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Monday 8 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ten patients in Tonga have received new pacemakers, in surgeries carried out by a a team of cardiac experts from New Zealand last week at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa. The first time this has been done in Tonga.
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Monday 8 May 2023
Commonwealth meeting

London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth needs to work and walk together for a more secure and sustainable future, Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku told Commonwealth Leaders in London on 5 May.
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Monday 8 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An 82-year-old grandmother and her five-year-old grand-daughter died in a house fire at Tofoa on Saturday morning, 6 May, Tonga Police reported.
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Friday 5 May 2023
Hainite Tuitupou

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan female boxer, Hainite Tu'itupou (26) won a gold medal at the Chicago Jiu-jitsu tournament earlier this week. 
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Friday 5 May 2023
PM UK

London, United Kingdom
Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met New Zealand's Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Chris Hipkins in London this week, as they gather for the Coronation.
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Friday 5 May 2023

Nadi, Fiji
Senior electoral officials, including Tonga's, attended the region's administrators network in Nadi from 2-4 May, the first time they have met since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Friday 5 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 63-year-old man was sentenced to eight-years imprisonment with no suspension. for three charges, that included raping a woman on Tongatapu.
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Friday 5 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and The Queen Consort will be an historic event not only for the United Kingdom but also for the fourteen Realms, the UK Overseas Territories including our fellow Polynesian entity Pitcairn, and also for Commonwealth member-countries such as the Kingdom of Tonga. On 4 May, Her Royal Highness Princess Salote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tuita and Lord Tuita graced a Coronation Party hosted by the British High Commission in Nuku‘alofa, together with two hundred guests, to mark the upcoming event. - BHC.
Thursday 4 May 2023
MAT

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Local journalists and special guests gathered on 3 May to commemorate the 30th anniversary World Press Freedom Day hosted by the Media Association Tonga (MAT) in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 4 May 2023
Dianne Sika-Paotonu

Wellington, New Zealand
Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu of Tongan descent from the University of Otago won the 2022 NZ Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize - the first time for a Pacific scientist to receive the award.
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Thursday 4 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Rajh Kumar (33) received a suspended sentence for attempting to destroy evidence, namely methamphetamine, during a road drug bust by Police at Haveluloto in 2021.
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Thursday 4 May 2023
Tonga A

Apia, Samoa
Tonga A lost their first game at the Pacific Challenge 2023, after a strong performance from the host Samoa with a score of 69-7 at Apia Park on 3 May.
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Thursday 4 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 29-year-old man was sentenced to two-years six-months imprisonment for causing serious bodily harm to his wife in a brutal attack using three weapons, on Tongatapu in 2022, after he became infuriated with gossip about his wife on Facebook. The judge said it was in the worst category of cases involving domestic violence that had come before the court.
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Thursday 4 May 2023
TPL

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two engineers from Tonga Power Ltd. completed a regional training on Hybrid Power Generation System in Fiji.
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Wednesday 3 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Heilala Festival 2023 including the popular Miss Heilala Pageant returns in Nuku'alofa from 26 June to 7 July, after a three-years hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wednesday 3 May 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lemoto Manu (35) a prisoner, died of suicide at Hu'atolitoli Prison on 19 April on Tongatapu, Tonga Prison stated.
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Wednesday 3 May 2023
Leniti Pale

Canberra, Australia
Tonga Police attended a Pacific Forensic Working Group meeting consisting of 11 forensic police leaders across the Pacific in Canberra last week.
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Wednesday 3 May 2023
Tsunami damage

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A team from the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience program to assist Tonga’s disaster resilience information and enhance community awareness on the harmful impact of climate change.
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Tuesday 2 May 2023
MOI

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A International Civil Aviation Security Audit Program started on 1 May in Nuku'alofa to promote security through continuous auditing and monitoring of Tonga’s Aviation Security performance.
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Tuesday 2 May 2023
Rugby Sevens

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga 7s has qualified for the HSBC Sevens Series playoffs in London on 20-21 May.

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