Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva died in the Auckland City Hospital at 9:00am this morning, the Acting Prime MInister Hon. Semisi Sika, announced on national radio at 6:40pm this evening. The Tongan Parliament this morning was deferred indefinitely by the Acting Speaker Lord Tu’ilakepa.
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Thursday 12 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday 11 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan delegation attended the Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo 2019 at the Baiyun International Convention Center on August 23-26.

Wednesday 11 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group of university students from Warrane College in Sydney have volunteered to help rebuild a community hall and Catholic chapel at Longolongo, that were destroyed by Cyclone Gita last year.

Wednesday 11 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Prime Minister, Hon Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva was medically evacuated to New Zealand this afternoon, September 11.

Wednesday 11 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An application by Lord Tu'ivakano to strike out several of the charges against him will be heard on October 9 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.

Monday 9 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's popular radio service BroadCom Broadcasting FM 87.5 celebrated its 10th anniversary on September 6 at Tanoa Hotel.

Monday 9 September 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The ‘Ikale Tahi have two weeks to drastically improve their form, after a disappointing 92 – 7 loss against the All Blacks, before they face their first World Cup adversary England on 22 September.
Friday 6 September 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga National Rugby League Board (TNRLB) confirmed at a press conference in Nuku’alofa this afternoon Mate Ma’a Tonga Coach Kristian Woolf was let go on Wednesday 4 September. Mate Ma’a Tonga with Kristian Woolf as coach reached the semi-finals at the Rugby League World Cup in 2017, the highest achievement ever reached by a Tongan Rugby League Team.
Friday 6 September 2019
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Hamilton, New Zealand
Siale Piutau will lead Tonga's World Cup team against the All Blacks at the FMG Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand tomorrow 7 September.

Thursday 5 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Front Row Against Violence, a new program which targets youth and sports to ensure girls are empowered and have equal access to opportunities, was launched on September 5 in Nuku’alofa.

Thursday 5 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Seven people, including a suspended police officer, have been arrested after 20.85 grams of methamphetamine, two grams of cocaine were seized by Police from Ngele’ia and ‘Anana in Tongatapu on September 3.

Thursday 5 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s defence force rugby team, the Ngaahau Koula, will join nine countries in the International Defence Rugby Competition (IRDC) held in Tokyo, Japan from 11 to 24 September 2019.

Thursday 5 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Ha‘atafu women’s group yesterday showed off their income earning activities, including agricultural produce, handicrafts, and fine mats, to a visiting advisory group interested in the advancement of Pacific women.

Thursday 5 September 2019
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
A surveillance operation over 18.4 million square kms of the South Pacific Ocean to detect, deter, report and apprehend potential illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing activities last month did not locate any infringements. The operation concluded over 90 days at sea with 272 vessels sighted and 126 boardings at sea and in port, as well as 137 hours of air surveillance.

Thursday 5 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Dr Siaosi Pakola Maeakafa, the International Officer for the Lavengamalie Institute of Technology, has been elected as a member of the Council for the Commercial Education Society of Australia (CESA) on 8 April 2019.

Tuesday 3 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Police seized 4,847 live bullets, allegedly smuggled, at a location in Ma’ufanga, as well as illicit drugs from other locations, during a police operation from August 30 to September 1, in Tongatapu.

Tuesday 3 September 2019
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Suva, Fiji
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor, has called for urgent action to end increasing violence in West Papua (Tanah Papua) along with a human rights investigation in a statement released on 2 September. Her message has been welcomed by a member-led network of global civil society organisations, the Pacific network of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC).

Monday 2 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pangi Puloka was acquitted of possession of the illicit drug, methamphetamine due to insufficient evidence, in Supreme Court ruling on August 29.

Monday 2 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s second sitting of the Court of Appeal started on September 2 and will hear five appeals in Nuku'alofa. It was also the first day for Tonga's new Lord Chief Justice Michael Whitten QC from Australia.

Monday 2 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s hockey team has been training hard in preparation for the upcoming Oceania Hockey5s Tournament, where they will take on other Pacific countries in Rockhampton, Australia, from 4-8 September. By Eleanor Gee
