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Tuesday 13 January 2015 1:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : All international flights in and out of Tonga were cancelled starting yesterday Monday, 12 January due to rising ash coming from the volcanic activity, which is continuing from a sumbmarine vent close to Hunga Ha’apai to the north west of Tonga that has spread over hundreds of kilometers in the atmosphere above the Tongatapu region. .
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Monday 12 January 2015 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nuku’alofa received heavy rainfall today, a welcome relief to residents after months of enduring unusually dry weather and little rainfall. For the last seven months since June, Tonga has experienced below average rainfall. -
Monday 12 January 2015 6:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two re-elected Nobles' Representatives to the Tonga Legislative Assembly are due to appear at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court this month. One noble is up for sentencing while the other for sentencing submissions on separate firearm and ammunition charges.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 12 January 2015 4:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A model renewable power system for Ha’apai is being developed by a post-graduate student at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 9 January 2015 11:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Trimming expenditures of Cabinet and high ranking officials will be part of refashioning the Tongan civil service to become effective, Tonga's new Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva, said in his inaugural address to civil servants this afternoon at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall.2 comments Premium content -
Friday 9 January 2015 7:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's domestic airline Real Tonga cancelled its flights yesterday afternoon Thursday, 8 January due to ash coming from the continuing volcanic activity at Hunga Ha‘apai to the north west of Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 9 January 2015 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Running a business in Tonga is getting harder, according to a new World Bank report titled “Doing Business 2015”. The annual report assesses the “ease of doing business” in countries across the world. Tonga's ranking was dragged down by poor ratings for property registration, difficulties in resolving insolvency and poor shareholder rights. Premium content -
Thursday 8 January 2015 10:01pm
Kailua, Hawaii : I'm very saddened, when reading headlines on RNZ News, "Citing lack of experience, Tourism Tonga wants new Minister".1 comment -
Thursday 8 January 2015 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine complaints of infringement of Electoral Procedure by candidates in the November 2014 General Election have been filed with the Electoral Commission, said Pita Vuki the Electoral Commissioner yesterday, 7 January.1 comment Premium content -
Thursday 8 January 2015 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Year weddings have been keeping the Registry Office in Nuku‘alofa busy as 13 marriages were registered this week, since government officers resumed working on Monday, 5 January. Premium content -
Thursday 8 January 2015 3:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two people have died and two more have serious injuries after being hit by vehicles at Ma'ufanga and Hihifo Road, while one woman was electrocuted after touching a wire at her home in Kolomotu'a, in the first week of the New Year. Premium content -
Thursday 8 January 2015 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 43-year-old man charged with the murder of his wife, who died from severe burns in December, will appear at the Mu'a Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 12 January. Premium content -
Thursday 8 January 2015 3:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Engineers are working to identify the cause of an engine problem to the Jetstream 32 aircraft after it had full emergency landing at Fua’amotu Airport on Wednesday, 7 January. Premium content -
Thursday 8 January 2015 10:34am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine Tongan-born players have so far been listed in the New Zealand and Australian team rosters for the 2015 Super 15 Rugby Championship. -
Wednesday 7 January 2015 4:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Jetstream (J32) aircraft operated by the Real Tonga Airlines has been detained and grounded this afternoon after making a full emergency landing at Fua'amotu airport at mid-day today, in what was the second serious aircraft incident for the airline in less than a week. Premium content -
Wednesday 7 January 2015 1:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Real Tonga Jetstream aircraft made an emergency landing at Tonga's Fua'amotu Domestic Airport this morning after an engine died during the flight between Vava'u and Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 January 2015 7:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The construction of a new $25 million pa'anga Government office building dubbed "St George Palace" at Pangai Si'i in the Nuku'alofa CBD, has been postponed until after the Coronation of King Tupou VI in July 2015. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 January 2015 6:56pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A Tongan-New Zealander businessman, producer and actor Stan Carl Wolfgramm (50) has been awarded the prestigious New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the arts and the Pacific community in New Zealand, in the Queen's New Year Honours List for 2015. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 January 2015 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Viliami Takau (39) of Ma’ufanga has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry (TCCI). Premium content -
Monday 5 January 2015 8:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi (53) is the first Tongan to be made a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, and the youngest of 20 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis yesterday.1 comment Premium content
