Tag: Volcano damage
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...
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...
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...
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...