Tag: volcanic ash
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...
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 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...
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’s undersea communications cable could take weeks to repair
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
It could be weeks before Tonga's crucial undersea communications cable - which connects it to the world -...
Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its...
