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Wednesday 21 April 2021 9:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of students in high spirits gathered at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium for the 95th Inter-Collegiate sports competition today, April 21. Photos by Eleanor Gee and Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 21 April 2021 9:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A training series on Power Purchase Agreements for a Pacific Energy Regulators Alliance was launched by the Asian Development Bank on April 14. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2021 8:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds more people in the Kolofo'ou district received their first COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccinations today, April 21. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2021 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The repatriation flights from Fiji, Pagopago and New Zealand that were scheduled to arrive in Tonga on April 28-30, have been delayed to the first week of May. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 April 2021 8:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 135 passengers repatriated from New Zealand and Fiji were released from quarantine today after testing negative for COVID-19 confirmed MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma’u. Meanwhile, plans for repatriation flights to Tonga on April 28 and 30 have been postponed with one flight cancelled. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 April 2021 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 5,000kg shipment of some exceptionally large and healthy taro from smallholder farmers at Feletoa, Vava’u, has arrived in Nuku'alofa for export to New Zealand. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 April 2021 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 12-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of an 18-year-old, in an alleged firearms incident on Saturday night, 17 April at Kolomotu'a. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 April 2021 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 78 locations across Tongatapu where people can get vaccinated for COVID-19 on set dates were confirmed by the Ministry of Health today. The vaccination program, which started on 19 April in Kolomotu'a, will run up to next month ending at ‘Atata Island on 8 May. -
Tuesday 20 April 2021 7:33am
Wellington, New Zealand : New research reveals the chances of the New Zealand South Island’s Alpine Fault generating a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years are much higher than previously thought. The probability of that earthquake occurring before 2068 is about 75 percent, says Dr Jamie Howarth of the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington today in a published study. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa : A 12-year-old boy is in police custody following the death of an 18-year-old male from Lapaha in an alleged firearms incident on Saturday night, 17 April, at Kolomotu'a in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of people in Tongatapu received their first COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccinations today, April 19, following a total of 1,536 frontliners and others who got vaccinated last week. “I am happy I got it. It did not hurt and the injection was fast," said Tevita Kata Nau (75) at Hala-'o-vave. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 6:01pm
Nadi, Fiji : Nadi and Lautoka in Fiji have gone under lockdown this morning, April 19 after a border quarantine employee tested positive for COVID-19. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 5:48pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The first two-way quarantine-free commercial flights between Australia and New Zealand started today, April 19. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The completion of an Aquatic Sports Project to develop the ocean swimming pool at Touliki, was celebrated on Friday evening, 16 April. A new cafe will open at the location tonight, 19 April. Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 12:09pm
Thimphu, Bhutan : New York Times reporting: As of Saturday, Bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom that has emphasized its citizens’ well-being over national prosperity, had administered a first vaccine dose to more than 478,000 people, more than 60% of its population. The Health Ministry said this month that more than 93% of eligible adults had received their first shots. That rate was ahead of those of the United Kingdom and the United States, more than seven times that of neighbouring India and nearly six times the global average. Bhutan’s health minister, attributed its success to “leadership and guidance” from the country’s king, public solidarity, a general absence of vaccine hesitancy, and a primary health care system that “enabled us to take the services even to the most remote parts of the country.” Premium content -
Monday 19 April 2021 11:28am
London, United Kingdom : The late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband to the queen, was long celebrated (or parodied) for his distinctive personality. Before his death on April 9, at the age of 99, he was the United Kingdom’s grand, grumpy, and eccentric uncle – a man totally out of step with the modern world. To take just one of many notorious examples, Philip couldn’t understand why servicemen today would need therapy. Back in World War II, he observed, “We didn’t have counselors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking ‘Are you all right? Are you sure you don’t have a ghastly problem?’ You just got on with it.” -
Monday 19 April 2021 11:10am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Training in the building and maintaining of Popao (outrigger canoes) is being held in ‘Eua, starting on April 14, with the aim to complete 20 canoes within two weeks. This initiative invests in indigenous knowledge for resilient communities. Premium content -
Friday 16 April 2021 6:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s roll-out of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine continued on its second day, with more than 500 people vaccinated as of this afternoon. Acting Health CEO Dr Reynold 'Ofanoa said today, there had been no cases of major adverse effects reported nor any hospitalisations from those that have been vaccinated so far. Premium content -
Thursday 15 April 2021 7:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita was the first person vaccinated in the Tonga roll-out of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, receiving her first dose along with frontline workers, at Falemasiva Hall in Havelu, Tongatapu today. Acting CEO for Health Dr Reynold ‘Ofanoa said it was “a day of hope.” Premium content -
Wednesday 14 April 2021 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : People who reside in Kolomotu‘a and Kolofo’ou districts, in Tongatapu, and are in the priority groups, can get their COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccinations at various venues next week, 19–23 April. The priority group includes those who are 45-years-old and over, those who are over 18-years-old with non-communicable diseases and / or with disabilities. Premium content
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