Results for PM Hon Hu'akavameiliku

The Cabinet yesterday approved Lulutai Airlines Limited to become a public enterprise, Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku told a media briefing today, at St. George Government building.

Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku and three Cabinet Ministers will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa this week.

The climate change crisis has worsened conditions in the Pacific Islands, threatening lives, livelihood, and security its people, said PM Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, in his statement as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), on Monday, 23 September, during the UN General Assembly Summit of the Future, in New York.

The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku is leading Tonga's delegation to New York to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week. As Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, will introduce the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) to members of the UN, with hope of getting their support.

The Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku will remain as Acting Minister for both Defence and Foreign Affairs throughout the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga. The United Nations Secretary General and the Commonwealth Secretary General will arrive in Tonga tomorrow to attend the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting next week. The Forum expects to have 21 countries coming to the meeting as dialogue partners.

A second international undersea telecommunications cable to Tonga, named the “Tonga Hawaiki Branch System” will be co-funded by Australia and New Zealand, under a USD$32 million investment fund. The project, which is expected to be in place by late 2025, was jointly announced by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, and the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners in Nuku'alofa on Friday.

The increasing rate of divorce of Tongans leaving on overseas employment programs needs to be addressed, the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku said today. He was responding to the the concerns expressed by King Tupou VI, at the opening of the 2024 session of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, on 16 May.

The newly appointed High Commissioner of Australia to Tonga, HE Mr. Brek Batley, paid his first courtesy call on the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, 9 May, at Prime Minister's Office, Nuku'alofa.

The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Mr. Henry Puna, said China's security offering for the upcoming 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting to be held in Tonga from 26 - 30 August, this year, is not an issue for the Pacific. “This issue is a lot more complicated," he said, while warning the Pacific not be hindered by the “outsiders’ geo-political games”. [updated 12 April]