Results for Tonga

Latanoa Fonua (21) was sentenced to three years imprisonment, fully suspended on conditions, for causing bodily injury to an 11-year-old boy at a bus station, while driving under the influence of alcohol. He was ordered to pay $2000 pa'anga as compensation to the complainant's family within 12 months.

Tonga Water Ltd., a tenant leasing a factory from the Tonga Asset Managers & Associates Ltd. at the Small Industries Centre won a civil claim that it was entitled to have its rent renewed.

A captain of Tonga's inter-island domestic ferry, the MV ‘Otuanga’ofa, was found guilty of proceeding to sea improperly by taking excess passengers on the vessel and serving on the vessel knowing his Certificate of Competency had expired.

A research led by the University of Otago, Wellington has found that Tongan-led solutions are needed to overcome barriers to bowel cancer screening, for Tongans living in New Zealand. The bowel screening age was lowered to start at 50 years old for Pacific peoples, which lead researcher Dr. Viliami Puloka, from the University’s Department of Public Health, said is an essential step in increasing the accessibility of the programme.

Severe flooding in Nuku’alofa inundated roads this morning after overnight storms, with gale force winds and exceptional rainfall, toppled trees and brought down power lines on Tongatapu. Forecasters warned that a second line of squally weather would pass over southern Tonga tonight, bringing more rainfall. In less than 24 hours today, Saturday, 'Eua and Fua'amotu recorded more than twice their average monthly rainfall for the whole month of October.

Paula Fifita (20) was sentenced to two years imprisonment fully suspended for two counts of theft that included two motor cars, with the second offence committed while on bail for the first car theft. The judge said that the root cause of the offending was the misuse of alcohol.

A  gale warning for Tongatapu and ‘Eua  was issued by Tonga Meteorological Services this afternoon, 16 October 2024, following a heavy rain and flash flood advisory issued earlier today for southern Tonga.

The community living on the remote island of Niuafo'ou, in Tonga's far north, can now access a 24-hour power supply, through a new solar mini-grid that was commissioned by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala on Friday, 11 October, under the Tonga Renewable Energy Project (TREP).

Tonga is expecting one to two cyclones with a moderate to high chance (>50%) of at least one severe tropical cyclone occurring, reports Tonga Met today, in its updated outlook for the 2024-2025 Tropical Cyclone Season. Based on the current modelling, the occurrence of tropical cyclones in Tonga is more likely to be from January to March with most events occurring in February.