Extremely high rainfall in Fua’amotu in Tongatapu during March has smashed the all time Tonga Met records for the month. The rainfall of 594mm was more than three times the average for March.
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Friday 29 April 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 31 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Manase Tonga (42) received a suspended prison sentence on August 28 at the Supreme Court for possession of cannabis, and also a rifle and ammunition without a licence, in two separate incidents in 2018-19. The court was told the accused had begun selling drugs because his work fixing water pumps at the bottom of the village wells presented health and safety hazards, and caused impairments that made it difficult for him to maintain his family.
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Wednesday 18 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men were arrested with cannabis on March 13 at a plantation in Fua'amotu, as Tonga Police target drug dealers and suppliers.
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Thursday 8 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A search has been called off for Tatakamotonga youth, Toupili Finau (19) who went missing missing at sea after swimming at Fua’amotu on July 29.
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Friday 2 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tatakamotonga youth, Toupili Finau (19), remains missing at sea after swimming at Fua’amotu on July 29.
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Tuesday 1 May 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Land Court has ruled for the Kingdom of Tonga (Government) to pay $99,716 pa’anga to Siosifa Mosa'ati Uhi in compensation for overburden soil unlawfully removed from his tax allotment in Fua'amotu.
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Friday 9 March 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 17-year-old boy was rescued by Tonga Police after he reportedly jumped into the ocean and drifted some 600 metres from the coastline at Fua’amotu this morning, March 9.
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Friday 22 September 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four Tongan passports and jewelry were stolen during a home break-in at Fua’amotu on September 14, while the residents were sleeping.
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Thursday 7 September 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 29-year-old man was reported to have committed suicide on Monday, September 4.
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Monday 28 August 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 45-year-old man was arrested on Friday night, August 25, after police seized 178 cannabis plants, which he allegedly cultivated at his plantation in Fua'amotu.
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Tuesday 20 June 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sio Vaka (20) was acquitted of manslaughter in relation to the stabbing death of Lipine Fakatene (33) in January last year, after a Supreme Court judge ruled this was self-defence during a tragic altercation at Fua'amotu. “Knives and other weapons should not be carried by young men for the purpose of fighting and this case is a demonstration of the very tragic consequences that can occur when they are,” said the Judge.
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Wednesday 20 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sio Vaka (19) has been charged with murder in the death of a 36-year-old man, Lipine Fakatene, whom he allegedly stabbed during a fight in Fua’amotu on Sunday night, 17 January.
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Monday 18 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to death of a 36-year-old man whom he allegedly stabbed during an incident in Fua’amotu on Sunday night, 17 January.
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Friday 28 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two masked men armed with a machete and a stick seized over $500 pa’anga from a petrol station at Fua’amotu before fleeing on Thursday, 27 August.
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Friday 9 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tavake Fungavaka’s funeral was held this afternoon Friday, May 9 at Fua’amotu in Tongatapu. He was in Tonga attending the trial into the death of his son Kali Fungavaka. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Thursday 6 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A shallow M5.3 earthquake with an epicenter located 72km east of ‘Ohonua, ‘Eua was recorded at 4:04am this morning, February 6, according to the USGS.
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Saturday 1 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old man after 41 cannabis plants and seeds worth an estimated street value of around $10,000 pa’anga were seized from a tax allotment in Fua‘amotu this week.
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