New Zealand and Australia are sending water and supplies, after ash was cleared from the runway.
Tongan authorities have requested that aid drops be near contactless, to prevent the risk of Covid spreading to the island which has seen just one case of the virus so far in the pandemic."The aircraft is expected to be on the ground for up to 90 minutes before returning to New Zealand," he said.
Mr Henare earlier told the BBC the supply ships would bring more than 250,000 litres of fresh water and desalination equipment, used to separate salt from water. Meanwhile, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the heavily Mormon nation says it has beenAbout 1,000 people had been sheltering at the Church's largest school each night this past week.
The main severed undersea cable connecting the remote island nation to the outside world may also take weeks to fix.from Tonga's consulate in the European Union, have shown the extent of the damage including cars, roads and buildings in Nuku'alofa coated in a film of ash.
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