Seven New Zealand rugby players and a rugby trainer, visiting Tonga this week, under New Zealand's Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme, visited schools and conducted training with young rugby players.
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Friday 11 November 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Saturday 5 November 2011
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Neiafu, Vava'u
Vaitai Havea (16) is the 2011 dux of the Saineha High School, Vava'u, announced during the school's annual prize-giving ceremony on October 30.
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Saturday 5 November 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand's Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme (PPDVP) on November 7 is bringing a group of eight rugby representatives to Tonga for a week, where they will visit schools and community groups, promoting the slogan, "Break the Silence, End the Violence".
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Tuesday 1 November 2011
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Wellington, New Zealand
The 'Ikale Tahi's defeat of the French 19-14 tonight silenced the French while rapturous 'Ikale Tahi fans went completely mad red and celebrated the victory with the ecstatic team. Photos by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 27 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr Jacques Rogge, told Tongan students at Pangai Lahi on 26 October 2011, that if the success of the 'Ikale Tahi at the Rugby World Cup had such a positive impact on them, then they should look upon the players, the coach and the management of the team as their role models in whatever sports that they engaged in.
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Wednesday 19 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mr Jacques Rogge, and his wife, Anne, will visit Tonga from October 25-27, 2011, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tonga Amateur Sports Association. Tonga remains the only Pacific Island to have won a medal at the Olympic Games, a Silver Medal in boxing, at the Atlanta Olympic 1996 by Paea Wolfgramm, in the Super-heavy weight division. In 1984 TASANOC became a member of the International Olympic Committee.
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Sunday 16 October 2011
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Suva, Fiji
Ambassador Frankie A. Reed presented her credentials to the President of Fiji, H.E. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, earlier today (13 Oct), following her arrival in Fiji to be the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji. Ambassador Reed will serve concurrently as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu.
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Wednesday 12 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Ikale Tahi captain Finau Maka was popular in pink today as a special guest at an annual fundraising luncheon for the "Pink October Breast Cancer Awareness" programme.
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Monday 10 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V is currently in the United States for medical consultations in Los Angeles.
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Saturday 8 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HRH Prince Mired Bin Raad Al-Hussein of Jordan, during a welcome from Tonga's Red Cross in Nuku'alofa yesterday, said that he looked forward to Tonga supporting a humanitarian cause that aims at saving lives and bettering the lives of people who have been injured and suffered from a terrible weapon - land mines.
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Thursday 6 October 2011
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Australia
When I used to grow up in Tonga all I knew was that abstinence was highly emphasized and that girls must maintain their integrity in order to be respected by the men and wider community. However, I was disturbingly surprised when I visited back earlier this year since I left in 2005; a lot of things have changed . . . and I mean Changed! - Soa'ileat.
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Thursday 6 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HRH Prince Mired Bin Raad Al-Hussein of Jordan arrived in Tonga on October 5 for a three days visit seeking Tonga's support on the Anti-Personnel Mine Convention.
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Monday 3 October 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Traffic jammed Tongatapu's main roads and the island came to a standstill this morning as crowds turned out to greet the national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi after upsetting France 19-14 in Wellington last Saturday night in what was probably the most exciting rugby match in Tonga's history. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 28 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
White 'Faka-Sepitema' on September 28, in Nuku'alofa saw hundreds of women of the Church of Tonga (Hou'eiki) in Tongatapu dressed in white for their annual roll call.
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Thursday 22 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
White September or 'Faka-Sepitema' yesterday in Nuku'alofa saw hundreds of women members of the Church of Tonga dressed in white, gathering for their annual roll call.
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Tuesday 20 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Rev Luke Sikalu (72) the President of the Tonga Konisitutone Church died at his home at Pahu in Nuku'alofa on Monday September 19.
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Monday 19 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King George Tupou V has donated musical instruments to the Royal Corps of Musicians at the Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa, on Friday September 16.
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Thursday 15 September 2011
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London, United Kingdom
Roz Mahe goes to New York next month to perform in Times Square in the finals of an international contest that is seeking extraordinary female singers. She will record and sing with international stars Fergie and Natasha Bedingfield.
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Wednesday 14 September 2011
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Whangarei, New Zealand
Tonga's hope of progressing beyond the pool games of the Rugby World Cup has become a tough challenge, after they lost to Canada 20-25 in their second outing, this evening, September 14, in Whangarei. Photos by Pesi Fonua
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Tuesday 13 September 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Georg von Habsburg (46) of the Republic of Hungary was on two days visit to Nuku'alofa over the weekend, promoting bilateral relations between Hungary and Tonga.
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