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Thursday 19 January 2023 8:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There was no foul play involved in two deaths investigated by Tonga Police last year, in cases that involved a woman who died in a house fire in Vava’u and a man whose body was found in his car under the sea at Tu’imatamoana Wharf on Tongatapu. Meanwhile, another drowning death in Vaipua Harbour is being re-investigated by Tonga Police.
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Thursday 19 January 2023 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Kingdom of Tonga formally established diplomatic relations with the Kyrgyz Republic. Premium content -
Tuesday 17 January 2023 7:56am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's international trade in plant-based products is made easier with MAFF's recent roll-out of an “ePhyto system” that allows exporters and farmers to electronically obtain phytosanitary certificates from overseas biosecurity authorities. It will see a gradual migration from paper documents over to the digital-based “ePhyto” certificates. Premium content -
Friday 13 January 2023 6:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police arrested a 33-year-old man from Tatakamotonga on Tuesday, 10 January 2023, for possession and supply of illicit drugs, after intercepting the suspect on a public road between Holonga and Pelehake. Premium content -
Friday 13 January 2023 6:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Acting Vice Chancellor of USP, Dr Giulio Masasso Tu'ikolongahau Paunga has returned to Tonga and will be based at the Tonga Campus of the University of the South Pacific for a while. He is visiting the USP Centre in Vava'u today. Premium content -
Thursday 12 January 2023 3:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s first National University will open on 27 January, the Prime Minister Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni announced yesterday, January 11. Tonga needs to urgently increase its training opportunities to replace many skilled Tongans who have left to work overseas, the first press conference for 2023 at St George Building, was told. Premium content -
Sunday 8 January 2023 5:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After the Tongan Parliament was told that its 2022 proceedings would not close as planned on 8 December, and that its session would continue, 'twas clear just before Christmas, that all through the House not an MP was stirring... From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 5 January 2023 10:10pm
Timaru, New Zealand : Father of two, Lionati Fotofili (44) went missing while fishing at the Ōpihi River mouth in New Zealand last week. Tongan-born Lionati was the pastor of Timaru’s Church of Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 January 2023 10:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A cash donation amounting to over $1.23 million given by Australians, was officially presented to Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, by Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku'aho this morning. Premium content -
Monday 2 January 2023 8:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tatafu Moeaki, Tonga's former Minister of Finance was appointed by government on 20 December 2022 as the new Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 2 January 2023 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man from Ha'asini has been arrested and charged in relation to a hit-and-run fatality at Nualei in November 2022. Premium content -
Monday 2 January 2023 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Atata Islanders have begun relocating to the village of Masilamea on Tongatapu. Their new home is a neighbourhood of 22 houses located at the edge of the village. At least three families have moved in since the housing project was officially opened on December 20. Premium content -
Sunday 1 January 2023 11:46am
Wellington, New Zealand : Twenty four Pasifika in New Zealand have been recognised in the country's New Year's honours, among 183 recipients named yesterday. They are drawn from the arts and media, business, health, education, sport, voluntary work, science and technology. A Tongan, Sefita Hao’uli, was named as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Tongan and Pacific communities. Premium content
