Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed by New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins at Parliament, Wellington on 7 June, after more than 25-years since he last officially visited the country in 1998.
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Tuesday 30 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A team of surgeons from Interplast Australia and New Zealand is currently performing general plastic and reconstructive surgical services at Vaiola Hospital. The team has returned after three years of border closures.

Wednesday 24 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand Army personnel are helping to restore community buildings and other structures in Tonga's recovery from the 2022 volcanic eruption and tsunamis, part of its Exercise Tropic Twilight.

Thursday 18 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A ‘Save our Seeds’ training was held for farmers and agricultural representatives this week in the launch of a 'Pacific Seeds for Life' program that aims at achieving food security in Tonga.

Monday 8 May 2023
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Sydney, Australia
The Australian and New Zealand governments have renewed their commitment to the World Bank’s work in the Pacific through an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the region over the next eight years.

Friday 5 May 2023
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London, United Kingdom
Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met New Zealand's Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Chris Hipkins in London this week, as they gather for the Coronation.

Thursday 4 May 2023
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Wellington, New Zealand
Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu of Tongan descent from the University of Otago won the 2022 NZ Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize - the first time for a Pacific scientist to receive the award.

Monday 1 May 2023
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Auckland, New Zealand
The South Pacific Sailing Network Conference, “Reviving South Pacific Cruising” was held from 26-27 April 2023 at Orams Marine Boat Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The conference targeted marine authorities, individuals, organizations, and businesses involved with yachting around the South Pacific.

Wednesday 26 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Lest we forget' the ANZAC Day commemoration in Tonga on 25 April, remembered the day when ANZAC forces consisting of Australian and New Zealand forces (including Tongan soldiers) landed at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War One in 1915.

Friday 21 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
ANZAC Day will be observed at a dawn service in Tonga on Tuesday, 25 April to commemorate those brave fallen soldiers from Tonga, Australia and New Zealand, who fought and died for world peace. ANZAC Day is a public holiday in Tonga.

Friday 21 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan students met the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni and her delegation, during a program to create climate change awareness, held at the Falemasiva Hall, Tailulu College, Tongatapu. This was after a NZ$30 million partnership to boost and accelerate climate action across the Pacific, was announced yesterday, 20 April.

Wednesday 19 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Carmel Sepuloni arrived in Tonga this evening, 19 April on the last leg of a Pacific Mission, that first visited Solomon Islands and Fiji.

Tuesday 4 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A planned multi-purpose packhouse facility for root crops will serve as a processing and packing facility for both frozen and fresh produce in the Eastern District of Tongatapu, to be built under a partnership agreement between a Tongan export business Lotopoha Export Trading and the Pacific Horticulture and Agricultural Market Access Plus Program (PHAMA Plus).

Thursday 23 March 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Red, White & Brass’ a heart-warming Tongan movie that dramatises a true story of Tongan fans’ quest to watch Tonga’s match at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in Wellington, was released in cinemas in New Zealand today, 23 March 2023.

Wednesday 22 March 2023
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Auckland, New Zealand
Pacific Education Ministers are meeting for the first time in Auckland from 20-22 March to share knowledge and good practices, identify areas of action and explore innovative approaches that member countries can adopt to develop education systems in the region.

Friday 17 March 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s inter-island ferry MV ‘Otuanga’ofa which is still docked in Auckland for maintenance, is now expected to return to Tonga next week, said the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku during a press conference on 16 March.

Tuesday 14 March 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A New Zealand tenor singer of Tongan heritage, Filipe Manu, was announced as one of 16 contestants in this year's BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023, to be held in June.

Wednesday 15 February 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group of seasonal workers stranded by floodwaters in Hawke’s Bay, 50 of which are Tongans, were rescued near Hastings by personnel from the New Zealand Army and New Zealand Police using four Unimog trucks on Tuesday. “The floodwater was waist high, but the Unimog tyres and massive clearance meant we were able to get into the elevated areas needed to reach the seasonal workers,” NZDF stated today.

Wednesday 15 February 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Cold and hungry, after a day-long ordeal, some 50 Tongan orchard workers, who were stranded on their bungalow rooftops by rising floodwaters near Hastings, New Zealand, were rescued by the New Zealand Defence Force yesterday evening.

Tuesday 14 February 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
At least 50 Tongan seasonal workers who are stationed near Hastings are thought to be among the orchard workers stranded by heavy flooding in Hawke's Bay today, where emergency crews were trying to reach them. “There is still no luck in reaching the boys,” Dr. Fotu Fisi’iahi told Matangi Tonga at 3:30pm. Facebook videos showed the precarious situation of the men stranded on the rooftops.
