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Friday 30 December 2016 12:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A fire fighting operation at Tapuhia Landfill enters its 10th day today as firefighters attempt to put out remaining hotspots over the landfill's number 1 cell, after a fire that started on 21 December turned into a massive blaze on Christmas Day. Malakai Sika, CEO Waste Authority Ltd., stated this morning that the fire is under control but "the time to fully eliminate the fire is unknown at this stage". Rubbish collection operations are continuing, using another part of the landfill.
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Thursday 29 December 2016 7:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The body of Fisiatina Puafisi (45) who went missing from a Nuku'alofa hotel on Friday, was recovered by Police Search and Rescue operation yesterday afternoon. Premium content -
Thursday 29 December 2016 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A head-on collision at Veitongo early this morning has claimed the lives of two men, a 30-year-old man from Halaleva and a 28-year-old man from Ha'akame. The fatlities raise Tonga's road toll to 18 lives lost for 2016, and Police say they are attending too many serious crashes that are avoidable. Premium content -
Thursday 29 December 2016 7:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : “If someone's behaving suspiciously, being disorderly and drinking alcohol when they are clearly underage, we want to hear about it,” said Acting Police Commissioner Viliami Unga Fa'aoa today. During "Operation Vi", an annual operation to ensure public safety, Police have registered 550 crimes and arrested 159 people. Premium content -
Thursday 29 December 2016 3:20pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Father of six, Joseph Finau, is becoming a role model for obese Pacific Islanders after losing an incredible 100 kilos in two years. Finau who lives in South Auckland, New Zealand, weighed 220kg in 2014. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 December 2016 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The body of a man has been recovered from a reef off Sopu at about 4:00pm (UTC+14) today by a search and rescue team who were looking for a missing kayaker, Fisiatina Puafisi, last seen on December 23. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 December 2016 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man missing with a kayak in Tonga, since December 23, is now believed to be a Tongan deportee from Australia – released quietly into an unsuspecting community. Little is known about him in Tonga where authorities are now trying to catch up on who he is.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 28 December 2016 2:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A marine search is currently underway for a missing man Fisatina Puafisi (45), who was last seen on Friday 23 December walking to the Kolomotu'a seafront from Little Italy with a kayak. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 December 2016 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sea and coastal search are continuing in Ha'apai for a German man, Frank Doblitz (46), who remains missing since he went swimming on Christmas Day at a beach in Hihifo, Ha’apai. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 December 2016 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Fire Services has scaled down its operation at Tapuhia Waste Management Facility at Vaini, after a massive fire was contained yesterday. However, government issued warnings today for the public to stay clear of the smoke as toxic fumes are still being emitted from hot spots that remain. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search is underway for a 46-year-old German man who went missing on Christmas Day after he left to go swimming at a beach in Hihifo, Ha’apai in the evening. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Built on a historic site, a new residence for the Free Wesleyan Church in Kolovai called Kokanavela II (Cokevernal II) was commissioned by HM King Tupou VI on Christmas Eve, at Hihifo, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 1:47pm
Auckland, New Zealand : New Zealand Police have confirmed the names of the two people killed following a bus crash between Wairoa and Gisborne on the night of Christmas Eve. Those killed were 11-year-old boy Sione Taumololo and 33-year-old woman Talita Fifita both of Tonga. Ten people remain in hospital. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 12:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongatapu's rubbish dump, the Tapuhia Landfill at Vaini, erupted into flames, burning furiously and sending a column of smoke towering over Nuku’alofa yesterday, Christmas Day. Tonga's firefighters today remain challenged by the biggest fire they have ever encountered, already trucking over half a million litres of water to the site, which is still smouldering and emitting toxic fumes. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 11:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old man was arrested at Lapaha in eastern Tongatapufor selling liquor without a license at a shop in Lapaha on eastern Tongatapu after Police executed a search warrant on Friday, December 23. Premium content -
Sunday 25 December 2016 7:53pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The body of a second person has been found overnight following the crash of a bus carrying Tongan students near Gisborne last night, New Zealand Police stated today. Premium content -
Sunday 25 December 2016 10:08am
Auckland, New Zealand : Very bad news for Tongans on Christmas Day as New Zealand new media reports that a bus carrying a college group from Vava'u in Tonga who were on their way to Gisborne to perform at a church today, has crashed yesterday killing at least one person and injuring the 45 others on board. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 7:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There were Christmas smiles for 17 people who won cash prizes totalling $3000 in the 2016 Fexco Western Union Christmas raffle today, December 23 in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of 64 holiday makers, who were left stranded at Tonga's domestic airport on Wednesday after Tonga Airways flights didn't happen, have managed to find seats with Tonga's domestic air operator Real Tonga - with the last dozen moving on today. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Christmas cheer is being spread around Nuku’alofa this week with bands performing at various venues in Nuku’alofa, despite the hot weather. Premium content
