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Monday 29 September 2014 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Police Remembrance Day, honouring police officers who passed away over the past years was held at the Tonga Police Headquarters in Longolongo today, September 29.
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Saturday 27 September 2014 10:46am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A decision by Tonga's Civil Aviation Authority to certify a Y12 aircraft without addressing demands by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to upgrade its aircraft certification system has thrown Tonga's domestic air service into a state of uncertainty. Premium content -
Friday 26 September 2014 4:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New water systems were handed over by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga HE Dr Kazuchika Hamuro to three villages in Vava’u this week. Premium content -
Thursday 25 September 2014 10:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The rebuilding of 114 core houses destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian in Ha'apai in January 2014, is expected to start next month to be completed early next year, by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Premium content -
Thursday 25 September 2014 4:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An August completion report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has indicated challenges facing privatization and fiscal sustainability in Tonga. -
Wednesday 24 September 2014 7:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of women dressed in their finest white gathered in Nuku’alofa today for their annual ‘Faka-Sepitema’ roll call at the Chiefly Church of Tonga, Constitutional Church of Tonga, Free Church of Tonga and the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 September 2014 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Free Wesleyan Church FWC schools in Tongatapu except Queen Salote College held a combined Bazaar Day on Wednesday, September 24 in Nuku'alofa. -
Tuesday 23 September 2014 10:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 50,000 people have registered, including more than 8000 newly registered voters to vote in Tonga's upcoming General Election on November 27. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2014 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand, Tony Abbott and John Key, have been slammed for deciding not to attend the UN climate summit in New York tomorrow September 23.3 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2014 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano will be attending the 13th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting to be held this week in New York city, alongisde the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.3 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 23 September 2014 4:56pm
Australia : Australia's increased Aid-for-Trade focus is the same wine in different bottles. Aid-for-Trade, and its counterpart PACER-Plus, are really about ensuring that Pacific markets are open to Australian exports and securing Pacific engagement with the global economy on terms that disproportionately benefit the regions big brothers. - Adam Wolfenden. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2014 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan ex-NFL player Ma'ake Kemoe'atu (35) has donated one of his kidneys to his ailing brother Chris Kemoe’atu (31) who is also a former NFL player. The act of brotherly love has won the admiration of many. Premium content -
Monday 22 September 2014 2:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Mosese Laumanu Uele (48) was sentenced last week to five years and five months in prison for the importation of pseudo ephedrine, the largest shipment of the illicit drug into New Zealand ever discovered. Premium content -
Sunday 21 September 2014 1:24pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : Bainimarama is still a Dictator. He came to power in a coup de dat'. People's lives were lost in the coup de dat' that Bainimarama led, and Fiji is still labeled a "human rights" violator by the UN. – Sione A. Mokofisi.1 comment Premium content -
Sunday 21 September 2014 1:16pm
'Aositelelia : Talu e tu’u e Pule’anga Fakatu’i ‘o Tongá mo e ‘ikai ha ofiofia e kovi ‘a e Pule’anga Tongá ki he kovi ne fai ‘e he Pule’anga Pilitaniá ki he kakai ‘o 'Initiá pe ko hono ngaohi kovi’i ‘e he kau hinehina o 'Amelika 'a e kau ‘uli’ulii, ka na’e uki ‘e Mahatma Gandhi ‘a e laui miliona hono kakaí ke nau fakafepaki melino pea uki 'e Luther King 'a e fakafepaki melino pea na’e ola lelei ‘enau feingá. - Tevita Vaikona mo Senituli Penitani. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 10:55pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : A monster Blue Marlin weighing 268.5 kg caught in Vava‘u today, landed Denise Knutson a new Tongan record. Denise and her husband Ross were fishing on their boat Escapade NZ. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new book called Sandalwood Blood, a historical fiction written by Sam Lala, was launched by Princess Pilolevu at the Tungi Colonnade square in Nuku'alofa last night, 18 September. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry have a launched a search to find and reward “exceptional young people” from commonwealth countries including Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 5:40pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A second edition of the ‘Fakahalafononga' handbook by Malakai Koloamatangi will be launched on New Zealand's Election Day in Auckland on Saturday, September 20. Premium content -
Friday 19 September 2014 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old woman who crashed her vehicle in Fatai on September 16 has been ordered to pay for damage to a power pole, which left over 700 customers in five villages on the Eastern District without power for over three hours. Premium content
