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Monday 24 October 2016 7:27pm
Sydney, Australia : Israel Folau will marry Kiwi netball star Maria Tutaia. The pair announced their engagement yesterday via social media with Israel tweeting “She said yes”.
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Monday 24 October 2016 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Anne Thorp, ambassador for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation said 3,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in New Zealand. She told a “Pink in Paris” fundraising luncheon, organized by the Tonga Breast Cancer Society on 22 October, that Maori and Pacific Islands women often don't present themselves early enough for treatment. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2016 3:53pm
Sydney, Australia : Tongan Winter Olympian, Bruno Banani will make an appearance at the Pasifika Film Fest opening in Sydney on November 2, after the film titled "Being Bruno Banani", makes its Australian premiere at Event Cinema Parramatta. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2016 3:45pm
Canberra, Australia : Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho, Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia signed a Book of Condolences at the Royal Thai Embassy in Canberra on 18 October, for the passing away of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej of the Kingdom of Thailand. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2016 7:37am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's parliament last week appeared to be rehearsing how to prepare, present, and to process a Vote of No Confidence in a Prime Minister and his Cabinet. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Friday 21 October 2016 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Women's Sevens Team for next month's Oceania Sevens Championship in Fiji was named today, captained by 'Eseta Vi. The team received training shirts and equipment from a local sponsor TCC. Premium content -
Friday 21 October 2016 6:10pm
Rarotonga, Cook Islands : The 26th Council of Ministers of Tourism Meeting encouraged members to continue partnership in the spirit of regionalism and pursue the sustainable development of the tourism sector as it is an important source of employment and economic development for the region. Premium content -
Friday 21 October 2016 6:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Roys Gita is the 30-year-old year old Indonesian fisherman who drowned on a Friday night September 30, after falling into the sea at Tu’imatamoana Wharf in Ma’ufanga. An inquest ruled there was no foul play. Premium content -
Friday 21 October 2016 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vanisi Tulahe (39) has been named as the fisherman from Ma'ufanga who has remained missing at sea in Vava'u waters since Tuesday. It is believed that he fell overboard from a local fishing vessel, the FV Kelly. Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2016 5:43pm
Nadi, Fiji : A US$7.5 million Regional Disaster Resilience project, under a partnership between Russia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was launched on 17 October in Nadi. The Regional Disaster Resilience in the Pacific Small Island Developing States (RESPAC) Project will cover 14 countries including Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2016 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 39-year-old fisherman from Ma'ufanga was reported missing at sea from a local fishing vessel the Kelly, on Tuesday, October 18, when it was located about 56 nautical miles NW of Vava’u in rough seas. Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2016 4:36pm
California, USA : Antone Thomas Pedras also known as Chris Pedras (64) appeared in a United States District Court, Central California District on 3 October charged with federal investment fraud after being extradited from Tonga on 28 September, escorted by three U.S Marshals. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 October 2016 8:58pm
Long Beach, California : American pro golfer Tony Finau has opened up about his Pacific heritage and is commited to helping and motivating others in the United States who also come from humble backgrounds. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 October 2016 6:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Drawings of peace by local primary school children at the Ocean of Light International School in Hofoa today joined 'Colours for Peace, a travelling international exhibition which has collected over 9000 drawings from 200 primary and nursery schools in more than 80 countries around the world. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 October 2016 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A black-out at the Fua’amotu International Airport runway at 6.33pm yesterday evening disrupted international air services between Tonga, New Zealand and Australia. Two commercial scheduled flights were unable to land, and another private medical evacuation flight was delayed until this morning. Premium content -
Wednesday 19 October 2016 1:40pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A 26-year old man of Tongan heritage, Gustav Otto Sanft, has been charged with manslaughter by a New Zealand court after his two-year old daughter Amokura Daniels-Sanft was found dead with a gunshot wound at their home in the Auckland suburb of Mangere earlier this year June 2. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2016 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A revelation that the Treasury transferred money to a bank account of the former Auditor General, now a Cabinet Minister Hon. Pohiva Tu'ionetoa, who still owed government more than $6000 was hotly debated in the Tongan Parliament yesterday, 17 October. From the House by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2016 7:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of seven Georgians have been shifted by Tonga Police from accomodation in Tofoa to an undisclosed place over the weekend. Tonga Police said they had reasons to move the group which they could not yet disclose. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2016 7:05pm
Suva, Fiji : Ending extreme poverty is possible, says the World Bank after announcing its commitment for a poverty free world by 2030 as it observed the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October. Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, visited Fiji to mark the occasion Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2016 6:58pm
Queensland, Australia : Australian-Tongan boxer Willie “Wildbill” Nasio has successfully defended his Australian Heavyweight Title after beating an experienced fighter Hunter Sam who retired in the fourth round of the championship bout earlier this month October 7, in Broadbeach, Queensland. Premium content
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