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Monday 4 July 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It was time for celebration, feasting and dancing, when HM King Taufa...ahau Tupou IV officially opened Tonga High School's beautiful new buildings in Nuku'alofa on Saturday July 2. With photos by Linny Folau and Adrienne L. Kaeppler
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Monday 4 July 2005 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ex-students of Tonga High School, going all the way back to its foundation year of 1947, joined in a happy parade through Nuku'alofa to the Royal Palace on the morning of Friday July 1, at the start of celebrations for the opening of the new Tonga High School Campus. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 1:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Air New Zealand will start a weekly Airbus A320 daytime service to Tonga in October, according a marketing manager, Norm Thompson, in Nuku'alofa on June 29. Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After Clive Edwards's proposal for a deduction of $6 million from the total government budget for the next financial year to be set aside "to do something for the people" was supported by the Minister of Finance, other People's Representatives tried to extract funds for public relations handouts and support in various sectors. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 13, Wednesday June 22, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 29 June 2005 8:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A professional heavy weight boxing fight between the Heavy Weight Champion of Fiji, Fatu Tuimaono (Honey Boy) and Walter Pupu'a (Ikahui) of Tonga in Nuku'alofa on Friday, July 1, kick starts professional boxing in Tonga after it has declined to a tiring amateur status during the past few years. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 June 2005 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piveni Piukala, who was arrested in Tonga on Monday afternoon, June 27, and detained for questioning on charges of illegally retrieving information from the computer system of his former employer, the Shoreline Group of Companies, was released on bail after mid-day today, June 29. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's tourism industry has replaced all the top executives of the Tonga Tourist Association (TTA) at its bi-annual executive meeting on June 16. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 3:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Please allow me to join Viliami Afeaki in congratulating you Pesi and your news media for showing good balanced news and information to the public and I think there is not much difference from listening to the BBC and the Matangi Tonga. The balanced news and articles should constructively assist the overall development. Keep up! with the good work and I am looking forward for a revolution in all the news media in Tonga, and your country will certainly reap optimum benefits from media rather than more destruction to the public. -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 2:45pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : I've been closely watching your web on a daily basis in the last couple of months. Very intensive and full of info I would like to read. -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan police are currently holding in custody the Shoreline whistleblower Piveni Piukala after he was arrested in Nuku‘alofa yesterday, June 27. Premium content -
Monday 27 June 2005 4:45pm
Houma, Tongatapu : Tonga's 2005 Miss Heilala Pageant began on Saturday June 25 with the inauguration ceremony of the 14 Miss Heilala contestants at the scenic Blow Holes in Houma, Tongatapu. Photos and story by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 27 June 2005 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Clive Edwards wanted to know if government was taking Shoreline to court for abusing its Development Licence. Clive Edwards also said that the Trust Fund had not been audited during the past seven years. He wanted to know when it was going to be presented to the House, and also the USA court decision relating to the missing Trust Fund. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 12, Tuesday June 21, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Sunday 26 June 2005 9:45pm
Texas, USA : To His Majesty- I know this may seem a bit bold and far against the established royal protocol for me, a non-Tongan and a West Texan, to write a letter to you and with a small degree of hope. That not only wills it reach you, but that you will find it in your heart to read it. -Larry Norton1 comment -
Sunday 26 June 2005 4:30pm
USA : I fully realize that it takes a lot of work to summarize each daily Minutes and translate it from the Tongan language. Your balanced coverage of local news is also greatly appreciated. Premium content -
Sunday 26 June 2005 4:15pm
London, United Kingdom : Please could anybody help me to identify a book I read a long time ago and which I have been trying to find for the past nearly ten years? The details I can remember, which are very brief, are: -
Friday 24 June 2005 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan 'Ikale Tahi Rugby team to play the first test match in the 2005 Tri-nations series, against Fiji in Suva, on Saturday June 26, was named by the coach Viliami 'Ofahengaue. Premium content -
Thursday 23 June 2005 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Noble Fohe, called 'Akilisi Pohiva a liar, for saying that Fohe was paid for sleeping in the House. He warned 'Akilisi that next time he said bad things about him he would knock his brains out.Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 11, Monday June 20, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Thursday 23 June 2005 12:03am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When I worked for a firm in New Zealand they came up with an idea called "Let's Make It Happen". The whole concept of this was for employees to come up with ideas on how to save the company money. - palmtour [at] kalianet [dot] to Premium content -
Wednesday 22 June 2005 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 34 man Ikale Tahi Squad for the 2005 Tri Nations Rugby Tournament left for Fiji on June 21, where they will play their first test match match against Fiji on Saturday June 25. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 June 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Heilala Festival is filling Nuku'alofa with the sound of music, as the Music Festival showcases young singing talents at the Fa'onelua Park every night. Premium content
