A 37-year-old man has died in a fall from the Hufangalupe lookout on Tongatapu's southern coast yesterday, Tonga Police reported
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Wednesday 21 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday 21 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 2022 Dux of Tonga High School, Malia Mafi was awarded the King Tupou VI Coronation Scholarship to study at Otago University, in New Zealand.

Wednesday 21 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new partnership in financial intelligence has been formed between the National Reserve Bank of Tonga and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, to help detect illicit financial activity.

Wednesday 21 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two new police vehicles donated by China will support the Tonga Police Tactical Response and Close Personal Protection Teams.

Wednesday 21 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
So far, in December, 126 marriages have been registered by the Registrar General's Office in Nuku'alofa, during the most popular month for couples to tie the knot, before government closes for the Christmas holidays, tomorrow, 22 December.

Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Alipate Folau of Talihau, Vava’u was awarded the Baton of Honour and most outstanding wing member, during a passing out parade for Tonga Police Recruit Wing 50 on Friday, 16 December at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa.

Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The people of Fonoifua in Ha'apai have received assistance from Digicel to get solar panels and equipment to help in their recovery from the January tsunami.

Tuesday 20 December 2022
Suva, Fiji
Thirteen youth rugby coaches from Fiji, Tonga, and Kiribati travelled to the United States on a U.S. Department of State sponsored Sports Visitors program, aimed to improve their coaching skills in December.
Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tonga Police investigation into the death of Talanoa Leakona Lemoto (35) is ongoing with reportable outcomes expected soon. His body was recovered in his car underwater on 13 December, after he went missing six days earlier.

Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Aquaculture equipment from Japan, including diving computers, underwater cameras and tally counters, was handed over to the Ministry of Fisheries to assist the fisheries sector in its recovery, after the natural disasters in Tonga on 15 January.

Saturday 17 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six 10,000L cisterns water tanks for the people on Niuafo'ou the remote outer island in northern Tonga were transported on the MV Koe Kelesi Pe, on 14 December just in time for Christmas.

Saturday 17 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI commissioned a new Music Center for His Majesty's Armed Forces at Taliai Camp in Fua'amotu on 12 December 2022.

Saturday 17 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The prices for diesel and kerosene will decrease significantly except for petrol which continues to increase, starting from Monday, 19 December.

Saturday 17 December 2022
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Geneva, Switzerland
Tonga’s first female Health Minister, Dr. ‘Amelia Tu’ipulotu has been appointed as the new Chief Nursing Officer for the World Health Organisation headquartered is in Geneva.

Saturday 17 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eight Non-Resident Ambassadors in Tonga presented their credentials to King Tupou VI, at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa, during Diplomatic Week 5-9 December. It was the first in-person diplomatic ceremonies since the border opened after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friday 16 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
It was a colourful day as 350 graduates received their Certificates and Diplomas from the Tonga Institute of Higher Education - some decked in colourful floral garlands and many piled-high with candies and money, on 15 December at Falemasiva Hall, at Haveluloto.

Wednesday 14 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Health centres and clinics in Tonga are better equipped to monitor community health, with 50 digital weighing scales donated by Tanita, a Japanese company, working in collaboration with the Tonga Red Cross.

Tuesday 13 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
More than 80 teachers graduated from the government’s Tonga Institute of Education on 13 December in Nuku'alofa, with various qualifications to work in secondary, primary and early childhood teaching.

Tuesday 13 December 2022
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The body of Talanoa Leakona Lemoto (35) who went missing on Wednesday night, 7 December was found today, 13 December.

Tuesday 13 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Five thousand pairs of footwear from the Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee will be distributed to key schools that were affected in the volcanic eruption and tsunamis, on 15 January.
