Dr S. Langi Kavaliku (69), Tonga's most outstanding scholar, a former Prime Minister, a former Cabinet member for 33 years, and newly appointed alternate chairman of Tonga's Political Reform Commission died in an accident at about 8 am on Wednesday, December 3, when his vehicle hit a mound of rocks that was left in the middle of a country road.
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Sunday 7 December 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 18 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Luisa Tae Kami Jr., the remarkable 15-year-old girl who captured the hearts of everyone she met during her courageous three years battle with cancer, passed away at her home in on Kolomotu'a on Saturday, August 16.
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Monday 3 December 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Editor of the Kele'a Newspaper Tavake Fusimalohi (68) died this morning at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 22 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The funeral of Mosese Taulupe Aleamotu'a, the Broadcast Controller for Tonfon Television will be held on Monday August 27. Taulupe (41) a father of nine, died suddenly on August 19.
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Monday 13 August 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Amelia Latuniua Taumoepeau-Tupou (62) passed away at the Vaiola Hospital, in Nuku'alofa yesterday, August 12, after an illness. A sister of the Queen Mother, her death comes less than three weeks after the loss of another sister Kalolaine Lataifalefehi Fakafanua on July 26.
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Thursday 14 September 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When Taufa'ahau Tupou IV came to the Tongan throne on July 4, 1967, for most Tongans it was the dawn of a new era. The new king, at 49, epitomised what Tongans of the 1960s perceived to be a perfect 20th century monarch. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 20 July 2006
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Brighton, United Kingdom
I write from the UK where the Princess Kaimana was posted for four years at the Tongan High Commission in London. She touched people on the other side of the world as much as she did in Tonga. Hers were not always great acts of politics but of acts of kindness, consideration, and humour that often go unacknowledged but have an enduring influence in many unanticipated and important ways. - Dr Maika Poltorak
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Monday 23 May 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Noble Vaha'i (69) of Fo'ui, one of the most colourful nobles of the realm, and the Tongatapu no. 1 Noble's Representative to Tonga's Legislative Assembly passed away at 11:30pm Saturday May 21 at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Sunday 23 May 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The night of mourning ('Apo) for the Nobleman Hon. Fakafanua was held at his residence, Siumafua'uta, Ma'ufanga on 23 May 2004.
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