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Wednesday 8 January 2014 5:00pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Now upgraded to Category 2 storm in Tonga, Tropical Cyclone Ian is moving towards Tonga’s northernmost island, Niuafo‘ou. On its current track, TC Ian may bring damaging gale force winds to Niuafo‘ou in the next 12 to 24 hours, and is expected to turn and move to the southeast over Tonga during the next three days.
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Wednesday 8 January 2014 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-two cruise ships visits are expected to islands in Tonga this year 2014, a growth from the seventeen visits made last year. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 January 2014 3:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s Minister of Finance, Hon. Lisiate ‘Akolo was not allowed into a Special Meeting of the Tongan Cabinet, that started at 2:00 pm this afternoon. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 January 2014 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Lo'au University, Tonga’s first online virtual university, was officially launched yesterday, January 6, by the Minister of Education, Hon. Dr 'Ana Taufe'ulungaki at the Lopaukamea II Hall, University of the South Pacific Campus, Ha‘ateiho. Premium content -
Monday 6 January 2014 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : UPDATE: A tropical cyclone alert and strong wind warning remains in force for Vava‘u and Ha‘apai as a tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Cyclone Ian Category 1, located halfway between Vava‘u, Tonga, and Lifuka, Fiji, this morning. Tonga's Fua’amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre issued a third Tropical Cyclone Advisory at 4:30pm today, January 6, 2014 as Cyclone Ian slowly moves closer to Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 6 January 2014 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An anti-whaling organisation, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has today reported the sighting of whale poachers inside the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary (an area of the Pacific Ocean near Antarctica). Premium content -
Monday 6 January 2014 10:15am
Neiafu, Vava‘u : Fire gutted a three level building at Fungamisi, Neiafu, on Saturday evening. Photos by LIsa Molloy. Premium content -
Friday 3 January 2014 8:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Samoa has been granted US$14.6 Million by the World Bank to improve the resistance of coastal communities against natural disasters. Premium content -
Friday 3 January 2014 6:15pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Tonga is expecting another King Tide this evening, with some sea flooding expected when the high tide occurs at 8:57 pm in Nuku‘alofa. The extreme high tides experienced this week are expected to continue through to Sunday. Premium content -
Friday 3 January 2014 8:35am
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki SM (80), who served as the Catholic Bishop of Tonga and Niue from 1994 until 2008, died in Nuku‘alofa on Christmas Eve.2 comments Premium content -
Thursday 2 January 2014 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ‘Ikale Tahi have been given the challenge of playing the All Blacks at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in the United Kingdom. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 January 2014 3:30pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Four babies were born in Tonga’s hospitals on New Year's morning, the first at Ngu Hospital, Vavau, and three at Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu. Premium content -
Monday 30 December 2013 9:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Matangi Tonga Online 2013 news in photos during 2013. Looking back, 2013 in Tonga has been a year of ... Premium content -
Tuesday 24 December 2013 1:15pm
Brisbane, Australia : The Inaugural “South Pacific Islands Christmas in the Park 2013” on Saturday December 14 in Brisbane, Australia, brought a South Pacific twist to a community Christmas celebration with dances and prayers. Matangi Tonga Online reader, Sulieni Layt shares photos of the event that has won three-year funding support from the Brisbane City Council's community festivals program. [Matangi Tonga Online readers: Please send us your photos of the festive season, from wherever you are around the world- Editor] Premium content -
Tuesday 24 December 2013 1:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA) elected a new chairman for its board of directors at its annual general meeting last week 20 December 2013 in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 December 2013 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Tonga HE Mr Huang Huaguang, presented his credentials to HM King Tupou VI last week. Premium content -
Monday 23 December 2013 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Hu'atolitoli prisoner who posted on Facebook her delight in being freed for weekends - only weeks after she was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment, has had her prison furloughs suspended after a formal complaint was made to Tonga's penal system.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 20 December 2013 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI opened Foa's upgraded causeway linking Foa island to the main island of Lifuka in Ha’apai yesterday December 19. Premium content -
Friday 20 December 2013 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tropical tuna fishing needs to be controlled says a disappointed Pacific Island Tuna Industries Association (PITIA) this week, charging the Western & Central Pacific Fishery Commission (WCPFC) with failing to protect the interests of Pacific Islands tuna industries and leaving the southern albacore longline fishery “open for another year of plundering.” Premium content -
Thursday 19 December 2013 7:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : December is the wedding season in Tonga and last week Thursday December 12 became the busiest day of nuptials for the year, when 24 marriages were registered in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content
