‘We just keep going’: the Tongan resort destroyed by nature’s fury – for the third time

Despite a narrow escape from last month’s tsunami and the arrival of Covid in Tonga, Ha’atafu manager Moana Paea is determined to rebuild her resort once againWhen the Ha’atafu beach resort was levelled by the tsunami that hit Tonga last month, it was the third time that the family-run business had been completely destroyed by a natural disaster.In 1982, the resort was wiped out by Cyclone Isaac and 11 years later by Cyclone Kina. Continue reading...