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Six contestants for the Miss Tonga-New Zealand title will make their first appearance tonight, June 12, in a 'Sarong Night' at the Fale Pasifiki at the University of Auckland.

Economic growth will be on the top of the Tongan government's working agenda during the next financial year, HM King George Tupou V said when he opened the Tongan Legislative Assembly's 2010 session yesterday, June 10.

Two mothers received an immediate sentence of two and a half years imprisonment each on May 31, after fraudulently cashing around $4,700 out of a stolen cheque of $11,326 from their employer E. M. Jones Ltd, in order to cover up a shortage in sales.

Chathams Pacific's small aircraft have been cleared to resume service to the outer island of Niuatoputapu after Tonga's Minister of Transport lifted the suspension on June 8, and flights to the outer island are anticipated to resume this week.

The Preliminary Inquiry for the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd and four other persons, who have been charged with various offences over the loss of lives in the MV Princess Ashika sinking last year, will be held on July 21 at the Fasi Magistrate's Court.

Sefo Nginingini, a Tongan Master Shipman who chartered a 43m cargo vessel, the MV Sitka and came to Tonga in March to help provide an inter islands ferry service following the sinking of the Princess Ashika, is fighting an up-hill battle to keep the service running.

A 25-year-old soldier was sentenced to four years imprisonment on June 4 for the attempted rape and indecent assault of a young woman in Tofoa in January earlier this year.

Tonga's National U-20 Rugby Team is competing in the International Rugby Board IRB Junior World Cup 2010 to be held in Argentina, starting on June 5-17.

'Isitolo Maka, the Head Coach for the national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi, announced a 30-members squad for the Pacific Nations Cup on Tuesday June 1.