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In a move to attract new climate financing investment, Pacific leaders launched a Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Capitalisation Memorandum at a roundtable talanoa on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) this week, 23 September in New York. It charts the Pacific's course to secure the initial US$500 million for the PRF, with a bold vision to grow to US$1.5 billion.

Fifty-one Tonga Police officers successfully completed Diploma in General Policing Level 5, and were honoured in a ceremony at the Tonga Police College, attended by HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala on 24 September.

Several motions proposed by women and presented to the Tonga Legislative Assembly were met with resistance and disparaging questioning from the House, during its final sitting for the year. The Speaker Lord Fakafanua expressed deep disappointment over the "degrading and mocking terms towards women," in the House.

Tonga reaffirmed its support of advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls, at the World Conference on Women in the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held in New York this week. 

A big test for the Paris agreement is taking place this week at the United Nations General Assembly, where all countries are to present their national climate plans, a process that ends in Belém, Brazil at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) later this year. Despite the depressing state of climate debates today, I am optimistic that the collective spirit built over the last decade is now quietly but deliberately working to consolidate and build upon the gains that have been made. The Paris agreement is one that all countries – whether fossil-fuel producers, island states, or the world’s wealthiest economies – negotiated and ratified in record time. It combines effective measurement and monitoring with flexibility for countries to determine and devise their own plans to confront climate change.

A profit of $32.5 million for the financial year 2025 was reported at the Annual General Meeting of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga last week, and cheque of $22.8 million was presented to the Prime Minister Hon. Eke, as the Bank’s distribution.

Tonga’s Junior Mataliki team will compete in the U-19 Women’s Football Championship, kicking off in Tahiti today, 22 September. Tonga’s first game is against Cook Islands, today, followed by a match against Fiji on Sunday. 

The new Vava’u Pearl Centre, opened in Neiafu this month, will advance the cultivation of pearls and the economic growth of pearl farming in Tonga - a vital source of income for many families in Vava’u.

Mr ‘Elisaia Sylvester Ika of Fuaʼamotu, Tongatapu, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests (MAFF) for a four-year term. He succeeds Dr. Viliami Toalei Manu, who concluded his contract and retired on 31 July 2025.