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Friday 1 August 2008 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : During Tonga's coronation celebrations 270 people were named to receive honours, with many attending the investiture ceremony at the Royal Palace on July 31. Topping the medal list was HM King George Tupou V, himself, and his mother HM Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho. -
Friday 1 August 2008 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Following his hour-long coronation service in the Centenary Church, HM King George Tupou V riding in an open car, was driven through the streets of central Nuku'alofa and down Hala Taufa'ahau. The black Humber Snipe Coupe was once owned by his grandmother Queen Salote. Photos by Linny Folau and Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 1 August 2008 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Photos by Linny Folau and Mary Lyn Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 31 July 2008 4:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King George Tupou V arrives at the FWC Centenary Church in Nuku‘alofa, this morning for his coronation. Photos Pesi Fonua, Mary Lyn Fonua, Linny Folau, Peter Halmagy and courtesy TV1. Premium content -
Thursday 31 July 2008 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tupakapakanava or traditional torch lighting ceremony was held along the Nuku'alofa foreshore yesterday evening, July 30, after sunset when students lit bark torches creating a line of fire around the coastline and rings of fire around the small islets visible from the capitalThe ceremony is a traditional honour accorded to the Royal Family and followed the installation of Tonga's King George Tupou V yesterday. Photos by Peter Poulsen. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 July 2008 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The traditional installation of the king took place today with a Taumafa Kava ceremony on Pangai Lahi next to the Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa. King George Tupou V is the fifth king in the Tupou dynasty and the 23rd Tu'i Kanokupolu - a traditional title also held by Tonga's monarchs. Photos by Pesi Fonua and Peter Poulsen. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 July 2008 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Miss Heilala 2008-09 is Fiona Makisi (21), a student doing a double major in Arts and Law at the University of Sydney, Australia. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Wednesday 30 July 2008 12:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A humpback whale and her calf visited Nuku'alofa last Friday, July 25, the Tonga Visitor's Bureau reports, with sightings of the pair unusually close to the shores of the capital. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 July 2008 7:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King George Tupou V applauded the spectacular dances by massed Tongatapu schools at Teufaiva Stadium this morning. Photos by Peter Poulsen, Mary Lyn Fonua, Linny Folau and Adrienne L. Kaeppler. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 July 2008 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : About 10,000 dancers, students from government primary schools, gathered at the Teufaiva Stadium this morning for a mass performance of dances on Education Day in celebration of King George Tupou V's Coronation. The stadium was filled with another 10,000-12,000 parents and spectators, including the King's guests the Maori king and queen. Photos by Peter Poulsen, Mary Lyn Fonua, and Linny Folau. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 July 2008 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's King George Tupou V appointed four new Privy Councillors last week. Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 11:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : FURNITURE urgently required for the coronation of King George Tupou V on Friday arrived in Tonga today, Monday, on a special cargo flight made by DHL's aircraft "The Jedi", only days before the crowning of the king on August 1, 2008. Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A couple of days after talking with Kathy Marks, a friend sent me the article she had written on Tonga. It was titled "The last king of Tonga?"...What bothered me greatly were the gross inaccuracies in Ms. Marks' article, which proved the Pacific-wide sentiment against whirlwind, parachute journalists. These are the journalists who fly into a place with their knowledge limited to the biased writings of other fellow parachute journalists, and they talk to a few locals to try and confirm that bias. - Kalafi Moala Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 1:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A sunny morning on Saturday July 26, saw crowds lining Hala Taufa'ahau and Hala Vuna to watch the annual Heilala Festival floats parade carrying 13 local beauties, body builders and a showcasing a multi-cultural community. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 1:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Miss Heilala contestants took part in a colourful float parade on Saturday July 26, a popular highlight of Tonga's annual Heilala Festival. Photos by Mary Lyn Fonua and Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 11:56am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A multi-cultural "One Tonga" Block party brought thousands of people out onto the streets in central Nuku'alofa on Friday, July 25 with a show in the lead-up celebration of HM King George Tupou V's coronation. Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A multi-cultural Tonga was on show in the lead up celebrations for the coronation of King George Tupou V, with the "One Tonga" parade on Friday evening. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 5:45am
San Francisco, California, USA : On July 19, 2008; you published an article about the deportees from foreign countries who currently are a "national concern" to the Kingdom of Tonga. Although Tonga agreed to the Extradition Treaty in good faith, it should have realized that a criminal would continue to be a criminal regardless of a change in his/her environment. - Siosaia Fatani Premium content -
Monday 28 July 2008 5:21am
Neiafu, Vava'u : With reference to Mafi 'o Amerika Samoa's letter on deportees from the USA, I must say that he has got the right spirit of wanting to help find assistance for Tonga. However, I wish to point out... all deportees from the US are aliens, that is they are Not American Citizens- Tu'itokaloto Fakatakatau Taufa Premium content -
Friday 25 July 2008 4:03pm
Belgrade, Serbia : Candidates are the most interesting in the time of elections; they will tell us anything that will likely lead them to great victory. They will lie, deceive, and guarantee the impossible, sing and dance, cry and laugh, and all that in order to win. In that campaign, they will give us so many promises, that if we ask them just a few hours later about them, they will not remember them, and will give us new ones in order to deceive us further. Later, if they are elected for formal office, then they will start giving us excuses for the lost promises in order to maintain political power. - Ivan Simic Premium content
