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Supplies for hurricane victims

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Supplies for hurricane victims

An important measure of success for Tongans is their contribution to the family and community. New Zealand Tongans are still expected to contribute to the people back home. Here members of the Wellington Tongan Association prepare a container load of food, clothing and household items for victims of hurricane Isaac, which ravaged Tonga in March 1982.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1982/1812/18-F

by John Nicholson

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Melenaite Taumoefolau, Tongans – Life in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1261/supplies-for-hurricane-victims (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Melenaite Taumoefolau, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.