Tongans from Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra came together for an inaugural regional church service of the Siasi Konisitutone Tau‘ataina ‘o Tonga in Canberra on Sunday April 12. Photos by Lui Tonga
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Monday 20 April 2015
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Canberra, Australia

Sunday 19 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has encouraged the Tongan government “to start taking concrete steps for implementing CEDAW,” the Tonga Prime Minister's Office said in a statement last week.

Saturday 18 April 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ko ha’a me’avale pe kainaga-‘o e-fonua, ‘a e taupotu taha ia ki lalo ‘i he fokotu’utu’u fakaha’a tukufakaholo ‘e tolu ‘o e sosaieti Tonga. -Sione Tu’itupou Fotu
Friday 17 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga College won $1,000 first prize in a cheering competition for the International Women’s Day at the finals of the 2015 Inter College Sports Competition that ended on April 17, at Teufaiva Stadium.

Friday 17 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Stephen Parry, the President of the Australian Senate visited Tonga Police on 17 April as part of an official visit to observe Australian funded aid projects in Tonga.

Friday 17 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The price of petrol and diesel for Tonga increases for April-May 2015 by a few seniti, while the kerosene price drops starting 16 April.

Friday 17 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione ‘Uhila Liava‘a has been appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission for four-years starting 10 April.

Friday 17 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Bullying and mob violence have no place in any civilised society, a judge said yesterday in sending three former Tupou College students to lengthy prison terms for their part in a violent attack on a home in Tofoa that severely injured a young man on 18 July 2013.

Friday 17 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A trial date has been set for July 13-31 this year to hear an election petition filed against Hon 'Etuate Lavulavu the Minister for Infrastructure and Vava'u No.16 People's Representative to Parliament for alleged illegal practices.

Thursday 16 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Scattered showers over Nuku’alofa today did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of students who gathered at the Teufaiva Outdoor Stadium for the 91st Inter-Collegiate Athletics Competition.

Wednesday 15 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The World Bank has warned Tonga of large fiscal risks which are lurking in the horizon, “the repayment of its two external loans, the financing of the 2019 South Pacific Games, and the periodic large public servant wage demands.”

Wednesday 15 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over $2000 in prizes are being offered for a cheering competition to be held during the 2015 Inter-College Athletic Competition on April 15-17, to raise awareness on women's issues.

Tuesday 14 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s sole domestic carrier Real Tonga today added extra weekly flights to Vava'u on a chartered ATR72-600 aircraft from Fiji Airways as demand for the season increases.

Monday 13 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Na’e ha’u ‘a e kau faifekau misinale mo e vekeveke ke talaki ‘a e Kosipeli ‘a Sisu Kalaisi koe’uhi ke tau tali mo tui kiai pea fakahoko koe’uhi ke tau mo’ui mei ai fakaelaumalie, ‘atamai mo e sino. – Sione Tu’itupou Fotu.
Monday 13 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A celebratory lunch for HE Cardinal Mafi on Saturday, 11 April was attended by King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u at ‘Apifo’ou College grounds.

Monday 13 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s new Police Commissioner Steven John Caldwell, began the top job today Monday 13 April in Nuku’alofa.

Monday 13 April 2015
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Almost one month after Cyclone Pam came through the archipelago of Vanuatu, the Government-led response is in urgent need of funding to continue basic humanitarian relief efforts such as food, safe drinking water and shelter.

Sunday 12 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ain’t it amusing that Prime Minister Pōhiva and his cronies at the PMO, are the same gang who attacked past governments like fangs-bared “watchdogs,” are using the same tactics to silence their critics? – Sione Ake-mei-hakau Mokofisi.
Friday 10 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tupou Tongapo’uli Aleamotu’a (48) was bestowed with the hereditary title of Fielakepa today, Friday, 10 April at his residence Mata’utuliki in Kolomotu’a.

Friday 10 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of two policemen charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of ‘Inoke Pepa (20) in Vaini in 2012 began this week, at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court.
