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  • Wednesday 9 March 2016 6:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Nuku'alofa's Central Business district was buzzing with visitors looking for something to do on Wednesday, 9 March with the arrival of hundreds of passengers onboard the P&O's Pacific Aria. The cruise ship arrived from Noumea in the morning, left Nuku’alofa later in the day for Neiafu.
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  • Tuesday 8 March 2016 8:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Police fronted by its women officers held its first Open Day to mark International Women’s Day 2016, today 8 March, connecting with youth and encouraging students to look at a professional career in policing.
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  • Tuesday 8 March 2016 5:35pm


    Pangai, Ha'apai
    : A multi-million dollar project to restore Ha’apai’s electricity network, after it was wrecked by Tropical Cyclone Ian in early 2014, was completed recently. Tonga Power Ltd reported that Cyclone Ian left 971 customers without electricity, and damaged 90% of the network lines, 65% of transformers, and a generator. The rebuilding project provided equal opportunity for women and men in the workforce.
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  • Monday 7 March 2016 4:50pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : The Tonga A team to play against the Junior Japan at the opening of the 2016 World Rugby Pacific Challenge on Tuesday 8 March in Suva, was announced today.
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  • Monday 7 March 2016 2:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga is looking to lift labour standards by becoming the 187th member of the International Labour Organization (ILO) this year, effective from 24 February 2016.
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  • Monday 7 March 2016 2:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga is to pay an unspecified amount to the family of the late Kali Fungavaka who was killed in Tonga in 2012 while in police custody, after a deed of settlement was reached by the Crown and the estate of the late Kali Fungavaka who was killed in Tonga in 2012, after a Supreme Court declaration on Thursday, 3 March in Nuku'alofa.
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  • Monday 7 March 2016 1:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s 'Aloma Johansson is one of several women on the new Oceania Rugby Board, one of six regional associations of World Rugby and representing 16 Member Unions to promote the growth of rugby in the region.
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  • Monday 7 March 2016 11:04am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Kau Kalisitiane, na’e ‘ikai fakamaalohi’i ‘ehe ‘Otua fakatupu ‘o mamanii ‘a ‘Atama mo ‘Ivi kena talangata’a, he Na’ane faka’ataa pee ke na fili pea ko e konga koula mo’oni‘eni ke tau puke ke ma’u ‘aupito, ‘o ‘oua na’a faifai pea tau ta’e tokanga’i lelei.
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  • Friday 4 March 2016 5:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : We are all accountable every time every time a woman or girl is a target of violence - and raising awareness is important to ensure equal protection under the law and equitable access to justice, stated a briefing for local journalists on Thursday, 3 March in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Friday 4 March 2016 4:54pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s first sports journalists association, the Friendly Islands Sports Journalists Association (FISJA) was officially formed in Nuku’alofa on 2 March.
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  • Friday 4 March 2016 4:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : More than half a million pa’anga was committed by the Government of Japan to fund the upgrade of school classrooms at Vaololoa and Veitonga, as well as a water supply system for Navutoka, in Tongatapu on Thursday, 3 March.
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  • Friday 4 March 2016 4:00pm


    Queenstown, New Zealand
    : Tonga’s King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u were in Queenstown, New Zealand, this week to attend the 60th birthday party of Louise Waterhouse, the Sydney-based honorary consul for Tonga.
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  • Thursday 3 March 2016 6:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga is leading the way in business leadership training for women. Fifteen professional women in Tonga completed a "Women's Business Leadership Program" conducted by the Asian Development Bank, and were presented with certificates on Wednesday, 2 March at Davina House.
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  • Thursday 3 March 2016 12:23pm


    Neiafu, Vava'u
    : Tourism in Vava'u is seeing a revival with the Vava’u Tourism Association holding its first AGM in several years and electing new officers.
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  • Wednesday 2 March 2016 3:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Development Bank plans to launch new commercial services this month, including foreign exchange and internet banking, as part of a three year expansion programme that began in 2014.
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  • Wednesday 2 March 2016 12:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fakaofo ‘a e me’a ‘oku hokoo he ‘oku ‘kehe ‘a e ngutuu mei he tuhuu’ ‘i he fakahoko fatongia ‘a e UN ki he ngaahi fonua memipaa, tautautefito ki he totonu ‘a e tangataa. Tonga, tau ako lelei mei he me’a ni.
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  • Tuesday 1 March 2016 8:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Pita Nikolas Taufatofua is the first Tongan to qualify for the Rio Olympic in August after he won a gold medal in the Taekwondo Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on Saturday, 27 February.
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  • Tuesday 1 March 2016 6:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga A team for the World Rugby Pacific Challenge in Suva, Fiji on March 8-21 was announced today by Tonga Rugby Union.
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  • Tuesday 1 March 2016 3:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : On 29 February, Tongatapu produced all of Tonga’s 2016 Leap Year babies, with the arrivals of four boys and five girls, known as "leaplings" because they will have their real birthday only every four years. Photos by Linny Folau
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  • Tuesday 1 March 2016 3:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New climate resilient buildings for twelve schools that have been rebuilt and refurbished in Ha’apai after being badly damaged by Tropical Cyclone Ian in 2014, were handed over to the Tonga government last week on 26 February.
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