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Tuesday 28 November 2017 7:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 1000 ecstatic fans dressed in red and white welcomed around eight of the Mate Ma’a Tonga national rugby league players at Fua’amotu International Airport this afternoon, November 28.
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Tuesday 28 November 2017 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will enjoy a public holiday tomorrow, 29 November, to celebrate Mate Ma’a Tonga’s historic achievements at the Rugby League World Cup 2017. Premium content -
Monday 27 November 2017 11:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : For the people of the Niuas to have their own boat, enabling them to travel from Tonga’s isolated northern group of islands to Tongatapu and the capital Nuku’alofa, some 754km south, is a dream come true.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 27 November 2017 7:58pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Mate Ma’a Tonga star prop forward Andrew Fifita has moved on from the controversy of his team’s loss to England in the semi-final of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in Auckland on Saturday night 25 November. Premium content -
Monday 27 November 2017 7:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mate Ma’a Tonga head coach Kristian Woolf has criticized referee Matt Cecchin for not consulting a video referee before making ruling that Tongan prop forward Andrew Fifita had lost a ball forward during a line break run towards the English try line in the dying seconds of Tonga’s semi-final loss to England in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup last Saturday 25 November. Premium content -
Monday 27 November 2017 7:12pm
Canberra, Australia : The Australian government has published a new Foreign Policy White Paper. It is 14 years since the Howard government launched its own Foreign Affairs and Trade White Paper in 2003, although the Gillard government produced the 'Australia in the Asian Century White Paper' in 2013. Much has changed in Australia’s international environment since either of those papers were released. ...The White Paper makes clear that the most significant of the challenges Australia's policymakers now face stems from the two major powers in our region — the United States and China — and the relationship between them. - East Asia Forum, ANU. -
Monday 27 November 2017 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : White Ribbon Day's vision is for all women to live safely, free from all forms of men’s violence. We must all signal that enough is enough," Tonga's Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said during events held in Tongatapu and ‘Eua on Saturday, November 25 to mark White Ribbon Day 2017. Premium content -
Monday 27 November 2017 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's ‘Ikale Tahi defeated Romania on November 25 in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. The game is the last fixture of the ‘Ikale Tahi’s end-of-year tour to Europe. Premium content -
Saturday 25 November 2017 9:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : England have defeated Mate Ma'a Tonga 20 – 18, surviving Tonga's dramatic comeback in a thrilling semi-final played in Auckland, New Zealand tonight. The game ended controversially after the referee failed to spot a one-on-one strip penalty by England in the dying seconds of the game with Tonga only meters away from the English try line. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2017 8:04pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Mate Ma'a Tonga will play England in the semi-final of the Rugby League World Cup at 6:00pm Saturday 25 November at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2017 7:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The largest Tongan flag in town was raised today by proud supporters of the Mate Ma’a Tonga Rugby League team. Draped on the front of Fifita House on Taufa'ahau Road in Nuku’alofa, it can't be missed. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2017 7:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga should have a new Prime Minister, a Speaker and Deputy Speaker, and Cabinet Ministers by the second or third week of December. The Electoral Commissioner, Pita Vuki today, 24 November, confirmed that the Writ for the November 16 General Election has not been returned to the King, but should be returned on or before next Thursday, 30 November. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2017 7:38pm
Sydney, Australia : A Tongan man in Sydney, Semi ‘Tongan Sam’ Ngata (59), has survived being shot in the back by a suspected hitman at a Sydney home last Friday night 17 November. Semi Ngata is the long-time body guard of a high-profile businessman John Ibrahim who operates a string of nightclubs throughout Sydney. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2017 7:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 41-year-old man was reported to have committed suicide on November 2. Premium content -
Friday 24 November 2017 7:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were charged with possession of cannabis when they were arrested on November 11, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 23 November 2017 6:51pm
Bonn, Germany : Developing countries had a win at COP23 after difficulties arose when developed countries as well as Fiji, who was presiding over the conference, almost side-lined pre-2020 climate action negotiations in Bonn, Germany. Premium content -
Thursday 23 November 2017 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Fifita was found guilty of using a vehicle with an unauthorized licence plate and was discharged without conviction on the basis that he pay to court $200 pa’anga compensation, which he had done when a verdict was delivered by a Supreme Court judge on November 17. Premium content -
Thursday 23 November 2017 6:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s new parliament was elected by less than half of the country. Only 47.9% of voters cast their votes for winning candidates. Furthermore, 10 of the 17 People’s Representatives who were elected in last week’s snap general election, were supported by less than half of the total number of voters who turned out in their respective constituencies. Premium content -
Thursday 23 November 2017 4:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 4G Plus service for Tonga was launched by Ben Kealy, the Digicel Tonga CEO in Nuku’alofa, on Monday, 20 November at the start of its Christmas celebrations. Premium content -
Thursday 23 November 2017 10:39am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI will attend the Rugby League World Cup semi-final match between Mate Ma’a Tonga and England at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, November 25. Premium content
