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Friday 28 August 2020 4:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An Air New Zealand charter flight that arrived at Fua’amotu International Airport last night picked up Vietnamese and Sri Lankan nationals who had been working on a project in Tonga, confirmed Paul Karalus of Tonga's Air Terminal Services today.
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Friday 28 August 2020 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A repatriation flight from Fiji that was scheduled for Saturday, 29 August, has been deferred to next Wednesday, Ministry of Health CEO Dr Siale 'Akau'ola, confirmed last night. Meanwhile, a Hawkes Bay fruit grower has called Tonga's failure to repatriate its vulnerable young men and seasonal workers, who are left stranded in New Zealand, as “unconscionable” (shockingly unfair or unjust) . Premium content -
Thursday 27 August 2020 6:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven countries including Tonga have ratified the PACER-Plus agreement which will come into effect 60 days after the eighth country ratifies it. Premium content -
Thursday 27 August 2020 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The trial of five men charged with the murder of Sione Feimoefiafi (49) will start at the Supreme Court on Monday, August 31. Premium content -
Thursday 27 August 2020 6:00pm
Gold Coast, Australia : All 2020 Championship events, including the Polynesian Championships to be held in Nuku'alofa, have been cancelled due to CoViD-19, the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) stated on August 26. -
Thursday 27 August 2020 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : No further decisions have been made in regard to admitting a new International Rugby League member for Tonga, confirmed Asia Pacific Rugby League Head of Operations, Gareth Holmes today. Premium content -
Thursday 27 August 2020 5:57pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand is increasing its chances of securing access to a CoViD-19 vaccine when it becomes available, after announcing millions of dollars to support domestic and international vaccine efforts. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is also ensuring Pacific Island countries are supported. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 August 2020 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has provided an Expression of Interest to join COVAX to access CoViD-19 vaccines confirmed the Ministry of Health CEO, Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola. It will give early access to vaccinations for the most vulnerable people in member countries populations. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 August 2020 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Feletoa and Taoa students celebrated the commissioning of their new classrooms at two Government Primary Schools in Vava'u on August 19. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 August 2020 7:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 41-year-old man who injured another man with a shovel suffers from mental illness. He was unfit to be tried for the offence, and committed to the Psychiatric Ward at Vaiola Hospital, by the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2020 6:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is struggling to take full control of the harvesting and the exporting of its Bech-de-mer (sea cucumber) resources to reap its fair share of foreign currency earnings from its export. The CEO for the Ministry of Fisheries, Dr Tu‘ikolongahau Halafihi said public consultations on harvesting and exporting had been ongoing since a moratorium was imposed in 2015 but the consultations were not finished before the moratorium was lifted. By Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2020 5:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : One hundred water tanks were handed over by the Chinese Embassy to the Tonga Government at an official ceremony at Fa’onelua Convention Centre today, 25 August. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2020 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 47-year-old man was sentenced today at the Supreme Court to two-years imprisonment for two counts of serious indecent assault of a woman in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 August 2020 2:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An earthquake centred close to Tongatapu and 'Eua was felt as mild shaking in the capital Nuku'alofa at 11:50am, today, Tuesday 25 August. Tonga Geological Services are now conducting an online survey to find out how the earthquake was observed in different parts of Tonga. Click for links. -
Monday 24 August 2020 10:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A woman whose flowering trees and plants on a Puke allotment were destroyed by a neighbour who had an interest in the land, has won an appeal in the Supreme Court to receive compensation for the loss of the plants in her private garden. The case involved two parties who had been given informal rights to use the land belonging to Noble Fohe. Premium content -
Monday 24 August 2020 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Felesi Manu (20) has been charged with assaulting his 31-year-old girlfriend who remains at Vaiola Hospital. He appeared at the Fasi Magistrate's Court today. Premium content -
Monday 24 August 2020 4:46pm
Fasi mo e Afi, Tonga : It is quite special that this year all the planets are easily visible and also in a configuration which happens infrequently. In December 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will come closer together, until their great conjunction on 22 December 7:37 Tonga time. It will be a spectacular phenomenon, a few days before Christmas. They will do so again in 2080 but then for centuries to come, not any more. A long time ago, in 14AD there was, interestingly, a great conjunction on 25 December. By Firitia Velt. -
Friday 21 August 2020 8:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A second repatriation flight planned from Auckland to Tonga on August 25 has been suspended until further notice, Tonga's MEIDECC ministry advised this afternoon, after they were advised that one Tongan in New Zealand had been tested positive. -
Friday 21 August 2020 7:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Southern Tonga has experienced extreme rainfall this week that was close to the record, for a 24 hour period in the current “dry season”. A La Niña Alert for October-December 2020, further increases the chances of above average rainfall across Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 21 August 2020 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga celebrated Olympic Day today with the Tonga National Taekwondo team performing a demonstration at the Basilica of St Anthony and Padua in Nuku’alofa.
