Respect for Tonga's royal family runs deep in the kingdom — but how did they help ward off colonial powers?
This year the Kingdom of Tonga marks 150 years since its monarchy gave up power and drafted a constitution to help ward of ...
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New Tonga island 'now home to flowers and owls'
it lies in the kingdom of Tonga, and is already nurturing pink flowering plants, sooty tern birds, and even barn owls. Tonga is made up of over 170 islands in the Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.
New trigger proposed for record-smashing 2022 Tonga eruption—unstudied data from seismic wave points to early signals
Fifteen minutes before the massive January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, a seismic wave was ...
Before the Blast: The Secret Seismic Wave That Warned of Tonga’s Massive Eruption
Researchers found a unique seismic signal just before the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, ...
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‘Critical hazard blind spot’: Scientists probe Pacific volcanoes’ risk to NZ’s internet
The violent eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai generated a tsunami and blanketed the islands of the Kingdom of Tonga in volcanic ash. Video / Supplied Scientists are investigating what they call a ...
How gigantic eruption’s rare ‘booms’ are informing New Zealand’s disaster planning
The atmospheric pressure waves that a gigantic volcanic eruption sent around the world on the evening of January 15, 2022 – ...
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At COP29, Kingdom of Tonga expresses support for a ‘Pacific COP’
The Kingdom of Tonga has expressed strong support for Australia’s bid to host the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2026, saying it will be ...
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Small island states face climate injustice - Tongan parliamentary speaker
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 15. The Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova welcomed Lord Fakafanua Fatafehi, the ...
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New trigger proposed for record-smashing 2022 Tonga eruption
"Island volcanoes can generate tsunamis, which are a significant hazard." Silent precursor to a violent eruption Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is an oceanic volcano in the western Pacific Ocean in the ...
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Tonga National Day 4 November
On behalf of the people and Government of the United States of America, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to the people of the Kingdom ...