Nyanzvi yezvekushanya kumatunhu akayambira kuti zvingave "zvinosuwisa" kana njodzi yechikepe ingangove yakauraya vanhu makumi matanhatu muTonga ichidzivisa vashanyi kubva kushanyira nyika yechitsuwa.
Chikepe chepakati pezvitsuwa, Princess Ashika, chakanyura makiromita makumi masere nematanhatu kubva kuguta guru Nuku'alofa pakati pehusiku hweChitatu paine vanhu zana negumi nevanomwe.
Zvikepe zvekununura zvakatora vanhu makumi mashanu nevatatu vakapona uye mitumbi yevanhu vaviri, kusanganisira Briton Daniel Macmillan, anga achigara muNew Zealand.
Tariro dziri kupera kuvatakurwi 62 vasara, vazhinji vavo vaiva vakadzi nevana vakanga vakarara pazvituro zvakaderera mukati memba apo igwa rakava risina kudzikama ndokuumburuka nokukurumidza.
Mutungamiriri wenyika VaFred Sevele vadaidzira kuti “dambudziko guru” kuTonga: “Izuva rinosiririsa zvikuru … ihombe kunzvimbo diki.”
Mukuru weNew Zealand Tourism Research Institute, VaSimon Milne, avo vari kuTonga kunosangana nevakuru vezvekushanyirwa kwenyika, vakati indasitiri iri kusamira zvakanaka ingangokanganiswa nenjodzi iyi.
"Sezvakaita nzvimbo dzakawanda muPacific, Tonga yanga ichinetseka nekuderera kwehupfumi hwenyika," Milne akadaro kubva kuboka rechitsuwa cheHa'apai, uko kuri kuita basa rekununura.
"Vanhu vanga vachinzwa sekunge vaigona kuikunda asi iri nderimwe dambudziko, kudzoserwa kumashure kunosiririsa kwavaisada."
Zvikepe zveInter-island hazvinyanyi kushandiswa nevashanyi, vazhinji vacho vanosarudza kubhururuka pakati pezvikwata zvitatu zvezvitsuwa zveTonga, Tongatapu, Ha'apai neVa'vau.
Princess Ashika ndiyo yega chikepe chaishandira zvitsuwa uye yakanga yatengwa kubva kuFiji mwedzi miviri yapfuura mushure mekunge mukweguru Olovaha, aishandiswa kubva kuma1980s, agadzira matambudziko einjini.
Ngarava iyi yaifanira kumira kusvika chikepe chitsva chakavakwa neJapan chaunzwa muna 2011.
Mupepeti webepanhau reMatangi Tonga, VaPesi Fonua, vanoti vanhu vakawanda vemunzvimbo iyi vane pfungwa dzakaipa pamusoro pechikepe ichi sezvo chakaputsika kakawanda pachiri kuedza kutamira kuTonga.
Mishumo yevatakuri inoti pane iyi nyaya matanda aiva muchikepe akanga azununguka mumakungwa asina kugadzikana, achichinja kuenzana kwechikepe nekukasira kusimuka.
Asi Sevele akati chikonzero chepamutemo hachisati chazivikanwa uye akasimbisa kuti ngarava yakapfuura ongororo yekuchengetedzwa uye yakawanikwa yakakodzera inishuwarenzi.
"Takanyatsogutsikana maererano nemishumo yatakawana tisati tabhadhara ngarava," akadaro.
Zvichakadaro, ngarava nhatu dzakatangazve kutsvaga vanhu vachiri kushaika neChishanu, asi murongi webasa rekutsvaga nekununura, John Dickson, akati tarisiro yekuwana vanhu vari vapenyu yave kupera.
"Zviri pachena kuti mararamiro ekupona mushure menguva yakareba iyi ane hanya, asi isu tinoramba tine tariro yekuwana vamwe vanopona," akadaro.
