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Monday 24 October 2005 9:35am
London, UK : I feel I have to write in support of Laki Niu's constitutional protest. Living in the UK where we are blessed with a centuries old democracy I feel we owe it to any nation to support their drive towards democracy. - Ruth Teasdale -
Monday 24 October 2005 9:30am
Sydney, Australia : I refer to Tama Foa's previous article "Negotiations can save heartache of violence... in which the writer criticized Laki Niu's recent political campaign. Perhaps, Tama Foa is a little misguided but let me see if I can illustrate the point more clearly. -Jason Faletau
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Friday 21 October 2005 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr Gaddi Vasquez, the World Wide Director for the United States Peace Corps, visited Tonga for the first time on October 18 and witnessed the work of his Peace Corps volunteers as well as reconfirming its ties with Tonga. by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Sixth Pasifiki Trade Fair was opened this morning with over 70 businesses displaying various products at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku‘alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2005 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's underground water supply is being threatened by the careless disposal of waste that may pollute the clean water supply, warns Sione Faka...osi of Tonga's Department of Environment. by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2005 12:25pm
Sydney, Australia : Pacific Island countries at some point in history were exploited because they own some of the most important commodities demanded by outsiders yet deemed useless to us because we didn't have the investment, resources and expertise to process them in our backyard. This is particularly true in Fiji (when companies conscripted Indians from abroad to work as slaves at sugar farms), and in PNG and the Solomons where acres and acres of forests were mowed down for export. - Jason Faletau -
Thursday 20 October 2005 12:15pm
USA : I give credit to Mr. Laki Niu and others for their call for change in the constitution. These proposals are indeed commendable but I beg to differ from Mr. Niu's approach. I have not seen his total proposal, but based on the little information I have, I believe a monster is in the making. - Tamafoa -
Wednesday 19 October 2005 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After two days of camping at Pangai Si'i in central Nuku'alofa, without receiving a response from Cabinet, Tonga's Constitutional change campaigner, Laki Niu, stepped up his call for democratic changes to the Tongan Constitution today by marching with 30 supporters to the parliament house. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2005 4:15pm
Re : What Laki Niu is doing, is what a lot of Tongans have been talking about in Faikava's!! Expressing their frustrations and anger towards a government's way of rule but not taking action. Premium content -
Monday 17 October 2005 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan judokas dominated Fiji and American Samoa to win seven of the eight categories in the first Tri-Nations Judo Tournament held at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku'alofa on October 15. Premium content -
Sunday 16 October 2005 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan people must be set free from a 1,000-year-old bondage, says Laki Niu, a Tongan lawyer, who will camp at Pangai Si'i with a loud speaker tomorrow morning demanding that the Tongan government agree to a new proposal for constitutional change. Premium content -
Saturday 15 October 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Going out to the movies will be back in fashion on October 27 when the new Star Cinema opens its doors in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Saturday 15 October 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Health took charge of an illegal tobacco problem on Friday when Health Inspectors visited retailers and wholesalers and began seizing cigarettes and tobacco that had no proper "Health Warning" labels. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2005 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new air service flying directly to Tonga from Sydney and Auckland will be launched on October 31 by Pacific Blue, the head of Virgin Blue's Commercial International division, Karam Chand, confirmed in Nuku'alofa yesterday. Premium content -
Thursday 13 October 2005 1:45pm
Canberra, Australia : The spread of weapons of mass destruction is one of the main threats to international and regional security, said the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Alexander Downer MP in Camberra on October 10 when he officially launched a new government publication entitled Weapons of Mass Destruction: Australia's Role in Fighting Proliferation. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2005 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Rugby Union this morning, October 12, released the 'Ikale Tahi's schedule for its November tour of Britain, Italy and France. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 October 2005 12:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The decision by Government and its Civil Servants on September 4 to end the Civil Servants' strike by giving in to the strikers demands, was a huge undertaking by a government that has few sources of revenue other than taxes, foreign aid and foreign remittances. Editor's Comment3 comments -
Tuesday 11 October 2005 12:04pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The key rationale behind the neo-liberal reforms is for the private sector to run these activities as businesses, in great anticipation that the returns will greatly benefit the country as a whole. In addition, the whole of the community are expected to pick up some of these functions, where they are to fend for themselves with some basic help from the state. - Dr ‘Okusitino Mahina1 comment -
Monday 10 October 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The funeral of the late Hon. ‘Akau‘ola, the Governor of Vava‘u, will be held on the island of Taunga in Vava‘u this week. Premium content -
Monday 10 October 2005 1:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's local television stations marked two milestones recently. Premium content
