Results for Tonga

A new process of certification aimed to better facilitate arriving passengers into New Zealand travelling with specific food items in umu packs from Tonga, is expected to be implemented in November, after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on October 4 in Nuku'alofa. CEO Ministry for Primary Industries (MPIE), Roger Smith said they found travellers from Tonga have been very compliant and trustworthy.

Forecasts for economic growth in 2018 for Tonga remain negative at -0.3% a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) shows.

A 38-year-old man from Popua who went to the Central Police station in a domestic violence case, was found with four packets of cannabis in his possession.

A 30-year-old man whose body was found at a home in Vaini on September 24, has been confirmed to be a suicide death, police stated today.

The government is using a cash accounting system - a practice that they have been trying to change during the past 10 years, the Minister of Finance and a former Auditor General, Hon. Pohiva Tu‘i‘onetoa told parliament last week. From the House by Pesi Fonua.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of a 40-year-old man at Vaiola Hospital on September 26.

Over 30 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in Tonga every year, Dr Amelia Afuhaamango Tu‘ipulotu told the Tonga Breast Cancer Society this morning, October 1, at the launch of their Pink October breast cancer awareness campaign. “The number may be higher because many women do not come forward,” she said.

A 51-year-old man was found dead at a bush allotment in Pelehake on Saturday afternoon, September 29.

A search has been called off for Mikaele Moata'ane (34) who went missing after he went out diving at Tu’aliku in Lapaha on Saturday, September 22.