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Thursday 16 January 2014 5:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A New Zealand money transfer company, KlickEx, has discounted its services to Tonga in support of Ha‘apai’s cyclone recovery.
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Thursday 16 January 2014 5:10pm
Brisbane, Australia : The Queensland Government has announced a donation of $50,000 (AUD) to help victims of Cyclone Ian. Premium content -
Thursday 16 January 2014 4:45pm
Canberra, Australia : Australia will provide an initial $50,000 (AUD) in emergency supplies to assist the Government of Tonga to respond to the needs of people affected by Cyclone Ian, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on Tuesday.2 comments Premium content -
Thursday 16 January 2014 12:15pm
Wellington, New Zealand : Tear Fund New Zealand is urging the Tongan government to formally ask for international help following Tropical Cyclone Ian before it is too late to get assistance.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 16 January 2014 12:00pm
Greenbelt, Md.-USA : NASA's TRMM satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Ian three days in a row and captured rainfall and thunderstorm cloud height data about the deadly storm as it strengthened and weakened. Powerful thunderstorms in Ian's eye wall were found reaching heights of about 15 km/9.3 miles. TRMM's data was used to create a 3-D flyby animation of Ian's well defined eye on January 11, 2014 at 0833 UTC [9:30pm Tonga local time]. Premium content -
Thursday 16 January 2014 11:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Food and water supplies worth more than $40,000 pa’anga was handed over to the Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano from the Chinese Ambassador to Tonga HE Mr Huang Huaguang to help the relief efforts in Ha'apai on January 15. The donation is from the Chinese Embassy in Nuku’alofa and the Tonga-Chinese Association. Premium content -
Thursday 16 January 2014 11:00am
Wellington, New Zealand : Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZD$40,000 to support Caritas Tonga’s response to Tropical Cyclone Ian. Caritas Tonga has expertise in providing psychosocial support following a disaster, and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will support this again if the need is identified, stated its director, Julianne Hickey. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 10:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Increases in the wholesale and retail prices for Petrol, Kerosene and Diesel in Tonga take effect tomorrow, January 16.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 10:45pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Oxfam New Zealand has sent an emergency response team to Tonga on January 14 and is gearing up its aid efforts following reports of complete destruction left by Cyclone Ian to the northern islands of Ha‘apai. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 7:00pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. : The Salvation Army has launched an appeal for funds to meet the educational needs of children in Tonga affected by Cyclone Ian, one of the most powerful storms on record. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 6:28pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : The Christian World Service, the aid and development agency of New Zealand churches, has launched an appeal to support the women of Ha‘apai and Vava‘u organising clean-up operations in Tonga after the destructive Cyclone Ian on January 11. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A partnership of international humanitarian agencies known as the Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) has stated that it is ready to support Tonga’s recovery from Cyclone Ian. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Ltd. estimates that it will cost at least $3 million pa'anga to rebuild the entire power distribution network in the Ha’apai islands after Cyclone Ian destroyed over 90 percent of the power lines and poles when it hit on Saturday, January 11. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 January 2014 12:45pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Images of Faleloa village before and after Cyclone Ian, show how lush vegetation has been stripped from Foa Island. Before Cyclone Ian, Faleloa homes were surrounded by breadfruit trees, mangoes and bananas and other food crops. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 January 2014 4:30pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Matangi Tonga Online photographer Pesi Fonua travelled to Ha‘apai on January 13, visiting the villages of Koulo and Holopeka on LIfuka, and the main town of Pangai following the devastation of the areas by Tropical Cyclone Ian on January 11, 2014. -
Tuesday 14 January 2014 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cyclone warnings and rain was not enough to deter crowds from attending the final of Tonga’s premier rugby club tournament, the 2014 Lavengamalie Cup at a packed Teufaiva Stadium on Saturday January 11. Toloa Old Boys, who failed to convert four of their five tries, won a cash prize of $35,000. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 January 2014 12:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr ‘Aisake Valu Eke has been appointed as Tonga’s new Minister of Finance and National Planning effective from Friday, 10 January 2014. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 January 2014 10:30am
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Lo'au University is introducing Tonga to the benefits of having access to a huge amounts of information. It brings university education to more students, young and old, and to the villages and islands, at much affordable costs. - Sione Ake-mei-hakau Mokofisi. -
Monday 13 January 2014 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first flight landed at Lifuka’s Salote Pilolevu Airport shortly after dawn this morning (13 January 2014). Digicel-Tonga’s charter flight was carrying technicians on an urgent mission to restore communications and power. We found the Ha‘apai people emerging from the shelter of their churches and schools to clean-up after the most powerful cyclone ever known to cross Tongan waters. Photos by Pesi Fonua. -
Monday 13 January 2014 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kalolaine Paongo (51) of Pangai was killed when Tropical Cyclone Ian (Cat 5) hit the main island of Lifuka in Ha’apai on Saturday, January 11, and was the only death reported so far from the Cyclone Ian.
