A small bone, said to be the remains of an English missionary, Rev. Thomas Baker, who was killed and eaten at Navosa, Fiji, in 1867, has been discovered in a small concrete box found beneath a hall in Nausori, Fiji.
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Friday 23 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 22 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Residents Team will tour Fiji next month, playing games against two local Fijian Teams: the East Selection and the West Selection.
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Thursday 8 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Fiji A National Women’s netball team defeated Tonga’s first grade National Women’s Netball Team yesterday Wednesday for a second time with a 43 -32 victory.
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Thursday 8 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Samoan Gridiron Superstar Troy Polamalu and Fijian rugby legend Nicky Little have made strong statements about the importance of education.
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Monday 5 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A regional cold storage facility for vaccines has been established in Nadi, Fiji, donated by the New Zealand Government.
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Friday 28 March 2014
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Nadi, Fiji
Fiji is a lap ahead of Tonga when it comes to export initiative. A Fijian business was able to successfully secure an export of 13 tonnes of frozen vegetables, fruits, root crops and fish for the United States last week.
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Monday 17 March 2014
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London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group CMAG has downgraded Fiji's full suspension from the Commonwealth on 14 March. Fiji is now suspended only from the councils of the Commonwealth. Fiji will be eligible to participate in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July.
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Friday 28 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong wind warning with a heavy rain advisory is in force for Tonga as a Tropical Depression lies over the Fiji Group. The depression is forecasted to develop into a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone as it moves towards Tonga within the next 48-hours over the weekend.
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Wednesday 12 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Ikale Tahi Captain, Nili Latu has been voted Pacific Rugby Player of the year by the Pacific Islands Players Association (PIPA) for his achievements during 2013.
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Tuesday 21 January 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has announced that he will resign from his post as commander of the Fijian army next month, on February 28.
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Monday 16 December 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A five years jail sentence given to Pita Driti, a former Brigadier-General of the Royal Fijian Military Force, by the Fiji High Court's Mr Justice Madigan on Wednesday December 11 contradicts an earlier jury decision, says Ratu Tevita Mara, who is taking refuge in Tonga.
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Wednesday 27 November 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Island nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga have pulled off many upsets in the Rugby World Cup, but we have yet to see one in the cup final. The Pacific Island nations are disadvantaged in rugby, and they could drastically improve their performance on the world stage. - Andrew Joakim.
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Friday 9 August 2013
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Fiji’s Prime Minister, Commodore Josaia Ovrequ Bainimarama, this week told Pacific Islands leaders at the Sheraton Fiji Resort that he believed that ordinary people had been excluded from the decision-making process in regional government.
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Monday 24 June 2013
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Suva, Fiji
Fiji free-to-air and privately-owned broadcaster Mai TV (Fiji) Limited has appointed Tongan, Marc Santos as its new general manager.
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Friday 24 May 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A strong 7.4Mw tremor rattled Nuku'alofa before dawn for over a minute starting at 6:19am. Two aftershocks, including 6.6Mw were felt in Nuku'alofa after 10:00am. The first 7.4Mw earthquake was centred south of Fiji and Tonga at a depth of about 170km-208km in an area of the Tonga-Kermadec arc that has frequent moderate to large deep earthquakes. The deep earthquakes are generally less hazardous than shallow earthquakes.
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Monday 17 December 2012
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Fua'amotu, Tonga
A strong wind warning remains in force for Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu coastal waters this morning, 17 December, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Evan (cat. 4) located near Fiji moves to the southwest.
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Saturday 15 December 2012
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Fua'amotu, Tonga
A tropical cyclone gale warning remains in force for Niuafo'ou, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Evan moves north of the Niuas tonight, on southwest track toward the Fiji Islands. Tropical Cyclone Advisory Number 10 for Tonga, issued from Fua'amotu, 10:00pm, 15 December 2012.
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Wednesday 5 September 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
While the Pacific Forum Leaders last week reaffirmed their offer to support Fiji's early return to democracy and the progress made towards an election in September 2014, Fiji has made new friends and established ties with North Korea and Iran in the Non Aligned Movement.
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Sunday 22 July 2012
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Suva, Fiji
Fiji Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola met his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully yesterday (Saturday, July 21).
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Friday 20 July 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
"I am quite surprised, you know there is a mention of a plot to assassinate the illegal dictator in Fiji, so I am still surprised as to how my name came into the picture," was Ratu Tevita Mara's reaction to a TVNZ news item that the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service SIS and police had this week raided the Auckland home of Rajesh Singh, alleged to be involved in a plot to kill Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama and his Attorney General Ayaz Sayed Khaiyum.
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