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Wednesday 8 August 2012 10:45pm
Yeosu, South Korea : Tonga's National Day was celebrated at the Expo 2012 Yeosu, South Korea with the hoisting of the Tongan flag and the playing of the national anthem at the Expo Hall on August 6.
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Wednesday 8 August 2012 10:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Communications costs in Tonga are under pressure as the Tonga Government aims to collect more than $10 million pa'anga revenue from the communications and public enterprises sector in the current financial year.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 8 August 2012 8:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Surgeons in the Pacific Islands are limited in resources but they should be proud of what they are able to achieve, the 11th Pacific Islands Surgeons Association Conference heard at the opening of the biennial conference being held in Tonga from August 7-10. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 August 2012 9:43pm
Houma, Tongatapu : When Valerie Adams won a Silver Medal for New Zealand in the women's shot-put at the London Olympics this morning, her extended family at her mother's native village of Houma, in Tongatapu was cheering with pride. -
Tuesday 7 August 2012 12:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : After one of the largest recent La Niña periods on record, which caused drought in the Pacific Island countries of Tuvalu and Tokelau, the Pacific Ocean is returning to a near normal state. - The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research NIWA. Premium content -
Monday 6 August 2012 11:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fourteen line Ministries under a restructured government came into being in July, with the Prime Minister currently acting as the Minister for Police and for Defence. Premium content -
Monday 6 August 2012 11:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : China will this month officially handover the Nuku'alofa Central Business District Project, financed with a TOP$118 million loan to the Government of Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 6 August 2012 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Manase Afuha'amango won the Mr Tonga 2012-13 title at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa on Saturday night, August 3.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 3 August 2012 6:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga has reversed its decision to close the fishing of sea cucumbers for three years and re-opened in June with 10 licenses issued bringing the government some short term cash in licensing fees, but against the best advice of its fisheries experts who warn that closure is the best option for managing the sea cucumber stock sustainably. Premium content -
Friday 3 August 2012 6:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The United States has stepped up its commitment to work with its Pacific Island partners with the second visit to the region by the US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt M. Campbell, and the Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Cecil Haney, with an interagency delegation. Premium content -
Thursday 2 August 2012 9:41pm
Lautoka, Fiji : The Tongan Women's Sevens team will face off against the top teams in the region in their bid to secure a qualification spot, at the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship on August 3.3 comments Premium content -
Thursday 2 August 2012 9:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan parliament was in an uproar this afternoon as members who supported a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister were given the floor to counter the written response of the Prime Minister that had been read to the parliament over the previous five days of sitting. From the House by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Thursday 2 August 2012 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two women have become heads of Tonga's overseas missions, with HRH Princess Latufuipeka appointed as Tonga's new High Commissioner to Australia, while Tania Tupou becomes Tonga's first Ambassador to Japan. Premium content -
Thursday 2 August 2012 1:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lord Nuku returns to the Tonga Legislative Assembly after winning the 'Eua Nobles Representative seat, in this morning's nobles by-election, at the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Linny Folau. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 August 2012 9:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Uliti Uata (75), a People’s Representative to the Tongan Parliament was admitted to Vaiola Hospital on Monday and is waiting to be sent overseas for medical treatment, according to an official from Vaiola Hospital today, August 1. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 August 2012 9:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano is the first recipient of the Shepherd of the Sea Award in recognition of the government's leadership in keeping Tonga as a whale sanctuary. The new award comes from a US based anti-whaling group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Premium content -
Wednesday 1 August 2012 12:23pm
Melbourne, Australia : The Melbourne Tapa exhibition will be launched by HRH Princess Latufuipeka Tuku'aho in Melbourne on Thursday 2 August in her first official duty as the High Commissioner of Tonga to Australia, at the start of a five-day Melbourne tour. Photos Loketi Niua Latu. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 July 2012 9:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kurt Campbell, the US Assistant Secretary of State for the East Asian and Pacific Affairs, arrives in Tonga on August 1, the first stop of a tour that includes six other Pacific Island countries. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 July 2012 9:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two women and one man have been charged with producing pornographic videos, in a police crack down on pornography in Nuku'alofa.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 30 July 2012 6:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The MV Maohi an oil tanker which transports fuel in bulk to the Pacific region from Singapore, visited Nuku'alofa for the first time, this afternoon, as part of an effort by government to help cut down the price of fuel by having it transported directly from Singapore to Tonga. Premium content
