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2022 in Tonga
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April 19, 2025
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Timeline of Tongan history
Events in the year
2022 in
Tonga
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
Tupou VI
Prime Minister
:
Siaosi Sovaleni
Events
Ongoing —
COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
14 January –
2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami
: The
Hunga Tonga
, an undersea
volcano
, erupts, sending ash and steam 20 kilometers into the air. 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
]
16 January –
Satellite imagery
of
Hunga Tonga
shows that most of the volcanic island was destroyed by the eruption.
[
3
]
2 February –
Tonga
enters a nationwide
lockdown
after the country reported its first locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.
[
4
]
Deaths
10 June –
Viliami Hingano
, 47, politician,
MP
(2014–2017, since 2021), governor of
Haʻapai
(2021)
[
5
]
7 September –
Willie Losʻe
, 55, rugby union player (
Auckland
,
North Harbour
,
Tonga national team
) and broadcaster.
[
6
]
27 October –
Semisi Fakahau
, 74, politician,
MP
(since 2014).
[
7
]
References
↑
"Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupts again"
.
RNZ
. 2022-01-14
. Retrieved
2022-09-19
.
↑
Alex Stambaugh, Laura Smith-Spark, Rhea Mogul, Sophie Jeong and Dakin Andone (15 January 2022).
"Tsunami advisories lifted in US after waves hit Tonga"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
2022-09-19
.
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↑
"Pacific volcano: New Zealand sends flight to assess Tonga damage"
.
BBC News
. 2022-01-16
. Retrieved
2022-09-19
.
↑
Granitz, Peter (2022-02-02).
"Tonga enters lockdown after first community transmitted COVID-19 cases detected"
.
NPR
. Retrieved
2022-09-19
.
↑
"Tongan cabinet minister dies in Auckland hospital"
.
RNZ
. 2022-06-11
. Retrieved
2022-09-19
.
↑
"
'Devastating loss': Former rugby and sports radio star dies, aged 55"
.
The New Zealand Herald
. Retrieved
2022-09-19
.
↑
"PM announces death of Fisheries Minister"
.
Matangitonga
. 2022-10-27
. Retrieved
2023-01-23
.
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