Imizimba emibini iye yafunyanwa kwaye abantu abangama-46 basalahlekile emva kokuba isikhephe esizinzileyo phezolo kumanzi akufuphi neTonga.
Isikhephe iNkosazana Ashika satshona emanzini kumntla wesiqithi esikhulu saseTongatapu phezolo.
UTaliofa Kototeaua ovela kubaqhubi beenqanawa, iShipping Corporation yasePolynesia, uxelele Stuff.co.nz ukuba enye yeenqanawa zokuhlangula ifumene umzimba yawusa elunxwemeni.
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Uthe abamazi ukuba ngubani kodwa bavile ngeengxelo zokuba omnye kwababhubhileyo ngumLungu.
Uthe kukho abantu basemzini abathandathu enqanaweni, kubandakanywa abemi baseJapan, baseJamani nabaseFransi.
Iwebhusayithi yaseMatangi Tonga ithi akukabikho manina nabantwana abathe bahlangulwa kwisikhitshana esizike kunxweme lwaseTonga ngobusuku.
Icaphule uSiaosi Lavaka, owahlangulwa kwiNkosazana uAshika, esithi zonke izikhephe zokusindisa ezisixhenxe eziye zabaleka zazizele ngamadoda.
“Akukho bafazi okanye bantwana baphumeleleyo,” uxelele uMatangi Tonga Online malunga nemin’ emaqanda namhlanje.
Uthi ukholelwa ukuba la makhosikazi kunye nabantwana baxinge bonke enqanaweni ngethuba isihla njengoko babelele ngethuba isikhephe sifumana ubunzima.
Wathi ulwandle lwalumahluko kwaye amaza angena kumgangatho ongezantsi wesikhephe apho kwakukho abasebenzi.
Isikhephe sashukuma kwaye wakholelwa ukuba oku kwabangela ukuba umthwalo uye kwicala elinye. Isikhephe emva koko saqalisa ukubhukuqa baza abanye abakhweli batsiba.
“Sivuswe sisandi sokukhwaza saza satsiba.
Le webhusayithi ikwaxela abasindileyo besithi ubuncinci umzimba omnye wendoda yaseYurophu ifunyenwe kwaye ilungu elisindileyo labasebenzi likholelwa ukuba abantu ababini baseYurophu kunye nelinye ivolontiya laseJapan baphakathi kwabakhweli abalahlekileyo.
Ngeli xesha, umthombo wamapolisa uxelele i-Stuff.co.nz kwithutyana nje elingephi ukuba izidumbu zibonwe kwaye ngoku kukholeleka ukuba bekukho abantu abangaphezulu kwe-100 kwisikhitshane sokutshona.
Iziko loNxibelelaniso lokuHlangula laseNew Zealand liqalise umsebenzi omkhulu wokukhangela emva kokuba isikhephe satshona kumgama oyi-86km kumntla-mpuma weNuku'alofa ebusuku phezolo.
Isikhitshane iNkosazana Ashika besisuka eNuku'alofa sisiya eHa'afeva, kwiqela leZiqithi zaseNomuka, xa sikhuphe umnxeba kaMay ngaphambi kwentsimbi yeshumi elinanye ebusuku.
Iziko loNxibelelwano loHlangulo lwaseNew Zealand (RCCNZ) lithumele iRoyal New Zealand Air Force Orion, eyafika ekukhanyeni kokuqala.
Emin' emaqanda, iOrion yayisele igubungele phantse isiqingatha sendawo yokukhangela ye-207sq km, ikhomba ukuzika malunga ne-86km kumntla-mpuma weNuku'alofa.
Abasebenzi baxela iimeko ezintle zokukhangela kunye nomkhondo wobutyobo obusuka kwinqanawa etshoneyo eyolule malunga ne-15km.
Izikhephe zokuqala ukufika kwindawo yesehlakalo zitsale abantu abangama-42 kwi-liferafts - abakhweli be-17 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-25, kubandakanya nomphathi.
Abanye abali-11 bafunyenwe bekhuselekile kwaye bephilile ngale ntsasa.
Abasindileyo bathathwa ngesikhephe ukuya eHa'feva, apho iRCCNZ isebenza nabasemagunyeni baseTongan ukulungiselela uncedo lwaselwandle.
Izikhephe ezintathu, kubandakanywa inqanawa yaseTongan Navy iPangai, bezisancedisa ekukhangekeni, kunye nenqanawa yesine ngenxa yokuba bajoyine kwangoko ngale mvakwemini.
Ubushushu bamanzi apholileyo obuyi-25degC bunokunceda amathuba okusinda kwabo basesemanzini, utshilo isithethi saseMaritime New Zealand uNeville Blackmore.
Ukudumba kweemitha ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu kuqikelelwa ukuba kuya kuba lula emini.
Isithethi sebandla iWellington's Tongan Methodist uTevita Finau uthe usebenzela ukukhangela ukuba zeziphi iintsapho ezizinze eNew Zealand ezithe zachaphazeleka kwaye uluntu lwecawe yamaTonga eWellington badibana ngeCawe ukuxoxa ngento abanokuyenza ukunceda.
“Siva ilahleko enkulu eyenzekileyo kwaye siyaqonda ukuba kukho imbali yeenkonzo ezingathembekanga eziqithini,” utshilo.
Wongezelela ukuba uluntu lungathanda ukuba oorhulumente baseNew Zealand nase-Australia bancede bajonge kwiinkonzo zokuthutha eTonga, kuquka ukuphonononga ukuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi kunye neendlela zokukhusela ebhodini.
Akukaziwa ukuba yintoni ebangele ukuzika kwesikhephe ebesithwele iitoni ezilishumi zomthwalo, ezinye ekukholelwa ukuba ngamaplanga.
INkosazana Ashika, eyakhiwa eJapan ngo-1970, yayiqhuba nje iiveki ezimbalwa emanzini eTongan kwaye yayiyindlela yokumisa umsantsa phambi kwesikhephe esitsha esiza kusebenza.
Intlekele yangaphambili yesikhephe yaseTonga yayingoDisemba 1977 xa iphenyane iTokomea elalikhwele abantu abangama-63 lanyamalalayo ngoxa lalisuka eVava'u lisiya eNiuatoputapu linabantu abangama-63. Ekuphela kwento eyafunyanwayo yibhatyi yobomi kunye neyunithi engenanto yokukhenkceza enzulu, nangona bekukhangelwa kakhulu.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo iRNZAF C130 Hercules yafuna abasindileyo kwiphenyane elikhulu eKiribati. Kwafa abantu abalishumi elinesibhozo.
Kunyaka ophelileyo i-RNZAF ifune abasebenzi be-14 baseTa Ching 21, isikebhe sokuloba saseTaiwan esisebenza emanzini aseKiribati.
Isikhephe esitshileyo sabhaqwa kodwa akukho nto yafunyanwa ngabasebenzi abalahlekileyo.
