
Watch: Volcanic ash rains on Tonga after eruption
Footage of ash raining from the skies as Tongans are told to take shelter.
Footage of ash raining from the skies as Tongans are told to take shelter.
Angela Glover, 50, was said to have been washed away while trying to rescue her dogs.
The reconnaissance flight sent to assess damage in Tonga has returned.
Tongans in New Zealand have been praying for their Pacific Island families.
Her distraught brother says he doesn't 'think this is going to have a happy ending'.
Air New Zealand said it was doing what they could to support those at Fua'amotu.
Kiwi telcos offer free calls. Dust-cloud interrupts backup satellite communications.
Flight scheduled to leave Auckland this Thursday postponed indefinitely.
Nema said strong and unusual currents are expected to continue.
'Mum's been crying and singing and crying again.'
Vulcanologist says Tongan blast the biggest since Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991.
'[The eruption] escalated at very short notice,' says Kiwi scientist.
Northland - just recovering from lockdown - takes another hit.
Auckland, Wellington, Invercargill, London?
Man said rocks showered around them while they drove to safety.
A family are anxiously awaiting news from fellow residents of Nomuka Island.
Tokyo flagbearer's father is governor in Ha'apai - which has been cut off since disaster.
Islands face massive clean-up after blast that sent ash, steam and gas 20km into air.
The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano has erupted regularly over the past few decades.
Waves swept through the streets and volcanic ash rained down on Nuku'alofa.
Tongans rush for high land after tsunami warning and surging waves hit mainland.
People have been advised to stay out of the water and away from the coast.
Today's ash clouds have fallen back into the ocean over a 10km radius.
The "huge" eruption had smothered the whole of Tonga by Monday afternoon.
Pacific, Asian travel bubbles were considered in winter - but staffing was stretched.
Flop and drop or get up and active, a holiday in the South Pacific never disappoints.
Malia Li was convicted by a jury five months ago of causing her husband's death.
Tongatapu is in lockdown for seven days after the kingdom recorded its first Covid case.
Tongatapu, where most of the population live, will go into lockdown from midnight.
A record daily number of cases on Saturday was followed by 143 cases on Sunday.