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Parliamentarian describes Tonga destruction

Speaking to Reuters from New Zealand, Fakafanua spoke of the aftermath of the eruption and subsequent tsunami.

"We have to have fish poison testing kits now to ensure that people's livelihoods and local food source is safe for consumption," he said.

The first aircraft carrying humanitarian supplies arrived in Tonga on Thursday (January 20), five days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a volcanic eruption and tsunami that devastated communities and spoiled most of its drinking water.