The discovery of Foa petroglyphs reminds us of the prolong regional inter- and intra-migration between the West and East of Oceania, and North and South, in a complex and pluralistic nature of opposite and reversible directions since the arrival of our Moanan ancestors from South-East Asia prior to the Birth of Christ (Vikings of the South Seas). Such Vikings were travelling back and forth between islands, even further to the South of the New World and islands like Tikopia to the North-West, at any time they wanted, for whatever purposes they might be, due to their familiarity in skills and wisdom with the know-how to adapt to nature and the sea in secure and safe strategies.
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Friday 13 March 2009
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Canberra, Autralia
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Friday 13 March 2009
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Nu'usila
Kou lau hifo ho'o ongoongo ki he kau fakafoki atu ki Tonga 'oku kau ai e kau faihia fakapo (convicted murderers). 'Oku ki'i taka fakalilifu hono tukuange atu e fa'ahinga pehe ni ki Tonga. Kapau 'oku nau lava 'o fai he fonua lahi pea huanoa hake ki'i Tonga. - Pola Loiti
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Thursday 12 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 25-year-old policeman Pilitati Ohi who fell from a coconut tree at the Vaini Police Station will never be able to walk again due to serious spinal injuries that have left him paralysed from the neck down.
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Thursday 12 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new health initiative between the Ministry of Health and Tonga's churches aims to reduce non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, a major health issue for Tonga, where an estimated 40% of the population either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.
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Thursday 12 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A crown witness told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, that if people were not urged to Pangai Si'i the events of November 16 would not have taken place.
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Wednesday 11 March 2009
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New York, USA
Tongan women have made submissions to the Constitutional and Electoral Commission to incorporate gender perspective into Tonga's reform process, the Deputy Director of Women's Affairs, Polotu Fakafanua-Paunga, told the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, at the United Nations in New York on March 6.
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Wednesday 11 March 2009
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New York, USA
In Pacific economies women's work in homes and communities is invisible or unaccounted for in formal economic equations. There is a need to recognise that a country's resources also include these human and community resources, Professor Marilyn Waring of New Zealand, said at the 53rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW53) in New York.
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Tuesday 10 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A witness told the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court today that on November 16, 2006 he saw and heard the accused Siale Fihaki's speech at Pangai Si'i, where he made reference to certain properties, shortly after they were damaged.
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Tuesday 10 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
There is a great need for assistance for the disabled in Tonga and a challenge remains to assist the caregivers of the disabled year-round, Salote Fukofuka told Tongan community leaders who gathered at a Prayer Breakfast on Sunday, March 8 for International Women's Day.
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Monday 9 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Bluewater Metals South Pacific Ltd, an Australian exploration company the newest in Tonga, will begin looking for high-grade copper-gold-zinc-silver deposits in our waters in the second half of this year.
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Monday 9 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Jacques Cartier, a Light Transport Landing Ship of the French Armed Forces is in Nuku'alofa on a friendly visit, during its regional patrol of the South Pacific waters.
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Monday 9 March 2009
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Dubai, UAE
Tonga's National Seven a-side Rugby team, the Digicel Tonga 7, reached the Rugby 7's World Cup Plate Semi Finals to be defeated by Australia 19-22 in Dubai on March 7.
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Monday 9 March 2009
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London, UK
This year the Commonwealth commemorates its foundation sixty years ago. The London Declaration of 1949 was the start of a new era in which our member countries committed themselves to work together, in partnership and as equals, towards a shared future.
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Saturday 7 March 2009
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Paris, France
Each year, International Women's Day (IWD) provides an occasion for taking stock of progress and reflecting on the challenges that remain in the pursuit of gender equality. - A message from Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8.
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Saturday 7 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Contesting the meaning behind an alleged speech made by PR Teisina Fuko "telling people to go to the Prime Minister's Office" took up the latter part of the morning of March 6 in the fifth day of a jury trial of six accused of sedition.
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Saturday 7 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A crown witness who initially told the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court that he saw and heard the alleged speech made by defendant Tevita Fifita on television before November 16, changed his statement at the end.
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Friday 6 March 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The Movement for Democracy in Fiji (MDF) welcomes the decision of the recent Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held in London on March 4, 2009.
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Friday 6 March 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Reports from Tonga's newspapers, February 26 - March 4, 2009. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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Friday 6 March 2009
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London, UK
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) gave Fiji's Interim Government a stern warning on Wednesday, March 4, that it could face suspension from the Commonwealth if it fails to meet the benchmarks that were set out by the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders in their meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on January 27.
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Friday 6 March 2009
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Suva, Fiji
One of Fiji's most experienced diplomats says coup leader Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama's military background makes it difficult for him to accept advice.
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