Restored telecommunications in Tonga are helping bring healing as families begin reconnecting after over a month of patchy network coverage following last month's devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Repair work on the Southern Cross undersea internet cable, which was damaged during the disaster, was completed this week by the repair ship the reliance fully restoring the Kingdom's phone and internet services.
Reporter, Lydia Lewis spoke about the significance of the restored telecommunications with Kalafi Moala, RNZ Pacific's correspondent in Tonga.
She began by asking him if this was the longest telecommunications outage Tonga has had?
the cable maintenance ship Reliance Photo: vesselfinder.com
