Results for Tonga

Penisimani Nonu (29) received a suspended sentence for numerous counts, including forgery of health certificates to a shop owner at Tofoa in January 2022.

Reigning champions, the Tongan Tala, start their campaign this week at the 2023 PacificAus Sports Netball Series in Gold Coast, opened on 23 April.

The first Special Envoy for Pacific Island Countries Affairs of the Chinese Government, HE Mr. Qian Bo visited Tonga last week.

Siosifa Vailima Tuita (52) was sentenced to 12-years imprisonment for manslaughter of his twin sister in Falaleu, Vava'u, last year. During sentencing today, Lord Chief Justice Whitten KC said the accused stabbed his sister multiple times with a knife, “in what can only be characterised as a heinous and tragic crime of extreme brutality.”

Tongan students met the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni and her delegation, during a program to create climate change awareness, held at the Falemasiva Hall, Tailulu College, Tongatapu. This was after a NZ$30 million partnership to boost and accelerate climate action across the Pacific, was announced yesterday, 20 April.

New Zealand reconnecting and strengthening ties with Tonga, while acknowledging the need to be united as a Pacific region in response to the many challenges we face was raised by the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni, during a joint press conference with Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku on 20 April.

Ma’ili Finau (35) was re-sentenced and convicted on two counts, including the unlawful importation of two .22 rifles from New Zealand to Vava'u, after the Appeal Court quashed a Supreme Court sentence that discharged him without conviction.

A Tongan-Kiwi artist, ‘Ahota’e’iloa Toetu’u (Loa), has installed new artwork in the Tanoa Dateline Hotel ballroom.

As Japan's PALM Ambassador, HE Mr. Takata Toshihisa visited Tonga on 17-18 April in preparation for the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in Japan in 2024.