Anger in Tonga over stalled ferry service

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Updated February 8, 2010 16:17:07

Tonga's outer islands are struggling to cope with the loss of their ferry service. It's now been over six months since the Princess Ashika sank claiming 74 lives, and it hasn't been replaced. The country's only other working ferry - the 25-year-old MV Pulupaki - was declared unsafe three weeks ago and pulled out of service. That's left thousands of people without an affordable link to the mainland, stranding hundreds of students who were due to start back at school last month.

Presenter: Helene Hofman
Speakers: Honourable Luani, Governor of Vava'u; Manu Akauola, Principal, Tonga High School; Kalisita Taumoepeau, Assistant Secretary, Tonga's Ministry of Transport

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