
The Tongan government has confirmed that all houses on the island of Mango were wiped out in the tsunami that followed Saturday's volcanic...
Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An RNZAF P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over the small Tongan island of Nomuka showing the heavy ash fall from last Saturday's...
Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water
RNZ News
Two New Zealand naval ships are being sent to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency provisions, and diving teams.
It comes as...