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Friday 12 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After 20 years as a public servant, nine years as Tonga's Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Saia Piukala, bid Tonga farewell today, as he leaves to take up a new role as the WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region Office.
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Friday 12 January 2024
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea by Prime Minister James Marape, after at least 16 people died in violent riots on Wednesday, that left shops and businesses burned and looted.
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Friday 12 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MAFF) will receive equipment worth over USD2 million, under Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid (NPGA), signed by the Minister, Lord Fohe, and the Ambassador-designate of Japan to Tonga, HE Mr Inagaki Hisao, yesterday, 11 January, in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 12 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Supreme Court of Tonga has dismissed an application made by seven Members of Parliament for a judicial review over allegations related to parliamentary procedure during the recent vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, which was considered by the Legislative Assembly in September. On Monday 8 January 2024, the Court ruled that it has no jurisdiction to hear the judicial review application.
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Friday 12 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A missing girl from Fangaloto was found early this morning and returned to her parents, Tonga Police reported this morning. They urged parents and guardians to be more alert for the safety of their children.
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Thursday 11 January 2024
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'Eua, Tonga
The skulls of two Tongan ancestors, collected in the Pacific in the 19th Century, and repatriated to Tonga by the Australian Museum this week, were given a respectful traditional burial on ‘Eua Island in the presence of King Tupou VI and members of the Royal Family on January 10. The funeral conducted by the royal undertakers, the Nima Tapu (sacred hands), at Kolomaile, ‘Eua, was attended by descendants of the ‘Ata people, some of them coming from abroad. The funeral tributes touched upon painful memories of the loss of half of the ‘Ata population to Australian blackbirders in 1863. The surviving population of ‘Ata was relocated to ‘Eua by Tupou I.
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Wednesday 10 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Piles of electronic and solid industrial waste along the streets in Ma’ufanga (Tongatapu 4), have remained an eyesore for over five weeks now. Families who thought they were cleaning out their properties ahead of the festive season have spent Christmas and New Year surrounded by trash - and there's no easy fix.
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Monday 8 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Illegal dumping of waste increased on Tongatapu when the Waste Authority closed during the holidays, causing many complaints circling around social media of rubbish bags that were dumped on the roadside.
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Monday 8 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Siutaka Siua (29) was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for serious causing bodily harm when he stabbed a 20-year-old man on his thigh at Ma’ufanga.
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Monday 8 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Venasio Hau (32) was sentenced to four-years and six-months imprisonment, partially suspended, for possession of 27.76 grams of methamphetamine, while his two co-accused received suspended sentences. The illicit drugs were seized after Police received information of it being sold at a residence in Ma'ufanga.
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Saturday 6 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
While Tonga’s Civil Aviation Division (CAD) and investigators from Australia are still investigating the cause of the A3PUA aircraft accident, at Fua’amotu Domestic Airport a month ago, Lulutai Airlines, so far, has been unable to find a replacement aircraft to service high demand on the domestic inter-island routes during the holiday season.
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Friday 5 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A well-known Fiji entrepreneur, Mr. Yanktesh Permal (Y.P.) Reddy, O.B.E, chairman of the board and owner of the Tanoa Group, died in New Zealand on 4 January, at the age of 89 years.
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Friday 5 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan seniors and about 50 needy families received care packages over the festive season from the Queen’s Charity, supported by donors from the business community.
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Friday 5 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The best performing schools for the Tonga National Form Seven Certificate (TNFSC) 2023 exams were Niuatoputapu High School and Niuafo‘ou High School, who both achieved a passing rate of 100%, the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku said today.
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Thursday 4 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police Chief Superintendant Commander Filipe Fifita, who heads a homicide investigation, said today he could not disclose anything further about an investigation into human remains, recovered from the seabed at the Yellow Pier in Nuku'alofa on Boxing Day. It is still unclear whether the remains, or body parts, that were recovered belonged to one or more persons or why the Police were regarding the grisly discovery as homicide.
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Wednesday 3 January 2024

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Travellers to and from the outer islands are relying heavily on the inter-island ferries MV ‘Otuanga’ofa and MV Taka-i-Pomana this holiday season, to travel between Tongatapu, Vava'u, and Ha'apai, after a disruption to the domestic air services on 8 December, when the  Lulutai Airlines Saab 340 aircraft was damaged while taxing after landing at Fua'amotu Airport.
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Tuesday 2 January 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Harvesting and exporting Tongan seaweed for over 20 years, South Pacific Mozuku Tonga Ltd (SPM), a local aqua-culture industry based in Nuku'alofa, is set to expand its product range into the health and beauty industries this year.
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Friday 29 December 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over 100 VHF digital portable transceivers were set up for Tonga Police, by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), through Tonga-Australia Policing Partnership (TAPP), to build the radio communication network capability of Tonga Police.
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Friday 29 December 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new station at Ha'asini, for the Police and the Fire & Emergency Services, was officially opened by the Prime Minister and Minister for Police Fire Services and Emergency Services, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, on 28 December.
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Friday 29 December 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An escaped prisoner Vaha Afemeimo’unga, was arrested at about 7:00 am today, 29 December, by His Majesty’s Prisons officers, at Fatai, Tongatapu, after being on the run for three days.
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