A new 200m foreshore that extends along the coastal area in Pangai, on Lifuka Island in Ha‘apai, is expected to be completed within six to 12 months, replacing the existing foreshore that has been wrecked over the years by natural disasters.
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Wednesday 19 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 6 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New classrooms for the young students of Fakakakai Government Primary School in Ha’apai was opened on 30 July after it was destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian in 2014.
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Thursday 26 March 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Government and people lose hundreds of thousands of dollars each whale watch season. – Selia Simmons.
Friday 20 February 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-eight small new houses reconstructed after Tropical Cyclone Ian devastated Ha'apai over a year ago have been completed and handed over to owners on Friday, February 20.
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Wednesday 18 February 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
During his final day in Tonga today, Hon Murray McCully travelled to Ha'apai to visit affected schools and infrastructure destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian last year.
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Monday 9 February 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A local drama group “On the Spot” will put on a show in Ha’apai this week to help cheer-up residents in the outer island community that was devastated by Cyclone Ian last year. By Finau Fonua.
Monday 2 February 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The delay in the completion of the reconstruction of residential houses that were destroyed by Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai on 11 January 2014 has made life extremely difficult for families who are still living in tents a year on from the disaster, the People's Representatives for Ha'apai told the Tongan Parliament last month.
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Tuesday 20 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The European Union today committed a $2.3 million pa’anga grant to boost the restoration of the power network damaged by Tropical Cyclone Ian in Ha’apai over a year ago.
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Tuesday 13 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All international flights in and out of Tonga were cancelled starting yesterday Monday, 12 January due to rising ash coming from the volcanic activity, which is continuing from a sumbmarine vent close to Hunga Ha’apai to the north west of Tonga that has spread over hundreds of kilometers in the atmosphere above the Tongatapu region. .
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Monday 12 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A model renewable power system for Ha’apai is being developed by a post-graduate student at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Friday 9 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's domestic airline Real Tonga cancelled its flights yesterday afternoon Thursday, 8 January due to ash coming from the continuing volcanic activity at Hunga Ha‘apai to the north west of Tongatapu.
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Monday 4 August 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A search and rescue operation is underway to find three fishermen from Nomuka, Ha'apai, who have been missing since Wednesday, 30 July.
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Wednesday 23 July 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints LDS has partnered with the Government of Tonga to rebuild over 100 homes that were either destroyed or damaged by Tropical Cyclone Ian in the Ha'apai group of islands in January.
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Thursday 19 June 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two containers of food, petrol and cleaning supplies have been donated to Ha’apai by the Canberra Tongan Community Partnership.
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Thursday 8 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
This year’s Royal Agricultural Show will be held in August, starting in Niuatoputapu on August 6 and ending in Tongatapu on August 23, Cabinet announced yesterday.
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Friday 2 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A rise in Tonga's Gross Domestic Product in the coming years will be driven primarily by the reconstruction of Ha'apai, according to the IMF 2014 Article IV consultation report on Tonga, which also recommended a broading of the Consumption Tax base.
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Friday 4 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ministry of Infrastructure has stopped the Tonga Red Cross from constructing temporary shelters for families in Ha‘apai after Tropical Cyclone Ian devastated the islands in January. Two houses completed on the island of Mou'unga'one were handed over to affected families this week but the Red Cross had planned to build another 24 to alleviate the suffering.
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Friday 4 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ha’apai Group will not be joining the Royal Agricultural, Fisheries and Industrial Shows in 2014 due to the extensive damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Ian in January this year.
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Tuesday 18 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Ministry of Agriculture is ready to ship 5100kg of mixed Talo and Kumala to relieve the food shortage in Ha'apai following Cyclone Ian.
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Friday 7 March 2014
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HIlo, Hawaii
Donations of food, clothing and building materials continue to flow in for the people of Ha'apai, in Tonga, whose homes were destroyed by Cyclone Ian in January. The Tongan community in Hilo, Hawaii this week shipped a container of goods.
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