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Monday 12 July 2021

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new landing barge that can transfer vehicles, cargo and passengers to beaches and islands that do not have wharves, was launched in Nuku'alofa on Saturday 10 July. Its operators hope that the government will support continuing shipping services to the two Niuas and also to smaller outer islands.
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Wednesday 26 April 2017

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Third Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting was opened in Nuku'alofa on today, April 26, by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, who called on them to take action on energy efficiency, particularly in the transport sector in the region.
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Thursday 13 April 2017
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
More than 100 high level delegates and experts will meet in Nuku’alofa on April 24-28 for the Third Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministerial Meeting, to discuss the latest international and regional developments affecting the region in these sectors.
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Tuesday 15 April 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga

The central Nuku'alofa bus stop remained unusually quiet today, the second day of a strike by Tongatapu bus owners, over the rejection by government of their request for an exemption from Customs Duty and Consumption Tax on fuel and motor parts.

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Monday 4 March 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's new domestic airline Real Tonga began operation today by chartering a Chathams Pacific aircraft to service the outer islands, since the arrival of its Y-12 aircraft was delayed from Vanuatu.
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Tuesday 14 August 2012
Tofua, Ha'apai
A wild boar chase by kava growers living on Tonga's volcanic island of Tofua yesterday may have led to the cancellation of an international flight to Tonga today, after smoke was spotted near the island and mistaken for a volcanic eruption
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Tuesday 14 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Vuna Wharf reconstructed at a cost of TOP$30 million is ready to be handed over to the Government of Tonga today, August 14, but no date has been set for when it will open for business.
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Friday 11 February 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A special welfare bus that accommodates disabled people on wheelchairs was given to Tonga Red Cross Society by the Government of Japan today.
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Thursday 14 January 2010
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Long queues of drivers are waiting at Tonga's Ministry of Transport today in Nuku'alofa to get their new driver's licence cards for 2010 that are being issued under a computerised system launched by the Ministry of Transport in Nuku'alofa on January 12.
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Monday 14 August 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The increasing number of pot-holes, mud pools, and the collapsing verges on Tonga's public roads will not be all fixed this year, and it is now clear that the road network will continue to deteriorate until late in 2007.
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