Kuo taimi ke hopo mai ‘a e Pule’angaa ‘o faitu’uni he vave tahaa ke veteki ‘a e fo’i fakapona ni, he ko kinautolu na’a nau li mai ‘a e fo’i puluu, pea kapau ‘oku tokolahi ‘a e ta’eloto ki he fakamo’oni ki he CEDAW pea faka’apa’apa’i. – Sione Tu’itupou Fotu.
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Wednesday 13 May 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wednesday 13 May 2015
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Port Vila, Vanuatu
Officials from across the region are meeting in Samoa this week to discuss Pacific responses to a changing climate. They meet with a renewed sense of urgency, as they consider shared positions for a global climate deal. That deal, will cement future international action on climate change. A bad deal will place our collective future in peril. – Shirley Laban.

Tuesday 12 May 2015
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Port Moresby, PNG
With 52-days to go before the opening of the 15th Pacific Games on July 4 2015 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea's diverse people are passing the baton through many communities, travelling by foot, by horseback, by vehicles and helicopter.

Tuesday 12 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
International direct flights to Vava’u from Nadi operated by Fiji Airways is expected to start in November as well as direct flights from Apia to Tongatapu.

Tuesday 12 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The price of petrol and diesel for Tonga will continue to go up by a few seniti for May-June starting on Monday, 18 May.

Tuesday 12 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Kuo tukumai ‘e he kau Taki Lotu ‘ae ‘ikai kenau loto ke tali ‘e Tonga ‘ae CEDAW. Ko e makatu’unga tefito ‘I he’enau lau, koe’uhi pe koe ngaahi faka’uhinga ‘oku fepaki ‘ae ngaahi kupu ‘e ni’ihi ‘oe CEDAW mo e tokateline ‘oe Lotu. Ko e Kupu 10(h) mo e 12(1) ‘oku faka’uhinga’I ki he fakatotama pea pehe ki he Kupu 16 ‘oku faka’uhinga’I ‘oku fekau’aki mo e mali tatau. -Tito Kivalu
Monday 11 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four men have received prison terms for offences related to a home invasion in Sopu on June 10, 2014, where a woman was robbed, tied up and raped. Two other men have received suspended sentences for their roles in the housebreaking

Monday 11 May 2015
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Auckland, New Zealand
A 71-year-old mother Tevunga Vaea, her daughter and daughter-in-law died in a tragic car crash on Saturday night 9 May, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Monday 11 May 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Kuo ‘osi teka’i mai ‘ehe Pule’angaa ‘a e fo’i puluu – CEDAW pea ko e me’a pe tetau lava ‘o faii ko e lotu pe ki he ‘Otua ke fai pe ‘eia hono finangalo, ‘oua ‘e manasi’i, he ko e me’a pe ia ‘e tu’u, tu’uloa mo lelei ki Tonga ni. – Sione Tu’itupou Fotu.
Monday 11 May 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The current incessant pressure applied by proponents to ratify CEDAW takes me back to Mary Fonua’s account (Feb. 12, 2015). She wrote that CEO Lōpeti Senituli assembled a group of educated and prominent ladies, as “relevant stakeholders” to decide the fate of CEDAW. - Sione Ake-mei-hakau Mokofisi.
Saturday 9 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Today, 9 May, the European Union is celebrating Europe Day...The European Union has a long standing relationship and friendship with Tonga and other Pacific countries. Our partnership is based on our shared values, on common concerns and on common aspirations. We are keen to work closely with our Pacific partners to tackle global challenges - some challenges are so big that only a global response will suffice to overcome them. – EU Ambassador Andrew Jacobs.

Saturday 9 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's 2014-15 Parliamentary session will be officially closed on May 21, before reopening a week later with a state ceremony on May 28 for the 2015-16 Parliamentary session.

Friday 8 May 2015
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Hamilton, New Zealand
‘Amelia Tupou Veiongo Fa’otusia has won the 2014 New Zealand Pacific Academic Achievement Award for the second year running.

Friday 8 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Supreme Court has made a garnishee order that all debts due or to be gained by Siosaia Moehau from Tonga Power Ltd up to a sum of $860,077.59 plus interest should be paid directly to Westpac Bank of Tonga for his debts.

Friday 8 May 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ko e ngaahi fehu’i ‘e 14 ‘o fakafofonga’i ‘a e setāsio ‘e 14, hala hotau fakamo’ui´, Sēsū Kilisitō/Sisū Kalaisi ki he kolosi´, ne ‘ohake mo fa’u mei he tali ‘a e kau taki lotu ‘i Tonga ki he CEDAW, ‘oku mau kole ki he ‘Otua Mafimafi´ ke tokonia mautolu ‘i he’emau lotua ‘a e ngāue ‘a e pule’anga Tonga´ ki he CEDAW:... -Sr Dr Kalo Sikimeti
Friday 8 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet will be performed in Nuku’alofa on Tuesday, 23 June by a London based company, Globe to Globe Hamlet tour.

Thursday 7 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HE Mr Yukio Numata (63) is Japan's new Ambassador to Tonga who began at the Embassy of Japan in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, 6 May.

Thursday 7 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione ‘Afa Teisina (28) has been charged with a second count of unlawfully imprisoning his 20-year-old partner at a plantation in Puke, Tongatapu.

Thursday 7 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The price of electricity has gone up by 5.16 seniti to 80.15 per kWh as of May 1, 2015.

Thursday 7 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Heilala Festival program for 2015 was released today, 7 May by Semisi Sika, the Chairman of the Heilala Festival Committee.
