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Thursday 15 August 2024 10:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is experiencing unusually cool night time air temperatures that are forecast to continue throughout the week. Tonga Met reported that Hango 'Eua on the morning of Tuesday, 13 August, recorded the coolest temperature in 2024 of 11.3 celcius.
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Thursday 15 August 2024 10:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prominent British barrister, Malcolm Bishop KC has been appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tonga and President of the Land Court. Mr Bishop KC will assume office on 2 September, the Supreme Court office told Matangi Tonga today. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 August 2024 10:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New runway lights for the Salote Pilolevu Airport in Ha’apai were turned on by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku with the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga, HE Brek Batley on 12 August 2024. The TOP$1.8 million project was funded by the Australian Government. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 August 2024 11:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The rapid construction of 150 prefabricated container houses in and around Nuku'alofa, should be completed by Friday, 16 August 2024, the CEO of Tonga Assets Managers and Associates (TAMA), Tevita Hu’akau, told Matangi Tonga today. Premium content -
Tuesday 13 August 2024 8:11pm
Washington D.C., U.S.A : US Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn will Tonga next Tuesday, 20 August to meet with partner government officials, volunteers, and community partners. During her visit, she will administer the oath of service to 19 new Peace Corps volunteers. Premium content -
Monday 12 August 2024 11:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A US$1.9 million grant from the Government of Japan will provide Tonga Fire & Emergency Services with firefighting trucks including two pumper trucks, two water tanker trucks, and three pick up trucks. Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku signed this grant under Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid (NPGA) this morning, at his office, at St. George Government building, Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Monday 12 August 2024 11:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cable Ship Lodbrog found the northern end of Tonga's damaged fibre optic cable yesterday, 11 August, and is currently attempting to locate the southern end attached to Tongatapu. The repair of the submarine domestic telecommunications cable is hoped to be completed this Friday, 16 August. Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2024 4:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Recruit Prison Officer of His Majesty’s Prison, Hu’atolitoli, was arrested, suspended and is under a criminal investigation for alleged possession of illicit drugs. Premium content -
Friday 9 August 2024 3:28pm
Mounu Island, Vava'u : For years the whale watch industry in Vavau has fought to have better practices and less licenses due to an over-saturation of licenses, badly behaved skippers and, in recent years, clients who believe they can do whatever they want in the water with the whales. Why is there no list of operators, their boats, skippers and guides and passenger numbers? I and others in the industry ask: Why are more licenses being issued and to boats that are not suitable for the purpose of whale watching? - Kirsty Bowe. -
Friday 9 August 2024 9:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The BSP Financial Group Limited today announced the appointment of Paul Black as the Group’s General Manager for its Pacific Markets operations. This follows changes announced on Wednesday 7 August, 2024 on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as well as the Port Moresby Exchange (PNGX). These executive leadership changes will further support the Bank’s Modernisation for Growth agenda. -
Thursday 8 August 2024 1:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : South West Pacific Heads of Maritime Forces (SWPHMF) met Wednesday in an exclusive meeting in Nuku’alofa, held at the Leadership Center, Masefield Naval Base. Tonga's CMDR Taniela Tuita said the 14 heads of the maritime forces will share knowledge, skills and action plans. Sitting alongside the Pacific Islands maritime forces leaders, are Australia's Chief of Navy, VADM Mark Hammond and New Zealand's Acting Chief of Navy, CDRE Andrew Brown. “We know each other. We are partnering nations, that's the first thing," said CDRE Brown. Premium content -
Thursday 8 August 2024 12:27am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kepueli Christopher Mafi (32) was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment for dangerous driving causing the death of ‘Ahotau Taufu’i, who was walking on the side of the road at Nualei, in the early morning of 20 November 2022. The accused drove off, while the victim’s body was found by others. Premium content -
Thursday 8 August 2024 12:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siena Li received a suspended sentence for possession of 0.08 grams methamphetamine and smashing a pipe used to smoke drugs, when she was arrested in a car at Ha’ateiho. Premium content -
Thursday 8 August 2024 12:06am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Repeat drugs offender, Jitendra Singh was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment for possession of 141.13 grams of methamphetamine and $32,050 pa'anga seized in Ngele’ia. This was in addition to 21 months prison term he was already serving for a previous drug offending. Premium content -
Tuesday 6 August 2024 7:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's local telephone and internet service providers, Tonga Telecommunications Corporation (TCC) and Digicel are using satellite links to restore their services to the two outer islands groups, with hopes that the domestic submarine fibre optic cable might be fixed in the next few weeks. The cable ship CS Lodbrog is expected to arrive in Tongan waters on Wednesday. Premium content -
Monday 5 August 2024 11:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Stray dogs are being rounded up in Nuku'alofa this week, ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting here at the end of August. Assisted by Tonga Police and volunteers, a team of vets from Animal Fiji has commenced a “Trap Neuter & Return” program around the designated hotel accommodation and conference areas. The neutering is expected to make the dogs less aggressive and less likely to roam and fight. Premium content -
Monday 5 August 2024 11:07pm
Wellington, New Zealand : New Zealand–born Tongan tenor, Manase Latu was runner-up in the 2024 Lexus Song Quest, Aotearoa, New Zealand’s premier opera singing competition. Manase was selected from a pool of 29 top-quality applications for the song quest competition. Premium content -
Sunday 4 August 2024 3:07pm
Paris, France : Team Tonga swimmer, Noelani Day, and sprinter, Maleselo Fukofuka, completed their events on Saturday 3 August, at the Paris24 Olympics. Noelani finished third in her heat, in the 50m Women's Freestyle at the Paris Aquatics Centre, while Maleselo recorded a personal best time in the Men's 100m sprint at the Stade de France. Tonga's four Olympians have all now completed their events at Paris24. Premium content -
Saturday 3 August 2024 8:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The proportion of women in business leadership has mostly remained steady since 2021, in Tonga, where men still hold over four out of every five board director positions, and the number of boards with no women directors at all has increased, from 22% in 2021 to 31% in 2024, according to a new report published by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI). Premium content -
Friday 2 August 2024 10:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Hinemoana II, a traditional voyaging canoe, with an all-female crew, docked at the Inter-island Ferry Terminal in Nuku’alofa this evening, 2 August 2024, after a 10 days voyage from New Zealand. Premium content
