The installation of new solar power systems for over 500 homes in 11 remote islands communities in Vava'u and small islands off Tongatapu, began with an official groundbreaking ceremony at Hunga Island, on July 24, at the start of an $11 million renewable energy project funded by the Government of Japan for the people of Tonga.
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Thursday 26 July 2012
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Hunga, Tonga
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Monday 18 June 2012
Salt Lake City, Utah
Late Island's coastline is rugged for landing by large boats, but a dinghy could find a suitable landing place on the northern shorelines. I was stranded on Late Island for a week with two Vava'u strangers as guides when I was 18 years old. - Sione Ake-mei-hakau Mokofisi.
Saturday 3 March 2012
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United Nations, New York, USA
There is continuing hardship facing rural and outer island communities in Tonga, at a time when declining foreign remittances have reduced household incomes, a United Nations Commission the Status of Women, heard yesterday March 2.
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Wednesday 22 February 2012
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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.
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Friday 22 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two new buildings were opened at Niu'eiki Hospital in 'Eua including a Children's Ward and Clinic on July 18, funded by the Government of Japan at a cost of TOP$175,000 pa'anga.
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Monday 11 April 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's growing reliance on imports to meet its protein needs, threatens the nation's food security, and this was a concern discussed at a regional FAO meeting in Vava'u last week.
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Sunday 13 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Friendly Islands Triathlon (FIT) has introduced Adventure Sports to its calendar of events for 2011. Photos by Linny Folau and Sia Adams.
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Thursday 3 March 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
" 'Eva Mai 2011", a Tonga Tourism Experience Program was opened by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre yesterday, March 2.
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Tuesday 28 September 2010
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Tokyo, Japan
Tonga's new inter island ferry the MV 'Otuanga'ofa left Japan on September 27 on its way to Tonga where it is expected to arrive in Nuku'alofa on October 15. Photos by Takai Palei.
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Friday 3 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Chatham Pacific Airlines introduced a 28-seater DC3 aircraft to its fleet of aircraft servicing Tonga's domestic air services on Monday, August 30, 2010. - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 15:25
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Tuesday 6 July 2010
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Neiafu, Vava'u
Photos by Sione Vuki Vava'u High School is celebrating its 25th Anniversary over four days of festivities that began on July 4.
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Wednesday 9 June 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Chathams Pacific's small aircraft have been cleared to resume service to the outer island of Niuatoputapu after Tonga's Minister of Transport lifted the suspension on June 8, and flights to the outer island are anticipated to resume this week.
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Tuesday 1 June 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Chathams Pacific's two 50-seater Convair aircraft have been cleared to resume Tonga's domestic service today but its small aircraft remains grounded, the Tonga Ministry of Transport has confirmed.
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Tuesday 2 March 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's new inter-island ferry, currently being built in Japan, is scheduled to arrive in Nuku'alofa on 20 October this year to restart the domestic inter-islands ferry service in the first week of November.
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Saturday 30 January 2010
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Pangai, Ha'apai
Both the MV Pulupaki and the MV Punalei are now tied up at the wharf here in Pangai, Ha'apai. The report from crew members of the MV Punalei is that "It almost sank" before the MV Pulupaki towed it into Ha'apai. It appears that there are serious problems with this vessel.
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Thursday 17 December 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The World Bank has approved a $TOP7.5 million grant for the construction of about 100 houses for people who lost their homes in Niuatoputapu, in northern Tonga when the island was struck by a tsunami on September 30.
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Tuesday 10 November 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Large holes were revealed on the side of the MV Princess Ashika in a range of pictures released by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika yesterday, November 9.
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Thursday 29 October 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A welder and fitter for the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd Manase Katoa, in his testimony this morning at the Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika reaffirmed the advanced level of rust and corrosion of the vessel and how unfit it was to operate in Tonga.
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Wednesday 10 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The People's Representative for the Niuas, Sione Feingatau 'Iloa reported to the House a dangerous voyage by the MV 'Olovaha to the Niuas on August 18. He said that the engine stopped five times and he felt that the lives of the passengers were at risk. From the House, by Pesi Fonua.
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Thursday 14 August 2008
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Pangai, Ha'apai
The coronation celebrations of HM King George Tupou V continued at Pangai, Lifuka, Ha'apai on Monday, August 11 with a joyful welcome of the king by the people of Ha'apai, who emotionally referred to Tupou V as the "Tu'i Ha'apai", "King of Ha'apai". Photos by Linny Folau.
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