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Tuesday 16 August 2016 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New water tanks were distributed to 115 homes on the remote island of Niuafo’ou on Thursday, 28 July under a 'Supporting Community Water Resilience' Project launched by King Tupou VI.
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Monday 15 August 2016 8:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s eccentric Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva told Parliament today that he had declared Lord Vaea to be the leader of an “opposition party”, while he was on his first official visit to New Zealand from July 27-30. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2016 5:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three young Tongan swimmers have placed in the top ten in a series of open water swimming events, held this month in Samoa.2 comments Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2016 5:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A one-year old baby boy who fell from the back of an open van during a collision, died from his injuries on Sunday morning 14 August at Vaiola Hospital. The baby's parents and the driver of the other vehicle, a BMW, remain in a critical condition in hospital. Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2016 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 26-year-old man was in critical condition at Vaiola Hospital after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Taufa’ahau Road at Tofoa early Sunday morning, 14 August. Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2016 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siokivaha Timani was sentenced to four-years and nine-months imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm when he stabbed Tesimoni Funaki with a knife, causing injuries to his back and right lung in February last year, at Navutoka. Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2016 10:30am
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : A pulled hamstring stopped Tonga’s 100m sprinter Siueni Filimone (21) from starting in the Round 1 Heats of the Men’s 100m Heats in Rio 2016 Olympics on Sunday, after he achieved his season’s best time of 10.76 seconds in the prelims. Premium content -
Sunday 14 August 2016 8:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There are two referees from Tonga at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Lata Kaumatule (31) and Tevita Makasini (39) are both assistant referees in Olympic Soccer competition (Association Football), Lata officiating the Women’s Olympic Soccer tournament and Tevita officiating the Men’s Olympic Soccer tournament. Lata and Tevita are the only Pacific Islanders out of 32 referees and 56 assistant referees. Premium content -
Sunday 14 August 2016 6:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Fiji Sevens victorious gold medal win and defining moment in Olympic history showcases a real display of what can be achieved for all Pacific Islanders, in particular our young Tongan men and women. - Chris Chapman1 comment -
Sunday 14 August 2016 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan 100m sprinter Siueni Filimone (21) did not start after reaching the heats of the elite men’s 100m sprint at the Rio 2016 Olympics this morning, Sunday 14 August. Premium content -
Sunday 14 August 2016 5:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A popular New York based news media company 'The Daily Beast' has apologized for publishing an article accused of promoting an anti-gay sentiment. The article which was published on The Daily Beast website last week has been removed after receiving a public backlash. In the article, the straight writer Nico Hines used a gay dating site (Grindr) to hook up with three men staying in the Olympic village. The men were not named but according to Hines one of the men came from a “notoriously homophobic country”. Premium content -
Saturday 13 August 2016 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan athlete Taina Halasima finished 6th in the Athletics, Women's 100m Preliminary Round Heat 2 at the Olympic Stadium, Rio 2016, today August 13, with a time of 12:80 seconds and her sprint was captured on the Rio 2106 photo gallery. Premium content -
Saturday 13 August 2016 5:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan swimmer Irene Prescott (22) finished fifth in her heat for the Women’s 50m freestyle at the Olympics Acquatic Stadium today August 13 (Brazil time), with a time of 28.68 seconds.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2016 11:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : “Good on Fiji! It’s something they’ve worked on - they have planned for and deliberately and methodically worked their way up to being our Olympic Gold medalists, so it’s not totally surprising to me,” said the Pacific Islands first Olympic medalist, Paea Wolfgramm today. "Fiji have done it the right way they’ve concentrated on building the sport up in their country," he told Matangi Tonga. -
Friday 12 August 2016 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tributes and congratulations were flowing on social media today for the fantastic Fiji Rugby 7s team after their Olympic Gold Medal win at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic this morning (Tonga time) as the Fijians made headlines around the world.2 comments Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2016 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The bodies of four Tongan seasonal workers who were killed in a horrific car crash near Tauranga in New Zealand earlier this month arrived at Fua'amotu International Airport this morning, Friday August 12. Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2016 6:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Semisi Lolohea (27) and Monalisa Manumu'a (25) were sentenced to nine-years imprisonment for the manslaughter death of ‘Eneasi Tu’ineau (48), a father of six children, who was beaten to death with heavy sticks in 2013, at Afa in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2016 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Government has today reaffirmed its confidence in the investment agreement made recently with the Ngati Tahu Ngati Whaoa Trust from New Zealand. The government stated that a recent judgment made by the New Zealand High Court against the current Chairman of the Trust "was a private matter which does not...affect the Agreement that exists between the Trust and the Tongan Government." -
Friday 12 August 2016 1:43pm
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : In an increasingly globalized world where people are citizens of more than one country, representation by athletes at nationalistic sporting events such as the Olympic Games is really made up of a fusion of international talent regardless of what flag they walk under. Premium content -
Thursday 11 August 2016 6:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Tu'iha'ateiho is expected to appear at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 15 August on numerous charges including common assault, unlawful imprisonment and possession of unlicensed ammunition in relation to a public disturbance earlier this year. Premium content
