Sources: ABC Australia
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, causing tsunami warnings in Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and other countries in the South Pacific, and generating a 60 cm tsunami in Lenakel, Vanuatu. 2023-05-19
King Tupou VI is evacuated from the Royal Palace by His Majesty's Armed Forces. 2022-01-15
Tonga pays an outstanding fee in order not to lose its voting rights at the United Nations General Assembly. Tonga was among seven countries suspended last week for not paying their assessed contributions. 2020-01-14
A passenger bus carrying 46 people, mostly school groups from Tonga, crashes in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand, approximately 30 kilometers south of the city of Gisborne. Two people died while several were injured, with some still hospitalized. 2016-12-24
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano disrupts flights to and from Tonga. 2015-01-12
Cyclone Ian strikes Tonga with damage to buildings reported. 2014-01-11
Cyclone Rene hammers Tonga with gusts of 160 kilometres an hour, isolating Tongans for several days. Widespread damage is reported in the capital, Nukuʻalofa, and contact is lost with the northern island of Vavaʻu. 2010-02-15
Cyclone Rene heads for Tonga and Niue after brushing American Samoa. 2010-02-14