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Friday 27 August 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's 9th military contingent deployed to the Solomon Islands returns home tonight Friday August 27, after completing four months of peacekeeping duties under the Regional Assistance Mission RAMSI.
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Saturday 14 August 2010
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tongan soldiers in the RAMSI force deployed to the Solomon Islands have shot dead a Honiara local while responding to a drunken brawl, the Solomon Islands police commissioner has alleged.
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Wednesday 11 August 2010
Shanghai, China
The Tonga National Day at the World Expo in Shanghai, China was celebrated on August 2 where HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita urged visitors to come to visit the Pacific region and its islands.
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Monday 9 August 2010
Wellington, New Zealand
A New Zealand Parliamentary delegation will be visiting Nuku'alofa from 9 to 11 August to assist the Tongan Parliament in preparing for their political reform. The delegation will hold a public workshop on "parliamentary process in a democracy" for current Tongan parliamentarians, officials and the media.
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Thursday 15 July 2010
Suva, Fiji
The Australian Acting High Commissioner to Fiji, Ms Sarah Roberts, has been expelled from Fiji.
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Friday 2 July 2010
Brisbane, Australia
Foreign tuna industry power brokers blocked developing nations trying to protect tuna stocks in their own waters at a key international fisheries meeting that closed today in Brisbane.
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Thursday 1 July 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
THE eyes of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China would focus on Tonga for its National Day Celebration on August 2, at the Pacific Pavilion.
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Thursday 24 June 2010
Wellington,New Zealand
By Linny Folau The Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme to New Zealand (RSE) for the Pacific Islands, including Tongan fruit pickers, has worked well for both the various islands and New Zealand, the Minister of Immigration Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman said today.
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Thursday 24 June 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2010 Pacific Regional Information and Communication Technology Ministers' Meeting was marked with the signing of the Tonga Declaration in Nuku'alofa, on June 18, which sets a framework for action for integrated development of information and communications technology in the Pacific region.
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Tuesday 22 June 2010
Wellington,New Zealand
By Linny Folau Tonga's National Rugby Team the Ikale Tahi has been given an opportunity to be the first to showcase to the world the Pacific flavour of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after being selected to play against the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match on September 9.
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Tuesday 22 June 2010
Wellington,New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand. Exposing Pacific Journalists to how New Zealand is involved in the Pacific and its relationship with the islands is one of the aims of a five-day Pacific Media Exchange Program being held in Wellington and Auckland for three journalists from Samoa, Cook Islands and Tonga.
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Tuesday 11 May 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Providing greater awareness among Pacific Island countries on how to effectively respond and manage the aftermath of both man-made and natural disasters, is one of the aims of the first Pacific Emergency and Disaster Management Workshop for Polynesia held in Nuku'alofa this week.
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Thursday 6 May 2010
Auckland, New Zealand
Thirteen Tongans graduated from the Theological Laidlaw College in Auckland, New Zealand on April 10.
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Tuesday 13 April 2010
Auckland, New Zealand
A sight not seen for hundreds of years greeted boaties on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour on Sunday, April 11 when four traditional vaka sailed in an inner harbour regatta.
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Sunday 28 March 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Lavaka presented his letter of credence, as the Tongan High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea to the PNG Governor General, Sir Paulius Matane in Port Moresby last week, and learned of future employment opportunities for Tongans in PNG.
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Wednesday 24 March 2010

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Britain's Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne, was welcomed with a Guard of Honour to the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on Monday morning, March 22, where 10 Emerging Pacific Leaders Dialogue study groups had gathered for the presentation of their findings before the closure of a two-week study tour of 10 Pacific countries.
Saturday 13 March 2010
Noumea, New Caledonia
Twenty scientists gathered recently at an International Tuna Tagging Workshop held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's (SPC) headquarters in New Caledonia. The world's largest ever tuna tagging project has released over 250,000 tagged tuna into the equatorial Western and Central Pacific Ocean and 35,000 tags have already been recovered. The data being collected will help in sustaining and protecting the world's largest resource of tuna.
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Thursday 11 March 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Britain's Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne (59), will visit Tonga from March 20-23 to attend part of the study tour program of the Emerging Pacific Leaders Dialogue 2010, a regional leadership development program.
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Thursday 11 March 2010
Sydney, Australia
The Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement expresses grave concern at the lack of news and coverage by Fiji's local media of the whereabouts of former parliamentarian Peceli Rinakama.Rinakama's family members in Fiji confirmed about two hours ago that he has not returned nor do they know of his whereabouts since he was arrested by the Military last Friday.
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Tuesday 9 February 2010
Suva, Fiji
The Fiji Mineworkers Union members who have been on strike at Vatukoula for a record number of more than 19 years have now taken their grievance to the International Labour Organization and the Human Rights Council.
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