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Friday 3 February 2023 9:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government is assisting Tonga in its domestic air connectivity by providing flights for the Tongatapu-Vava’u route until at least 30 June 2023 in a partnership with Fiji Airways, the Australian High Commission announced today 3, February.
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Friday 3 February 2023 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Manavahetau Fua’eiki (43) is serving a total sentence of three-years nine-months imprisonment for two separate cases, that included charges of serious housebreaking and theft of firearms, which he committed in 2021, while he was on a suspended sentence for drug offences. This suspended sentence was activated. Free to view -
Thursday 2 February 2023 9:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 17-year-old youth from Tatakamotonga sustained serious injuries when he was hit by a vehicle, while he was crossing Taufa'ahau Road at Nualei yesterday.
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Thursday 2 February 2023 8:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Reckless driving leading to death is a crime that sadly remains all too prevalent in Tonga and, in this case, resulted in the death of a 21-months old toddler, the Lord Chief Justice stressed in sentencing a 27-year-old driver to two and a half years in prison. Part of the sentence was suspended. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 8:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Market Development Facility will be established in Tonga with an estimated value of activities worth around AU$3.8 million, in its initial four-year phase. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The newly established village, located west of Tonga has now been officially named ‘Atatā Si‘i on the estate of Prince Ata. Premium content -
Thursday 2 February 2023 3:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The House spent all day on Wednesday 1 February 2023, debating an Anti-Corruption Commissioner Amendment Bill 2023, one of two Bills that are in the House’s current working agenda. The amendment bill, which passed its third reading today, means that the Anti-Corruption Commissioner may be paid less than a Supreme Court judge and the salaries are no longer equal. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand’s Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is currently on a four-days visit to Tonga, until 2 February. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 10:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prisoner, Motuku Kafalava (25), who is serving a life imprisonment sentence for murder, was sentenced to concurrent jail time, for possession of a substantial amount of methamphetamine. His 24-year-old co-accused, Latu Veamatahau got a lengthy jail term. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 February 2023 9:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Maamaloa Fangupo (28) was sentenced to two-years six-months imprisonment for serious causing bodily harm to another 28-year-old man, when he stabbed him multiple times, during a drink up in Ha’ateiho in 2022. Premium content
Sports
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Tuesday 20 December 2022 10:49pm
Suva, Fiji : Thirteen youth rugby coaches from Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati travelled to the United States on a U.S. Department of State sponsored Sports Visitors program, aimed to improve their coaching skills in December. Free to view -
Thursday 1 December 2022 9:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's National Rugby League Men’s Team, Mate Ma’a Tonga has qualified for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup in France. Free to view
Pacific Islands
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Thursday 1 December 2022 9:34pm
Suva, Fiji : Tonga is among 14 island nations taking part in the ISLANDS Pacific Project - the largest funded anti-pollution project in the Pacific Islands, which deals with toxic chemicals and waste management. Free to view -
Monday 21 November 2022 5:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. Researchers Phillip Parton and Prof. Geoffrey Clark found that Tongatapu had a population decline of between 70 and 86 per cent once Europeans made contact and introduced new pathogens. Free to view
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Friday 27 January 2023 9:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On Australia Day we reflect on our nation’s history and celebrate its achievements and all its people, including the 33,000 Australians that identify as having Tongan ancestry. Australia’s identity is complex; in addition to our first nations heritage and our British and European history, laws and systems of government, we are a country of people from more than 270 ancestries. - Statement from the Australian High Commission in Tonga. Free to view -
Thursday 29 December 2022 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The electricity tariff in Tonga will decrease by 15.1% from 1 January 2023. The new tariff of 101.73 seniti per kWh was approved by the Electricity Commissioners on 19 December 2022 and will be applied over the next quarter for all Electricity Consumers. - Electricity Commission._____ Kuo tali ‘e he Kau Komisiona ‘o e Komisoni ‘Uhila he ‘aho 19 ‘o Tisema 2022 ha totongi ‘uhila fo’ou ko e seniti ‘e 101.73 ki he kilouati he houa ki he tokotaha ma’u ‘uhila kotoa pe ‘i Tonga ni ‘oku ne ngaue’aki ‘a e ‘uhila pea ke kamata ngaue’aki ‘a e totongi fo’ou ni ‘i he kuata hono hoko. - Komisoni ‘Uhila. Free to view
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