In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules is loaded before it leaves an airbase in Auckland, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, flying to Tonga with aid. The first flight carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga was finally able to leave Thursday after the Pacific nation's main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption. (CPL Dillon Anderson/New Zealand Defence Force via AP)