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“The saddest thing to see are the people sleeping at the airport because they have no money for accommodation” - Tamati Paratae “Paradise now feels like a prison when you are trapped here and the people who rely on to get you out arent speaking to you” - Aaron Davy
Cover image of families on Mango Island in the Ha'apai group waiting for help after the tsunami hit and destroyed every home. Photo credit: Piokalafi Faka’osi - As communication with Tonga is slowly restored, the devastation to the small island nation is becoming more apparent. So far the oficial fatality number remains at three and Digicel has been able to restore limited international voice and text connectivity via a satellite connection. US cable company SubCom has advised that the best case scenario is four weeks for the cable to be repaired,...
Efforts are being made to deliver humanitarian supplies with minimum risk of infection.
Via Radio New Zealand Three shipping containers are being set up at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium to be filled with donations for Tonga today. The Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee is organising the relief effort and plans to collect and ship food and emergency supplies donated mainly by people with family of those living in Tonga. People can donate food and emergency supplies at Mt Smart stadium from 9am to 8pm on Friday and Saturday. Priority will be given to people with family in Tonga, with each family being allocated a 44-gallon drum to send.
Efforts are being made to deliver humanitarian supplies with minimum risk of infection.