A driver escaped from his car before it was gutted by fire this morning on Vuna Road close to the gates of the Cowley residence. Deputy Fire Commissioner, Sinamoni Kauvaka, in an update this afternoon, said fire fighters responded to the blaze, at around 7:14 am. “a witness who was driving behind this Mazda car...noticed a spark under the car so he overtook the Mazda and warned him”.
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Friday 3 March 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 3 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men, including a 31-year-old male police officer were arrested with seven packs of methamphetamine on Vuna Road in an ongoing Police operation.
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Saturday 11 April 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The sea came up over Vuna Road at around 7:18am, at least one hour before the predicted king tide at 8:13 am, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold pushed a surge into the Nuku'alofa seafront on Thursday morning. It could have been worse. A view from space shows how Tongatapu "dodged a bullet” as the cyclone's screaming eyewall missed Tongatapu, passing to the south.
Friday 21 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A woman driver sustained injuries when her car crashed into a wall at ‘Apifo’ou College on Vuna Road, at around 5:00pm this afternoon, September 21.
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Wednesday 8 August 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Vilitali Kiteau is the male pedestrian who died on Friday night, August 3 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, on Vuna Road in Popua.
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Tuesday 7 August 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A male pedestrian from Patangata died on Friday night, August 3 after being hit by a vehicle, whose driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol , on Vuna Road in Popua.
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Thursday 24 March 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A large stretch of the Nuku'alofa waterfront has been fenced off along Vuna Road, for the start of a multi-million pa’anga major upgrade and extension of Nuku'alofa's Domestic Wharf funded by the Government of Japan.
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Monday 28 September 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 19-year-old male passenger died early Saturday morning, 26 September, after the vehicle he was travelling in crashed on Vuna Road in Nuku’alofa.
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Wednesday 28 January 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Many of the roadside vendors, who last year took over the waterfront side of Vuna Road, have moved their stalls to Siamelie, a temporary market area situated on the waterfront in Ma’ufanga.
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Monday 16 June 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An abandoned wooden building next to the Emerald Restaurant on Vuna Road in Nuku'alofa went up in flames this afternoon. Photos by Caroline Manu.
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