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Thursday 1 March 2012 6:07am
Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland academic Dr Teena Brown Pulu has published a book called "Shoot the Messenger" in which she claims that the Tonga Prime Minister's office suppressed her report into the reconstruction of the Nuku'alofa central business district in Tonga following the 2006 riots. Her book was launched at AUT University in Auckland on February 29.
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Thursday 1 March 2012 5:42am
Sydney, Australia : The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Malaysia and four other countries starts in Melbourne on March 1. Civil society groups from those countries are in Melbourne to contest corporate influence and debate the issues. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 February 2012 2:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Nuku'alofa Central Business District CBD is like a town that is getting ready for a party, new buildings, new roads, new car park, and even a new wharf, and all that we are waiting for now are for the guests to arrive. Six years after riots destroyed the heart of Nuku'alofa on November 16, 2006, the reconstruction work funded by an TOP$118 million loan from China is expected to be completed by March 31 this year. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 February 2012 2:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Australian Government today announced it will provide $5 million to support health and education professionals in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 27 February 2012 6:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A woman in her late 30's remains in police custody, charged with causing grievous bodily harm to her husband, and attempted suicide, following a domestic incident at Nukunuku on February 23. Premium content -
Monday 27 February 2012 1:26pm
Vatican City, Rome : Tonga's King George Tupou V met the Head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI on February 24 in the Vatican City in Rome, and he gave the Pope a signed picture of himself. Premium content -
Saturday 25 February 2012 10:43am
Nukunuku, Tongatapu : A 4.5kw solar-panel to power a water pump for Nukunuku village, was donated by the German government, and launched by Dr Christian Ruck, on February 23. Dr Ruck is the first German Member of Parliament to visit Tonga, and as the Deputy Chairman of the caucus of the ruling party of the German parliament, he is in charge of overseas development, environment and energy. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 10:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The multi million pa'anga project to improve public roads and civil works in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District is on track to be completed by March 31. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 8:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Japan has committed $80,000 pa'anga to finance three major projects at St Joseph's Business College, in Fasi, Nuku'alofa, including a new drainage system in an area that frequently experiences flooding. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 7:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga government's current sense of urgency to introduce a Freedom of Information Policy and to activate an Anti-Corruption Commission, is a sign that it has come to terms with the need to take its reform program to another level, and to have a more transparent, and corruption-free administration. After a year-long search for a more democratic system, the new government is still trying to find its feet as the Constitutional and Political Reform continues to unfold itself. Premium content -
Friday 24 February 2012 12:18am
Rome, Italy : In an insightful keynote address at the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD) annual meeting, 22 February 2012, Mario Monti, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, underscored the relationships between food security, global security and the future of the planet. Echoing the meeting’s theme of “Feeding the world, protecting the planet”, Monti noted that “we are putting unsustainable pressure on the world’s natural resources. . .” Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 11:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's church leaders need to open their eyes and look beyond the bible in order to understand and combat a "huge problem" of gender-based violence, Bishop Paini Mafi, the Head of the Roman Catholic Church of Tonga and Niue, told a national consultation with government in Nuku'alofa on February 21. Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The new Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project will not only upgrade power distribution in 17 villages throughout Tongatapu, but it is also creating jobs and industry training for 10 Tongan linesmen. Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 1:17am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Minister of Education, Dr 'Ana Taufe'ulungaki, challenged participants at a World Heritage National Capacity Building Workshop, on February 20 to become responsible for the conservation of cultural and natural heritage. -
Thursday 23 February 2012 1:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to the seizure of five rifles at Veitongo, Tongatapu, on February 2. Premium content -
Thursday 23 February 2012 12:04am
Burscough, England : I am writing to you to see if your school would be interested in twinning with my school as part of the “Olympic Spirit” in preparation for the upcoming Olympics. I thought it would be great for our children to see where the athletes have come from and learn about their culture and lives. - Dave Rogers, Burscough Priory Science College. -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 9:50pm
Noumea, New Caledonia : The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is pleased to announce the launching of Tonga's first community FM radio station on Niuatoputapu, a remote island in northern Tonga. The historic launch took place on 25 May this year. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 8:33pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A quarrel between two prisoners over the size of the portions of a chicken soup lunch at Hu'atolitoli Prison resulted in one male prisoner attacking another with a machete on Sunday afternoon, February 19, according to the Commissioner of Prisons Sione Falemanu. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 8:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's police have suspended issuing any new firearms licenses as a response to the increasing number of armed hold-up incidents in Tonga, but they believe there are many people in possession of illegal firearms. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 February 2012 1:20pm
Nadi, Fiji : The seventh round of Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) trade in services negotiations concluded on 10 February 2012 in Nadi, Fiji. Premium content
