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Friday 27 January 2023 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifteen young women from the Eremeran Study Centre in Sydney, Australia volunteered in Nuku'alofa for two-weeks earlier this month, and helped to paint St Joseph's Business College and along with other community work.
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Friday 27 January 2023 9:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On Australia Day we reflect on our nation’s history and celebrate its achievements and all its people, including the 33,000 Australians that identify as having Tongan ancestry. Australia’s identity is complex; in addition to our first nations heritage and our British and European history, laws and systems of government, we are a country of people from more than 270 ancestries. - Statement from the Australian High Commission in Tonga. -
Thursday 26 January 2023 10:57pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga will be playing in the Men's Tournament of the HSBC Sydney Sevens which that will be held over three-days, starting on Friday, 27 January in Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 26 January 2023 10:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku received the two top defence officials from Australia and New Zealand, today, 26 January, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 26 January 2023 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Andy Hayden Fukofuka (36) received a suspended sentence for possession of arms and ammunition without a license, the he disclosed when stopped at a check-point on his way to get vaccinated in Nuku'alofa, in 2021. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Pita Faiva Taufatofua was installed as the new Governor of Ha’apai, at the Tongaleleka Free Wesleyan Church in Ha’apai, on 24 January. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Titali To’ia got more jail time when he was sentenced to six-years imprisonment for reckless driving causing the death of Netane Nimo at Veitongo in 2022. The judge said the defendant's offending was serious and “demonstrates a disregard for the law and for the safety of other users of the road.” Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Poni ‘Ahohako (26) was sentenced to four-years imprisonment for charges, that included causing bodily harm to Lord Dalgety and theft in two separate incidents in 2011. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Teusivi 'Amanaki was convicted of failing to deliver a signed statement of her election expenses and was ordered to pay $200 fine within a month or face one-month imprisonment, after the Crown successfully appealed against her earlier discharge without conviction by the Magistrate's Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2023 6:58am
Auckland, New Zealand : Carmel Jean Sepuloni (46), an MP of Tongan descent, is New Zealand's new deputy prime minister designate. She stands alongside the new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins who will be officially sworn in on Wednesday. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2023 12:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The construction of a $60 million sports complex for Tonga High School by the People's Republic of China is going ahead, after a ground breaking ceremony was held on 20 January in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2023 12:25am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Celebrity Eclipse is the first cruise to visit Nuku'alofa in 2023, arriving with more than 2600 passengers at Vuna wharf on 23 January. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2023 11:50pm
Suva, Fiji : The 1st Conference of Pacific Education Ministers will be held on 20–22 March in Auckland, New Zealand to discuss key education challenges and identify areas of action in the region. Premium content -
Monday 23 January 2023 11:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new petroleum prices for January to February have decreased effective from 18 January, 2023, the Tonga Competent Authority announced. Premium content -
Saturday 21 January 2023 5:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tourism operators in Tonga's top destination, say Vava'u is once again being crippled by a lack of air services. The Tonga government-owned Lulutai Airlines withdrew the services of its main SAAB340 aircraft from 17 January 2023, and there's no indication of when a replacement might come into service for the Vava'u and Ha'apai groups. Premium content -
Saturday 21 January 2023 3:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new Tonga National University was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala at Pahu on 20 January. Premium content -
Saturday 21 January 2023 3:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Johnny Gratten Vaea Taione won the Tongatapu 8 By-Election with 743 votes and secured his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. He replaces the late Semisi Fakahau. Premium content -
Saturday 21 January 2023 2:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lautaimi Makafilia (31) was sentenced to four-years imprisonment for the serious housebreaking and theft of electronic goods, whose value exceeded $82,000 pa’anga, from Lord's Mobile in Nuku'alofa last year. Premium content -
Saturday 21 January 2023 2:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : School children in Tonga will receive a gift of pencils containing seeds that can be planted after the pencil is used-up. The 10,000 pencils made from recycled paper and containing tomatoes, chilli and mustard seeds, were donated to school children in Tonga by Queen Nanasipau’u on 20 January. Premium content -
Friday 20 January 2023 12:31am
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : Tonga was elected as a member of the IRENA Council for 2023 -2024 during the 13th Assembly, in UAE last week, that brought together heads of state, government, ministers, and decision-makers in the energy sector from its Member States, as well as interested parties, under a theme “World Energy Transition - The Global Stocktake”. Tonga's Prime Minister was in UAE for the event. Premium content
