Mitumbi miviri yawanikwa uye vanhu makumi mana nevatanhatu vasara vasipo mushure mekunge chikepe chakanyura nezuro manheru mumvura kubva kuTonga.
Ferry Princess Ashika akanyura mumvura kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa chikuru cheTongatapu nezuro manheru.
Taliofa Kototeaua wevafambisi vengarava, Shipping Corporation yePolynesia, akaudza Stuff.co.nz kuti imwe yengarava dzekununura yatora chitunha ndokuenda nacho kumahombekombe.
Imwe yaive muchikepe chezvigubhu.
Vati havazive kuti ndiani asi vakanzwa mashoko ekuti mumwe wevakafa aive muEurope.
Akataura kuti pane vatanhatu vekune dzimwe nyika mungarava, kusanganisira zvizvarwa zveJapan, Germany neFrance.
Vedandemutande reMatangi Tonga rinoti hapana vanhukadzi nevana vati vanunurwa muchikepe chakanyura pamhenderekedzo yeTonga husiku.
Yakatora mashoko aSiaosi Lavaka, uyo akanunurwa kubva kuna Princess Ashika, achitaura kuti zvikepe zvinomwe zvinoponesa zvakapukunyuka zvakanga zvakazara nevarume.
"Hapana vakadzi kana vana vakakwanisa," akaudza Matangi Tonga Online panguva dzemasikati nhasi.
Vati vanotenda kuti madzimai nevana vainge vakanamira muchikepe payakadzika apo vainge vakarara apo chikepe chacho chapinda mumatambudziko.
Akataura kuti gungwa rakanga rakaoma uye masaisai akapinda muzasi mechikepe maiva nevashandi.
Chikepe chakazununguka uye akatenda kuti izvi zvakaita kuti zvinhu zviende kune rimwe divi. Chikepe chakabva chatanga kupidiguka vamwe vatakuri vakasvetuka.
"Takamutswa neruzha rwekupopota tichibva tasvetuka."
Webhusaiti iyi inoshumawo vakapona vachiti chitunha chimwe chete chemurume wekuEurope chadzoserwa uye kuti nhengo yechikwata yasara inotenda kuti vanhu vaviri vekuEurope nemuJapan mumwe akazvipira vari pakati pevafambi vakashaya.
Zvichakadaro, mumwe mupurisa akaudza Stuff.co.nz nguva pfupi yapfuura kuti mitumbi yakaonekwa uye pari zvino panofungidzirwa kuti paive nevanhu vanodarika zana muchikepe payakanyura.
Rescue Coordination Center yekuNew Zealand yakatanga basa rekutsvaga mushure mekunge chikepe chanyura makiromita makumi masere nematanhatu kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNuku'alofa manheru apfuura.
Chikepe chePrincess Ashika chaibva kuNuku'alofa chichienda kuHa'afeva, muboka reNomuka Islands, pacharidza runhare panguva dza11pm.
New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Center (RCCNZ) yakatumira Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion, iyo yakasvika pekutanga chiedza.
Pakati pemasikati, Orion yakanga yavhara inenge hafu yenzvimbo yekutsvaga 207sq km, ichinongedza kunyura kwe86km kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNuku'alofa.
Vashandi vakashuma mamiriro akanaka ekutsvagisa uye nzira yemarara kubva muchikepe chakanyura chinotambanuka chingangoita 15km.
Mabhoti ekutanga kusvika pachiitiko akadhonza vanhu makumi mana nevaviri kubva muliferafts - 42 vafambi uye 17 vashandi, kusanganisira kaputeni.
Vamwe 11 vakazowanikwa vakachengeteka uye vakasimba mangwanani ano.
Vakapona vari kuendeswa neigwa kuHa'feva, uko RCCNZ iri kushanda nevakuru veTongan kuronga rubatsiro rwekunze.
Zvikepe zvitatu, kusanganisira yeTongan Navy, Pangai, zvanga zvichiri kubatsira nekutsvaga, nechikepe chechina chaifanira kubatana navo mangwanani ano masikati.
Tembiricha yemvura inodziya ye25degC yaizobatsira mikana yekupona yeavo vachiri mumvura, akadaro mutauriri weMaritime New Zealand Neville Blackmore.
Kuzvimba kwemamita maviri kusvika matatu kunofungidzirwa kuti kunonoka mukati mezuva.
Mutauriri wechechi yeWellington yeTongan Methodist, Tevita Finau, akati ari kushanda kuti atsvage mhuri dziri kuNew Zealand dzakakanganisika uye vechechi yeTongan muWellington vari kuungana neSvondo kuti vakurukure zvavangaite kubatsira.
“Tiri kunzwa kurasikirwa kukuru kwakaitika uye tinoziva kuti pava nenhoroondo yemabasa asina kuvimbika muzvitsuwa,” vakadaro.
Akawedzera kuti nharaunda inoda kuti hurumende dzeNew Zealand neAustralia dzivabatsire kutarisa mumabasa ekutakura muTonga, kusanganisira kuongorora kudzidziswa kwevashandi uye maitiro ekuchengetedza muchikepe.
Hazvisati zvazivikanwa kuti chii chakonzeresa kunyura kwechikepe chaive chakatakura matani gumi emutoro, mamwe acho achifungidzirwa kuti aive matanda.
The Princess Ashika, yakavakwa muJapan muna 1970, yanga ichingofamba mumvura yeTongan kwemavhiki mashoma uye yaingova nhanho yekumisa pamberi pechikepe chitsva chaiuya kushanda.
Njodzi yechikepe yapfuura yakaipisisa yeTonga yaiva muna December 1977 apo chikepe cheTokomea chaiva nevanhu 63 chakanyangarika pachifamba kubva kuVava'u kuenda kuNiuatoputapu nevanhu 63. Chese chakambowanikwa ijacket rehupenyu uye isina chinhu yakadzika yechando unit, zvisinei nekutsvakwa kukuru.
Mwedzi wapera RNZAF C130 Hercules yakatsvaga vapukunyuki kubva muchikepe chakapidiguka muKiribati. Vanhu gumi nevasere vakafa.
Gore rakapera RNZAF yakatsvaga vashandi gumi nevana veTa Ching 14, chikepe cheTaiwanese chekubata hove chinoshanda mumvura yeKiribati.
Chikepe chakatsva chakawanikwa asi hapana chakambowanikwa chevashandi vakashaika.
