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Wednesday 27 February 2013 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Magistrate Salesi Mafi this morning requested journalists to suppress the names of the six accused in the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka, which entered its third day at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court today.
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Wednesday 27 February 2013 11:09am
Apia, Samoa : Dr Vili Fuavao will take up a new appointment as the Deputy Regional Representative for Asia and Pacific at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, on13 March 2013. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 February 2013 11:02am
Wellington, New Zealand : The New Zealand Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae hosted a State Welcome for the King of Tonga, HM King Tupou VI, and HM Queen Nanasipau’u at Government House in Wellington on 25 February 2013.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2013 8:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A forensic pathologist from New Zealand who conducted a post-mortem examination on Kali Fungavaka's body, believed that the cause of death was a huge blunt force trauma to the head. He today revealed the extent of the multiple injuries found on the victim's body ranging from a fractured skull, haemorrhage and bruising to his brain, a fractured neck bone with bruises to other parts of his body.2 comments Premium content -
Tuesday 26 February 2013 9:45am
London, United Kingdom : On Monday 18 February, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales was introduced to the Commonwealth Essay Competition as part of a workshop for students aged 12-18 years-old held at the Pitt Building in Cambridge. Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2013 9:00pm
Welllington, New Zealand : Tonga's King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u are currently on their first official state visit to New Zealand. Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2013 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Crown alleges that New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka was beaten-up from the time he was arrested outside a Nuku'alofa bar and while he was led on foot to the Central Police Station, where the prosecution described the horrific beatings allegedly continued by the six men accused of manslaughter. Premium content -
Monday 25 February 2013 12:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Key evidence of what went on in the back of the Nuku'alofa Police Station the night New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavake received fatal injuries, is expected to come out in a preliminary inquiry that was due to start this morning in the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court but was delayed when it was discovered that the evidence of the accused policemen and civilian will clash. Premium content -
Friday 22 February 2013 4:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first of two 17 seater Y-12 aircrafts leased by Real Tonga airline from Vanuatu is expected to arrive in Tonga next week to start servicing the outer islands on March 4, 2013. Tonga's current sole domestic carrier Chathams Pacific of New Zealand would discontinue its services on March 2. Premium content -
Friday 22 February 2013 4:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand visas were issued to a group of 36 Tongan seasonal workers under the New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employers program, and they left Tonga on Thursday February 21, after their police records were re-checked and cleared by Immigration New Zealand and Tonga Police. Premium content -
Friday 22 February 2013 4:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirteen young swimmers of the Malolo Swimming Club in Nuku'alofa departed for Fiji this afternoon to compete in a one day LC Grand Prix Series on Saturday, February 23. Premium content -
Thursday 21 February 2013 10:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Deputy Commissioner of Police Taniela Faletau (56) has taken up voluntary retirement effective March 1, after over 30-years of service. Trained in New Zealand the top cop was farewelled with a parade at the Police Headquarters in Longolongo, on Wednesday February 20. Premium content -
Thursday 21 February 2013 7:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As the Tongan government struggles to reform the Tongan Police, the events of the past months have shattered the integrity of the force and are undermining a five year reform process that had aimed to restore public confidence and turn Tonga Police into the Pacific's leading Police service by 2013. Editor's comment.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 5:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Canberra is currently investigating if any of the alleged Tonga Police records cleared in the past for Tongan citizens, have been put to the department in support of visa applications, and they will not rule out visa cancellations where a visa holder has sought to fraudulently obtain entry. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society who is challenging the Minister of Police, Prisons and Fire Services and Revenue, Siosifa Tu'utafaiva, has not received his written submission in regards to alleged professional misconduct that was due on Friday, February 15.2 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan seasonal workers under the New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employers program are affected by the NZ immigration minister's recent decision to hold Tongan visa applications that require police clearances. A first group of 35 workers who were due to leave for New Zealand on Monday remain on stand-by in Nuku'alofa. Another 120 workers who are scheduled to leave over the next two weeks in the height of the harvest season will also be affected by the new rule. Premium content -
Wednesday 20 February 2013 2:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has been lucky, and has so far enjoyed a largely uneventful 2012-13 South Pacific Cyclone Season, although there were cyclone alerts and gale warnings during January. Premium content -
Tuesday 19 February 2013 5:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand's immigration minister has put an immediate hold on Tongan visa applications that require a police clearance, expressing his serious concern over incorrect declarations. Premium content -
Monday 18 February 2013 10:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Mango Tree Centre at Houmakelikao and the Ngele'ia Government Primary School, who offer supporting services to people with disabilities in Tongatapu, were awarded grants by the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Dr Kazuchika Hamuro, on Friday February 15. Premium content -
Monday 18 February 2013 9:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Five months after the death of Kali Fungavaka, who was injured while in police custody, the Preliminary Inquiry of five Tongan police officers and one civilian who are charged with manslaughter will be held on February 25-27, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court. Premium content
