A Japanese national Masanori Kawaguchi (63), who performed the ceremonial role of the King’s kai fono at the royal Taumafa kava ceremonies for two kings of Tonga, was buried at Mala’e’aloa on Thursday, 25 February.
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Friday 26 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 26 February 2016
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Wellington, New Zealand
The impending effect of climate change in the Pacific has initiated a partnership between the Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 18 February 2016.
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Thursday 25 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mahe Fonohema (10) died in a house fire last night Wednesday, 24 February at Ha’akame in Tongatapu, while two other boys escaped. The parents were allegedly not at home when the fire broke out.
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Thursday 25 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HSH Prince Tu’ipelehake delivered the King's speech in a very short closing of the Tonga’s Legislative Assembly's 2015-16 session, this morning at Parliament House in Nuku'alofa. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 24 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Unhealthy people who become sick from eating the wrong foods are placing a huge economic burden on the government’s health systems, while 99% of adult Tongans currently remain at risk from so-called “lifestyle diseases”. Now a new government strategy will place the emphasis on young people, to give them a healthy start to life - but starting with the young means starting before babies are born.
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Wednesday 24 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new community evacuation center constructed to withstand a category 5 tropical cyclone was opened on Tuesday, 23 February in Popua, one of the vulnerable low-lying communities in Tongatapu, under an adaption project.
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Wednesday 24 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Irrigation systems for Tongan crops has become a new priority, after a drought in the Pacific last year affected a trial project of planting Zeamays, or different types of corn (Maize) in Tonga that was intended to encourage the expansion of small holder farming.
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Tuesday 23 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Apart from loss of agricultural food crops, some damage to schools, Ngu Hospital and HMAF Camp Fangatongo, Vava‘u has emerged from Cyclone Winston’s two close passes without significant damage to major infrastructure, an official assessment survey has concluded. Australia delivered 400 mosquito nets in partnership with the Tonga Red Cross Society to help control the spread of Zika virus after the cyclone.
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Monday 22 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will receive an additional cruise ship visit to Neiafu and Nuku'alofa this month after the Pacific Pearl cancelled two Fiji ports on its February voyage.
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Monday 22 February 2016
Canberra, Australia
Tonga was just one of 170 different nationalities on show at the 20th National Multicultural Festival held in Canberra, Australia, on 12-14 February 2016.
Monday 22 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
"Malo and thank you!", was the feeling of most people in Vava‘u at the weekend, after escaping the worst of Tropical Cyclone Winston - one of the strongest cyclones to ever visit the region - when it passed Vava’u twice in one week, firstly on Monday February 15 and returning on Friday February 19, but without making as much damage as they feared it might.
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Monday 22 February 2016
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Suva, Fiji
Tongan USP students living in the Laucala Campus in Suva, Fiji, are safe after Cyclone Winston left a path of destruction yesterday, 21 February 2016. However, USP students living in Labasa and Lautoka had not yet made contact and attempts to contact them were "futile" due to a nationwide power outage affecting communication, USP's Dr Masasso Paunga stated this morning. The Suva campus has closed.
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Monday 22 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tropical Cyclone Winston, category 4, was continuing to move west, away from Tonga and Fiji, at 14km per hour (8 knots) after directly hitting Fiji over the weekend with hurricane force winds. TC Winston is expected to remain a category 4 cyclone today and with a forecast track turning south to south east.
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Friday 19 February 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The latest Tropical Cyclone Advisory (No. 29) for Tonga on Tropical Cyclone Winston issued by the Fua’amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre at 4.30 pm Friday, 19 February 2016 has downgraded a storm warning to gales for Vava'u, Niuatoputapu, Niuafo’ou and Ha’apai. A strong wind warning remains in force for Tongatapu and ‘Eua.
Friday 19 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A proposed new university for Tonga’s capital - reportedly inaugurated by Prime Minister, ‘Akilisi Pohiva in February, has not been properly assessed and accredited.
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Friday 19 February 2016
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Washington D.C., U.S.A
The US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Russel, will travel to Apia, Samoa; Nuku'alofa, Tonga; and Koror, Palau, February 20-25, for bilateral meetings and regional consultations. Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift will accompany Assistant Secretary Russel.
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Friday 19 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand Government yesterday committed NZD60,000 to Tonga to immediately assist with Cyclone Winston response, NZ High Commissioner in Tonga, Sarah Walsh said today.
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Friday 19 February 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, Category 4, at noon today was located about 140km north-northwest of Neiafu, Vava’u. Various weather models forecast the dangerous storm moving toward Fiji over the weekend.
Thursday 18 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga High School started its two-day Inter-House Athletics competition today, Thursday, 18 February, to select the best athletes for the upcoming Inter-College Athletics competition. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Thursday 18 February 2016
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The very large Tropical Cyclone Winston (Cat. 4) currently has hurricane force winds across its 150kms diameter and the intensifying storm might become a high Cat. 4 – or even Cat. 5, sometime before midday Friday, north of Vava’u, warns Tonga Met. NEMO was meeting this afternoon and may possibly declare a state of emergency for Tonga later today, based on emerging models of the intensifying and dangerous storm.
