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Thursday 6 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Wellington Sevens 2014 will kick-off tomorrow. Tonga is lined-up to play against Australia, Samoa and Kenya.
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Thursday 6 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Stuart Perry from New Zealand is the first General Manager of the newly established Tonga Tourism Authority.
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Thursday 6 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirty young girls aged 11-19 years from Tongatapu villages have taken part in a three-day “Eliminating Violence against Girls” Camp 2014.
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Thursday 6 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A shallow M5.3 earthquake with an epicenter located 72km east of ‘Ohonua, ‘Eua was recorded at 4:04am this morning, February 6, according to the USGS.
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-four Tupou College students and two adults have been charged with serious criminal offences, including attempted murder, attempted arson, grievous bodily harm, and bodily harm, in relation to a violent attack at a home in Tofoa last year. 123 others were sentenced on February 3, after pleading guilty to lesser charges.
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ability of the domestic industry to compete in the southern long-line albacore fishery has hit the point of no return. Tying-up vessels and sending employees home is now the reality that is faced by the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association members that have an interest in this fishery. Tonga has one domestic vessel left – down from a high of 26. - PITIA
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All classrooms at Tupou High School's Nukunuku Campus are being renovated by the Government of Japan.
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Limited announced that it has increased electricity tariffs by a fraction of a seniti (0.39 seniti). New electricity tariffs for all Island groups are now 93.21 seniti per kilowatt (up from 92.82 seniti).
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Counterfeit $50 and $10 pa'anga notes found in Tonga lack watermarks and security threads, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga warns.
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s third solar farm is being constructed at Vaini on Tongatapu, at a cost of $14 million (USD) under Japanese aid funding. The project will introduce a special micro-grid system to coordinate electricity generated from a variety of renewable sources in the future.
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Monday 3 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Bruno Banani, Tonga's first ever winter Olympian, to compete in Luge in Sochi, Russia, next week will wear a flamboyant snow proof uniform, sponsored by German firm Bogner.
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Monday 3 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police are warning traders and the public to be aware and to look carefully at Tongan pa‘anga notes, after three counterfeit $50 pa'anga notes were discovered in Nuku‘alofa last week.
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Monday 3 February 2014
Canberra, Australia
Nauru has donated $25,000 (AUD) toward recovery efforts in Ha‘apai following the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Ian on January 11.
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Monday 3 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is seeking an estimated $56 million for reconstructing homes in Ha‘apai after Cyclone Ian, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister Samiu Vaipulu said on Friday at a press conference, held jointly with the visiting New Zealand Foreign Minister. Hon. Murray McCully said there was an enormous challenge ahead for Tonga’s government and the figures given by the Deputy Prime Minister were “frightening”.
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Sunday 2 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A grant funding of NZ$1.7 million from the New Zealand Government was signed in Nuku'alofa on January 29 as part of a package to rebuild the electricity network in Ha’apai destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian.
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Saturday 1 February 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old man after 41 cannabis plants and seeds worth an estimated street value of around $10,000 pa’anga were seized from a tax allotment in Fua‘amotu this week.
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Friday 31 January 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A direction on the Tongan Supreme Court on how to process a civil case that was brought by the former Attorney General, John Cauchi against the Kingdom of Tonga is expected to be announced today, Friday, January 31. The trial by jury was halted in November because the failure of all concerned to sufficiently prepare for the trial had left the court and the jury in an "impossible position," the Chief Justice has stated.
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Friday 31 January 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Vanilla promises to be a major source of revenue for Vava'u growers and their families, who are being encouraged to recover neglected plantations and plant new vines.
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Wednesday 29 January 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The reconstruction of destroyed homes in the Ha'apai group by Cyclone Ian on 11 January, stepped up another gear this week, with the arrival in Pangai, Lifuka island of the Minister of Land and Natural Resources, Lord Ma'afu and 30 staff. The team will start working to determine land-boundaries and land-ownership.
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Wednesday 29 January 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A solar power project proposal submitted by Tonga High School has won $100,000 (USD) funding from the Zayed Future Energy Prizes for 2014 presented in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on January 20.
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