16 Jan 2023

Tongans mark anniversary of volcano eruption at church

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 16 January 2023

Yesterday marked one year since the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga, causing a tsunami which killed three people, and left thousands homeless.

The eruption was the largest atmospheric explosion recorded in modern history, and estimated to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in Japan.

Being a Sunday, Tongans marked the day at special church services across the country,

RNZ Pacific reporter, Finau Fonua is in Tonga and spoke to Charlotte Cook.