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  • Friday 9 March 2018 10:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s Parliament is up and running this week thanks to support from parliaments throughout the Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), after Tropical Cyclone Gita destroyed its century old building and technical equipment last month.
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  • Friday 9 March 2018 1:26pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has publicly scolded the Minister of Police and Fire Services, Hon. Mateni Tapueluelu, for making false allegations against Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell.
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  • Friday 9 March 2018 9:08am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Opinion by Rev Dr Ma'afu Palu of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga.
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  • Friday 9 March 2018 8:55am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : More aid is being distributed to those affected by Tropical Cyclone Gita, not only by the major aid agencies, but other businesses, such as the South Pacific Business Development SPBD Microfinance Tonga, are joining in the relief effort. Over 750 relief kits have been handed out with more given out this week.
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  • Thursday 8 March 2018 5:51pm


    Cardiff, Wales
    : Tongan born Welsh Number 8, Taulupe Faletau, will captain Wales against Italy this weekend in the Six Nations Championship. The 27-year-old has 70 caps for Wales and is widely considered to be the best Number 8 in the world.
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  • Thursday 8 March 2018 5:43pm

    : Thirteen athletes in six sports have been announced to represent Tonga at the XXI Commonwealth Games next month 4 – 15 April in Gold Coast, Australia.
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  • Wednesday 7 March 2018 7:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, who was in Nuku’alofa today, has committed $7 million dollars to assist schools to fix roofs that were damaged by Tropical Cyclone Gita last month.
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  • Wednesday 7 March 2018 6:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : There have been six alleged murders in Tonga since February 4. The latest occurred on Sunday 4 March when a 24-year-old man died after he was stabbed during a fight at Fangaloto.
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  • Tuesday 6 March 2018 7:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : After a rush by the Tonga Government to hold a parliament session yesterday 5 March in order to address the urgent needs of the country, it was decided that Parliament will have a two-day break as the Kingdom receives New Zealand’s Prime Minister Hon. Jacinda Ardern who arrives tonight for a one-day visit. Parliament will resume on Thursday 8 March.
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  • Tuesday 6 March 2018 5:51pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Mate Ma’a Tonga’s star playmaker Ata Hingano has been signed on a two-year deal by the Canberra raiders after he was released by the New Zealand Warriors a week ago.
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  • Tuesday 6 March 2018 5:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A local Chinese company joined the thousands of people who helped clean up Tonga after Tropical Cyclone Gita thrashed Tongatapu and ‘Eua last month. Using a small mobile crane, eight staff from the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) removed a huge satellite dish that was laying across Tupoulahi Road.
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  • Tuesday 6 March 2018 5:31pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 21-year-old man who allegedly stabbed another during a drunken brawl at Fangaloto, has been charged with murder on March 5.
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  • Tuesday 6 March 2018 4:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today 6 March officially announced diplomat Ms Tiffany Babington as New Zealand’s new High Commissioner to Tonga.
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  • Tuesday 6 March 2018 4:31pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Aisake Lavelua (36) the passenger in a vehicle that crashed into a power pole at Fo’ui in the weekend, passed away at Vaiola Hospital on Monday night, March 5.
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  • Monday 5 March 2018 6:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The two teenage boys aged 17 and 15 who were charged with the murder of a Chinese couple at Matafonua, are revealed to have been escaped prisoners.
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  • Monday 5 March 2018 6:44pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Key areas of Tonga’s seabed approaching the harbor of Nuku’alofa, is being mapped by state-of-the-art multibeam sonar equipment chartered by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) to update nautical charts and publications. According to UKHO, accurate and up-to-date charts for safer navigation may boost Tonga's blue economy.
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  • Monday 5 March 2018 6:34pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 24-year-old man died on Sunday, March 4 after he was allegedly stabbed during a drunken brawl at Fangaloto.
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  • Monday 5 March 2018 6:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A male driver and his front seat passenger are in Vaiola Hospital after being seriously injured in a road crash at Fo’ui on Sunday morning, March 4.
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  • Saturday 3 March 2018 4:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga Police today 3 March arrested the Minister of Internal Affairs Hon. Mrs. ‘Akosita Lavulavu and her husband former Cabinet member ‘Etuate Lavulavu on various fraud charges. They are currently being held in custody at the Central Nuku’alofa Police Station.
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  • Saturday 3 March 2018 4:01pm


    Beijing, China
    : HM. King Tupou VI was greeted by China’s President HE. Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday 1 March at China’s political hub – the Great Hall of the People – in Beijing, China. The state visit marks the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Tonga and the People’s Republic of China.
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