UN Rep challenges Pacific peoples to think long-term about disaster risks
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 18:41
People living in the Pacific region should be concerned over the threat of natural disasters, said Margareta Wahlström, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, who is visiting Tonga. "The awareness level is high but it is the action that counts and what happens next. The major challenge is how to quickly get the understanding fully enforced into the society so it could become more resilient, better informed and thinks long term," she said. By Linny Folau
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Na'e talu pe 'a hono fakatupu
Na'e talu pe 'a hono fakatupu 'o e mamani pea mo e hoko 'a e ngaahi fakatu'utamaki fakaenatula 'o e 'atakai 'o a'u mai kihe ngaahi 'ahoni. 'Oku taku 'a e ngaahi fakatu'utamaki ko'eni ko e 'acts of God'. Na'e ngaohi 'e he 'Otua 'a e fo'i mamani pea tuku kiai 'ene me'a'ofa taupotu taha ko e tangata. Na'a Ne tuku leva kiai 'a e lelei mo e kovi, tahi mo e fonua, mahina mo e la'a, ngaahi me'a fakapulipuli, ngaahi faingata'a fakaenatula kehekehe etc. ke fekumi kiai 'a e tangata, pea mo sivi'i 'aki 'a e tui 'Otua 'a e tangata. 'Oku tau ako meihe hisitolia/Tohitapu 'a e ngaahi fakatu'utamaki fakaenatula fakalilifu kehekehe na'e hoko 'i he ngaahi kuonga mu'a, lomaki, faka'auha Sotoma mo Komola 'aki 'a e afi, pa 'a e ngaahi mo'unga afi 'ufi'ufi ngaahi fu'u kolo, ngaahi mofuike fakalilifu, holo 'a e sinou, afa etc. Kuo hanga 'e he kau saianisi 'i he ngaahi 'aho ni 'o ofe'i mai 'a e ngaahi fakatu'utamaki ko'eni 'o pehe ko e fakatupu 'eni 'e hono faka'uli'i 'e he tangata 'a e 'ea. Tautefito 'eni ki hono ngaue 'aki 'o e lolo, me'alele, vakapuna, misini etc. Kohai ne puna vakapuna, pe faka'uli SUV he kuonga 'o Noa ke faka'uli'i ai e 'ea, fakatupu ai e lomaki, faka'auha Sotoma/Komola 'e he afi, pa ngaahi mo'unga afi 'ufi'ufi ngaahi kolo 'i Kalisi/'Itali etc. 'Oku feinga 'a e kau saianisi mo e kakai 'o e polakalama 'Clobal Warming' ke ngaue'aki 'a e fo'i tui fakasaianisi ko'eni 'Tokua ko e tangata 'oku ne fakatupu 'a e ngaahi fakatu'utamaki fakaenatula' ke tanaki 'a e pa'anga 'e laui piliona mei 'Amelika mo e ngaahi fonua lahi 'i mamani ke ma'u ai ha'anau mo'ui. 'Oku totonu ke tau mateuteu pe ki he 'uhinga 'fakahaofi mo'ui', 'o 'ikai ko e tanaki pa'anga 'iha 'uhinga ke ta'ofi 'a e 'acts of God'. SAIA