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January 19, 2022
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 eruption. It confirmed that three people are now known to have died: a 65-year-old woman in Mango and a 49-year-old man in Nomuka, both in the outlying Ha’apai island group; ... <a title="Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll of 3 may rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/tongan-government-confirms-all-homes-on-mango-destroyed-fears-death-toll-of-3-may-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll of 3 may rise">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
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 ashfall on the Nuku’alofa airport runway means one of the aircraft readied yesterday — a C-130 Hercules, to supply aid — would be unable to land. The official death ... <a title="Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/tonga-eruption-new-zealand-sends-two-navy-ships-with-supplies-water/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will move to the red traffic light setting if omicron is spreading in the community following reports that a border worker who was yesterday reported as covid-19 positive has been confirmed to have the omicron variant. On Tonga, Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he understands power ... <a title="PM Ardern on covid-19 vaccine for children, booster doses and Tonga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/pm-ardern-on-covid-19-vaccine-for-children-booster-doses-and-tonga/" aria-label="Read more about PM Ardern on covid-19 vaccine for children, booster doses and Tonga">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
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 the huge Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami. A New Zealand Defence Force plane has left for Tonga to assess the damage from Saturday’s volcanic eruption and tsunami. The violent ... <a title="NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/nz-air-force-plane-leaves-for-tonga-to-assess-volcano-eruption-damage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption damage">Read more</a>
