The Annual Conference of the Free Church of Tonga (Tonga Tau'ataina) is being held this week, bringing hundreds of church members to Nuku'alofa. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Monday 26 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 26 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pacific Leaders at a Special Retreat meeting in the Cook Islands on May 5 agreed to overhaul the Pacific Plan. Consultation meetings are currently being held throughout the region, to prepare a draft Framework for Pacific Regionalism, including a consultation meeting in Nuku'alofa last week.
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Sunday 25 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
“Why do we educate our young people with violence?” asks artist Ebonie Fifita, clutching a punch bag she has created out of a multitude of Tongan school uniforms, to add visibility to the issue of community violence.
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Friday 23 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A prisoner told the jury-trial for the civilian accused Semisi Kalisitiane Manu in the death of Kali Fungavaka, he saw Manu punch the victim inside cell 7 causing him to fall banging his head hard on the floor. While, another prisoner alleged to have witnessed beforehand the police beating up Kali “like treating an animal”.
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Friday 23 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A small bone, said to be the remains of an English missionary, Rev. Thomas Baker, who was killed and eaten at Navosa, Fiji, in 1867, has been discovered in a small concrete box found beneath a hall in Nausori, Fiji.
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Friday 23 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A fugitive from justice in California, United States, who was wanted by the FBI, was arrested in Tonga earlier this month and will appear in court here on Tuesday to appeal a removal order.
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Thursday 22 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Fusitu’a (42) won the Nobles' By-election for the Niuafo’ou and Niuatoputapu seat in the Tonga Legislative Assembly with two votes this morning, and will take the seat that was vacated by his father, the late Lord Fusitu'a.
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Thursday 22 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Residents Team will tour Fiji next month, playing games against two local Fijian Teams: the East Selection and the West Selection.
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Wednesday 21 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The finest Tongan handicrafts were on display today at a two day Cultural Tourism Convention, that was opened by Princess Mele Siu’ilikutapu, at the Fa‘onelua Convention Centre. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 21 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Atenisi University will hold a “festival of democracy” next month, starting on June 17. The two-week event will include various speakers and panel discussions on democracy in Tonga as the country prepares for upcoming general elections in November this year.
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Tuesday 20 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The father of the accused civilian Semisi Kalistiane Manu who is on jury trial for manslaughter in the death of Kali Fungavaka, said he witnessed the police beating up Kali at the Nuku'alofa Police Station.
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Tuesday 20 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Joe's Kahana Resort and Restaurant was officially opened by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano on Saturday 17 May.
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Tuesday 20 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Paea Winston Helu (32) the man charged with the murder of a 19-year-old youth in Nuku’alofa on Sunday, May 11 remains in custody after appearing at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court today, May 20.
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Tuesday 20 May 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Local fishermen in ‘Eua are benefiting from a training workshop on Fish Aggregating Devices or “FADs” - the floating objects used by fisherman to attract fish in large numbers.
Monday 19 May 2014
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Auckland, New Zealand
Nine young swimmers will be representing Tonga at the Oceania swimming competition to start in Auckland, tomorrow, 20 May.
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Monday 19 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The jury trial for the civilian accused of manslaughter in relation to the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka in 2012, began today, Monday May 19 at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court.
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Monday 19 May 2014
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Geneva, Switzerland
Health Ministers from 53 Commonwealth countries have gathered for a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss strengthening public health systems.
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Monday 19 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Deputy Prime Minister Samiu Vaipulu has announced that Polynesian Airlines will begin servicing direct flights to Vava’u from Apia, Samoa in August, following a one month delay in introducing the new service.
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Sunday 18 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The verbatim reporting of the proceedings of the Tongan Parliament does not interpret accurately the meaning of what has been said in parliament, according to Gloria Pole'o, the Clerk of the Tonga Legislative Assembly. From the House, By Pesi Fonua.
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Friday 16 May 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In sentencing Fifita ‘Ofa (35) to 13-years imprisonment for the death of her 14-year-old daughter last August, and imposing prison sentences on two others, a Supreme Court judge said today in denouncing their conduct that the repeated beating of the child by her mother and uncle was extremely cruel, and a paramount sentencing was considered to protect children and young persons from violence.
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