Mate Ma'a Tonga will play their first test series in England this year. England Rugby League has confirmed they will host Tonga in three tests in St Helens on October 22, Huddersfield on October 28 and Leeds on November 4. The test series will be the first in which England has hosted a Pacific nation.
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Monday 1 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 28 April 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 96th Inter-Collegiate Athletic Competition closed this afternoon, 28 April, with fantastic performances by the young athletes both on track and field at the Teufaiva Stadium.
Friday 28 April 2023
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Gold Coast, Australia
Tonga’s national netball team, Tala defeated Samoa 79-53 and advanced into the semi-finals tonight undefeated, during the 2023 PacificAus Sports Netball Series this week, in Australia.
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Friday 28 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Community’s (SPC) Polynesia Regional Office opened on 27 April in Nuku'alofa to serve as a hub to enhance support for Polynesian member countries.
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Friday 28 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is the first island nation to sign-up to a competition, which aims to drive a new level of innovative thinking and problem-solving amongst the country’s youth. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has partnered with the Tonga’s Ministry of Education in the competition 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow' for students this year.
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Thursday 27 April 2023
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New York, USA
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, Lord Fakafanua led Tonga’s delegation to the 2023 United Nations Economic and Social Council Youth Forum held in New York on 25-27 April.
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Thursday 27 April 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga A men's squad for the Pacific Challenge 2023 hosted in Apia, Samoa from 3-13 May, met with the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku today ahead of their departure in the weekend.
Thursday 27 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Toyota Hilux Utility vehicle and some much-needed rugby equipment were donated by the Australian Defence Force Sports Program to His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) recently.
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Thursday 27 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione Matangi Malupo (35) was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft of goods, including Tongan crafts valued at around $11,600 from a home in Ma’ufanga.
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Wednesday 26 April 2023
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Gold Coast, Australia
Reigning netball champions, Tonga's Tala remains undefeated at the start of the 2023 PacificAUS Netball Series in Gold Coast, Australia, with two strong wins so far.
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Wednesday 26 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Lest we forget' the ANZAC Day commemoration in Tonga on 25 April, remembered the day when ANZAC forces consisting of Australian and New Zealand forces (including Tongan soldiers) landed at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War One in 1915.
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Wednesday 26 April 2023
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Bangkok, Thailand
Multilateral cooperation and solidarity in global trade is needed more than ever as the world navigates a “polycrisis” of climate change, pandemic, economic slowdown, inflation, food insecurity, and depletion of the oceans' resources, the World Trade Organisation Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told an outreach for Southeast Asian and Pacific journalists yesterday.
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Tuesday 25 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Penisimani Nonu (29) received a suspended sentence for numerous counts, including forgery of health certificates to a shop owner at Tofoa in January 2022.
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Tuesday 25 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 96th Inter-Collegiate Athletics Competition started on 24 April at the Teufaiva Stadium.
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Tuesday 25 April 2023
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Gold Coast, Australia
Reigning champions, the Tongan Tala, start their campaign this week at the 2023 PacificAus Sports Netball Series in Gold Coast, opened on 23 April.
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Tuesday 25 April 2023
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Climate change education books have been donated by the Australian Government to primary and secondary schools throughout Tonga on 21 April.
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Tuesday 25 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first Special Envoy for Pacific Island Countries Affairs of the Chinese Government, HE Mr. Qian Bo visited Tonga last week.
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Friday 21 April 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan Customs Officer ‘Amini Fonua is currently in Wellington undertaking a dog handling training run by the New Zealand Police under the Pacific Detector Dog Program (PDDP).
Friday 21 April 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Siosifa Vailima Tuita (52) was sentenced to 12-years imprisonment for manslaughter of his twin sister in Falaleu, Vava'u, last year. During sentencing today, Lord Chief Justice Whitten KC said the accused stabbed his sister multiple times with a knife, “in what can only be characterised as a heinous and tragic crime of extreme brutality.”
Friday 21 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
ANZAC Day will be observed at a dawn service in Tonga on Tuesday, 25 April to commemorate those brave fallen soldiers from Tonga, Australia and New Zealand, who fought and died for world peace. ANZAC Day is a public holiday in Tonga.
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