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  • Friday 26 November 2021 6:57pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : More than 300 students received certificates in a combined graduation ceremony for two Government Tertiary Institutes (TIST and TMPI) today at the Falemasiva Hall, in the Tailulu College compound, Tofoa. By Linny Folau.
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  • Friday 26 November 2021 6:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Ikale Tahi Head Coach, Toutai Kefu, is thrilled with the new rugby union eligibility rules approved this week, giving him a wider choice of talented players to select for future games. “I am absolutely over the moon about this decision.” By Eleanor Gee
  • Friday 26 November 2021 6:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Fifteen young Tongan women, who are starting out in business, joined a local networking event last week in a program that connects them with other aspiring “Greenpreneurs” and business leaders in their communities and in the Pacific Islands.
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  • Thursday 25 November 2021 6:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga and other Pacific Islands will benefit from the new eligibility rules approved yesterday by the World Rugby Council that will allow international players like former All Blacks, Charles Piutau and former Wallaby Israel Folau to easily transfer from one union to another starting next year. By Eleanor Gee.
  • Thursday 25 November 2021 5:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The 49-year-old man who was arrested in Neiafu, after Police seized 254.72 grams of cocaine has been charged with possession of illicit drugs.
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  • Thursday 25 November 2021 5:31pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Reports that the Interim Prime Minister, Hon. Rev Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa early this month initiated a move to sell the government-owned Lulutai Airline Ltd. to an airline called FlyNiu, has stirred concern over the future of the domestic air service, and raised questions that have not been answered by the airline's board.
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  • Wednesday 24 November 2021 9:49pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : New York Times Reporting by Natasha Frost. New Zealand plans to allow most fully vaccinated travelers into the country by the end of April without a mandatory hotel quarantine, as it slowly emerges from what has been one of the world’s longest lockdowns.
  • Wednesday 24 November 2021 9:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The roll out of second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12 – 17 year olds will start in schools tomorrow, Dr ‘Ofa Tukia from the Ministry of Health confirmed today.
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  • Tuesday 23 November 2021 10:36pm
    Lord Tangi


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's next Prime Minister will be found from among the 26 new Members of Parliament, and a new government determined before Christmas. King Tupou VI has appointed Rt. Hon. Lord Tangi as the Interim Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, to lead the constitutional process to elect the Prime Minister Designate. By Pesi Fonua
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  • Tuesday 23 November 2021 7:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 49-year-old man was arrested in Neiafu, Vava'u, as Tonga Police seized 254.72 grams of cocaine. Another man was arrested with a .22 long rifle and ammunition in Longomapu.
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  • Tuesday 23 November 2021 6:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Health State of Emergency has been renewed for another month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, starting from 8:00pm on 22 November until 8:00pm 20 December.
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  • Monday 22 November 2021 6:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The ‘Ikale Tahi ended its tour of the northern hemisphere with a loss against Romania, 32 – 20, in Bucharest on November 20.
  • Monday 22 November 2021 6:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Siu 'i Vahanoa Tu’ipulotu (49) was sentenced to two and a half-years imprisonment for serious housebreaking and robbery at a store in Ma'ufanga, where he punched the complainant several times, before stealing goods. The judge said that the accused's own alcoholic self-destruction was becoming more dangerous not only to himself and his family, but also to the community because he was repeatedly demonstrating dark, violent behaviour.
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  • Friday 19 November 2021 11:49pm
    Tonga lunar eclipse


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A stunning and unusual moon rising high to the north of Nuku'alofa was clearly observable tonight in Tongatapu. The partial eclipse of the moon, ko e mate ʻa e māhina, began at 7:02pm, Friday 19 November, and ends at 01:03 Saturday morning Tonga time - a duration of 6 hours and 2 minutes.
  • Friday 19 November 2021 4:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A soroban team from the Tongatapu eastern district (Vahe Hahake) schools won the Tonga National Soroban competition on November 16, at the 'Atele Indoor Stadium. “With soroban, the power of concentration will be strengthened,” said the Japanese Ambassador.
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  • Friday 19 November 2021 2:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The ‘Ikale Tahi will take on Romania on Saturday November 20 in their last match of a challenging tour of the Northern Hemisphere. By Eleanor Gee.
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  • Friday 19 November 2021 1:15am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga elected an all-male parliament today, with nine new faces coming into 17 People's Representative seats. No women were returned or elected. The Prime Minister, Hon. Rev. Dr Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa retained his Tongatapu 10 constituency. Eight Cabinet Ministers, including two Nobles serving as Ministers, were returned. Preliminary results were announced by the Supervisor of Elections Pita Vuki on national radio (TBC) just before 11:00pm Thursday. Tonga has a midnight curfew under its Health Emergency, so after a few minutes of tooting car horns and a handful of fireworks on the Touliki seafront, let off by jubilant supporters of successful candidates, most people went home. UPDATED.
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  • Thursday 18 November 2021 6:16pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's nobles have elected three new representatives (Vaea, Fohe and Fotofili) and returned six incumbents to the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. The results were announced at the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa by the Supervisor of Elections, Pita Vuki, this afternoon. By Linny Folau.
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  • Thursday 18 November 2021 1:20pm
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Polling opened at 9:00am this morning, at 200 polling stations throughout Tonga, in the General Election held every four years. It's a fine day for voting and in the capital, traffic is lively. After polls close at 4:00pm the preliminary running results will be announced by the Election Commission and by around 8:00-10:00pm tonight we'll know the leading candidates. Election Supervisor, Pita Vuki, hopes that more voters than ever will turnout today and reverse a trend of growing voter disaffection that saw the last turnout drop to about half of registered electors. By Mary Lyn Fonua.
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  • Wednesday 17 November 2021 8:41pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The repatriation flights that were scheduled to arrive in Tonga at the end of this year have been "all deferred to next year", MEIDECC confirmed today. Meanwhile, all of the 215 repatriates from Christchurch, including the COVID-19 case who was later confirmed as a historical case, were released from quarantine yesterday, after testing negative to COVID-19 in their last round of tests.
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