Two young Tongan archers Lualala Tatafu (13) and Lusitania Tatafu (16) have won Gold and Silver medals at the 72nd Archery New Zealand National Championships 2015, held earlier this month in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Friday 23 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 23 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first cruise ship to visit Tonga this year, MS Silver Whisper docked at Vuna Wharf in Nuku'alofa with over 600 passengers and crew today Friday, January 23.
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Friday 23 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sporting powerhouses New Zealand and Australia have been added as participating nations at this year’s 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea July 4-18. Tonga has submitted entries for 18 sports, but the teams have yet to be announced.
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Thursday 22 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A former Minister of Justice, Clive Edwards, who was awarded $14,500 in damages and costs by a Magistrate in a 2011 defamation case against the Kele'a newspaper and its editors, has filed a written submission to the court seeking to review an appeal against the award and submitting that Mateni Tapuelueulu's position as a parliamentarian is questionable because the defamation award had not been paid before the election.
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Thursday 22 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The revelation that Tonga's new Prime Minister, Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva has appointed his son as his personal assistant, caused an uproar in parliament yesterday, 21 January. The PM defended his choice admitting that his health is not good and he believed that only his son could do what he said.
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Wednesday 21 January 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A lack of motivation and attention provided at home was one of the main reasons for school failure and widespread laziness among Tongan youth, believes a prominent youth leader, Vanessa Heleta.
Wednesday 21 January 2015
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Pago Pago, American Samoa
Tonga has avoided winning the wooden spoon after defeating American Samoa 2 – 0 yesterday in its last game of the 2015 Under-17 Oceania Federation Championship (OFC) cup in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
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Tuesday 20 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two cruise ships are expected to dock into Nuku’alofa on February 24 with a total of 3,500 passengers and crew. They are among the 16 cruise ships arrivals expected for 2015.
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Tuesday 20 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Election petitions filed against two elected Vava'u People's Representatives to Parliament for alleged bribery are coming up at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Monday 19 January 2015
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Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Tonga U17’s continue to be outclassed at the Under-17 Oceania Football Championship (OFC) in American Samoa. The team suffered their worst defeat yesterday at the hands of Tahiti, losing 13 – 0.
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Monday 19 January 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A geological survey of the volcanic activity between Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai over the weekend found that while ash eruptions are continuing, the activity appears to be less than in previous days and a lot less than in previous weeks.
Friday 16 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The completion of a second phase of development of the Tapuhia Landfill, costing $2.7 million pa'anga, was marked with a handing-over ceremony at Tapuhia rubbish dump on January 13.
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Friday 16 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Continuous eruptions are creating a new island between Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai, 65 km from Nuku'alofa, Tonga's Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources reports. “The eruption of ash and tephra continues, but in recent days the ash has been limited to low elevations,” their fourth advisory stated on January 15.
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Thursday 15 January 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nature played with the sea and the sky over Tonga this week as an algae bloom turned the seas frothy white, chocolate and red, while the sun shone through a champagne sky - captured on camera at Kanokupolu Beach this morning.
Thursday 15 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The under-17 Tongan men’s football team was no match for the Solomon Islands, and were defeated ten points to one at the 2015 Oceania Football Confederation U-17 (OFC) Championship yesterday in American Samoa.
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Thursday 15 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport was expected to process a record number of passengers today as International and domestic flights have resumed, following disruption to flights caused by rising ash from a continuing volcanic eruption in Hunga Ha‘apai to the north west of Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 15 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sydney resident, 26 year-old Ulu Tu‘ipulotu is being called the heaviest man in Australia. His official weight, a whopping 337 kilograms. Ulu could also possibly be the heaviest Tongan in the world.
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Wednesday 14 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Huge cuts in fuel prices have been announced for the next month effective from Friday January 16, the Tonga Ministry of Commerce, Tourism & Labour announced today, January 14.
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Wednesday 14 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All domestic flights except those to ‘Eua were cancelled today, while an Air New Zealand flight that left Auckland for Tonga this morning was diverted back to Auckland, due to the continuing volcanic eruption in Hunga, Ha‘apai to the north west of Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 14 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s under-17 football team will play its first game of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Under-17 Championship against the Solomon Islands in American Samoa this afternoon, Wednesday January 14.
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