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Tuesday 28 March 2017 3:35pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tonga will not compete in the Championship competition of the upcoming Oceania Rugby U20 Championship in Gold Coast, Australia. The highly-anticipated championship will feature Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand and Australia.
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Monday 27 March 2017 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The clearing process of an area to construct an 18-holes new Popua Golf course is currently underway for the 2019 Pacific Games. Premium content -
Monday 27 March 2017 5:14pm
Tokyo, Japan : Two Japanese doctors, managers of Tonga's Malimali Project promoting oral health education in schools, have received special awards presented in Tokyo on March 13 for their efforts in helping Tongan children over two decades. They were honoured at a meeting with the Emperor Akihito of Japan. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2017 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ioana Sugar was the highest scoring angler at the Billfish Bar Steinlager Tournament held on 18 March. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2017 4:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Chinese design team for the Tonga High School Sports Complex to be constructed for the 2019 Pacific Games are in Nuku’alofa for 27-days to finalize their designs and specs. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2017 4:32pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Five Tongan small businesses will look for opportunities in international trade as part of a trade and invest program over the next four days which includes showing off their products at the Pasifika Festival this weekend, 25 – 26 March in Auckland, New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2017 4:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Five local Tongan companies will showcase products at New Zealand’s annual Pasifika Festival in Auckland, this weekend. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2017 4:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old woman who was arrested following a complaint that she had at numerous times assaulted her 68-year-old mother at a home in Ma’ufanga has been charged with assault. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2017 12:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Court of Appeal of Tonga on 16 March 2017 overturned a decision by the Supreme Court that a 2007 tenancy agreement for a commercial property at Haveluloto was unconscionable. The tenant won the appeal and the landlords were ordered not to interfere with access to the building by the shopkeeper and her sub-tenant. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2017 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is expected to host the Fiji and Samoa rugby games in July, said Fe’ao Vunipola, Tonga Rugby Union CEO and Chariman today, after what he called "a positive meeting" with World Rugby officials who were in Nuku’alofa to look at Teufaiva Stadium this week. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2017 7:15pm
Suva, Fiji : Anne Christine Dunn, the reigning Miss Pacific Islands launched a sustainable tourism campaign on social media on 22 March, for the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO). Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2017 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Typhoid can be spread by flies and especially in homes with pit latrines, warns Tonga’s Director of Health, Dr Siale 'Akauola, who said Tongans must practice better hygiene to avoid typhoid, after four cases were confirmed on Tongatapu this year. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2017 9:29am
Suva, Fiji : The depletion of water sources in places around the world by 2040, will affect up to 600 million children worldwide, warns a UNICEF report released on March 22 to mark World Water Day. The report focuses on how the wellbeing of children is threatened by lack of access to safe water and how a changing climate will worsen the situation in the future. Pacific Island countries face particular challenges. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2017 9:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A nine-year-old boy remains in Vaiola Hospital with a fractured leg and bruises after being hit by a three-tonnes quarry truck on Taufa'ahau Road at Hoi on Monday, March 20. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2017 9:21am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 17-year-old under-age driver has been charged after his vehicle crashed into the Tanoa International Dateline Hotel fence on the waterfront on Saturday March 18. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 March 2017 12:05pm
Canberra, Australia : Australia celebrated it’s annual “Harmony Day” yesterday with more than 3,500 events being held across the country to celebrate the ethnic diversity of Australians. Australians of Tongan descent joined in the celebrations, displaying their Tongan culture in schools, workplaces and community centres throughout the country. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 March 2017 6:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tourism could be Tonga’s biggest industry of the future, according to a World Bank Pacific Possible study that was released early this month.3 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 21 March 2017 5:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Construction of Tonga’s new government office block, St George Palace at Pangai Si’i in the Nuku’alofa Central Business District is on schedule to be completed on 17 July for an opening in August this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 March 2017 4:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Ministry of Health driver (54) has been arrested and charged in relation to the death of a 60-year-old male pedestrian whom he allegedly hit at Ha’ateiho on Monday, March 20. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 March 2017 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 23-year-old man died on Monday afternoon, March 20 at Havelu when he was electrocuted while getting breadfruit using an iron rod, which swung and hit a power line. Premium content
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