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Mano was the first to reach land; weak from hunger and dehydration, he could not stand but called out that he had safely reached shore, and the rest followed him. [7] After escaping the sea, the boys dug a cave by hand and hunted seabirds for meat, blood, and eggs.
As activity on the island decreased, it was declared dormant by the Tonga Geological Services on 11 January 2022. [2] [21] However, a large eruption commenced on 14 January 2022 at 04:20 local time (15:20 UTC, 13 January), sending clouds of ash 20 km (12 mi) into the atmosphere.
The Tuʻi Tonga were buried in the langi (burial mounds), most of them in Lapaha. The current dynasty of kings, the Tuʻi Kanokupolu are buried at Malaʻekula. The ancient kings were buried at Malaʻelahi on the royal island of ʻUiha in Haʻapai, Tonga. There is a groundwater well on ʻUiha that is said to turn blood red right before the ...
In Tonga, British woman Angela Glover, 50, was one of those who died after being swept away by a wave, her family said. Nick Eleini said his sister’s body had been found and that her husband ...
The government of Tonga issues a tsunami warning and advises people in all islands of Tonga to avoid the coasts. [1] 15 January – King Tupou VI is evacuated from the Royal Palace by His Majesty's Armed Forces as ashfall from the Hunga Tonga eruption destroys homes and causes the evacuation of citizens to higher ground. [2]
Ngatikaura Ngati was a New Zealand toddler of Tongan descent who died of child abuse in January 2006. After the conclusion of the trial of Ngati's killers, a judge ordered the release of the coroner's autopsy photographs of the child, for the purpose of encouraging the public to report other instances of abuse.
Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965 (ISBN 1-86940-205-7) Latukefu, S. (1974), Church and State in Tonga, ANU Press, Canberra; Campbell, Ian C; Island Kingdom: Tonga Ancient and Modern, 2001, ISBN 0-908812-96-5 "Brief history of the Kingdom of Tonga", on the website of the Tongan Parliament
Deaths. 19 February – Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, royal (b. 1926). [1] References This page was last edited on 3 February 2025 ... 2017 in Tonga.