Business

Vanilla growers in Tonga are being offered a partnership deal with an Australian family-owned food company, Queen Fine Foods, to help develop the production of high-quality Tongan vanilla in return for supply.

Tonga’s income is continuing to fall, the Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga, Joyce Mafi, told the Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industries on January 30, in a presentation on the state of Tonga’s Economy.

In a shock email sent from his iPad yesterday, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister, Samiu Vaipulu, has told the Vava’u Business Chamber he would like to see their members’ tax returns for the last five years, before he will talk about their serious concerns over the withdrawal of Chathams Pacific domestic airline service.