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As the harvesting season for sea cucumbers draws to a close on September 30, a total of 23 licenses have been issued to local operators who have exported to date up to 150 tonnes of dried beche de mers to Asian markets such as Hong Kong.

Michael Burling won the New Zealand North Island Longboard Championships 2010 on September 11, after surfing with 60 contestants at Forestry Beach, Mangawhai.

Finance ministers from Commonwealth countries – across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, North America and the Pacific – will meet in Washington DC on 8 October 2010 to map out strategies for continuing to deal with the impact of the global economic crisis.

Talamai 'e he motu'a, na'e fiefia 'i hono faka'ataa ke toe fangota'i 'a e mokohunu. Pea na'e fakamalo lahi ki he kau Falealea. 'Oku fakafuofua ko e fo'i te'epupulu 'e 600+ 'osi fakangakau pea toki fonu 'a e kane lita 'e 20 'e 1, $20.00. Na'a ku 'amanaki kuo tau monu'ia he hu mai 'a Falealea 'o kau he fua mokohunu, 'o fakatatau ki he tefito'i mo'oni 'oku nau tu'uaki, 'a e faa'i kavei koula mo e temokalati. Kae taa koaa, ko e taimi pe 'oku 'asi ai 'a e tola, kuo nau 'oho kai kinautolu 'o hange ha ngaahi fu'u 'ulua. - Paula Kava.

A new modern Vaini Community Police Station constructed at a cost of $980,000 pa'anga was opened on September 8, the first to be built under a Tonga Police Redevelopment Program.

Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are each charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, pleaded not guilty at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on September 8.

On a perfect day for swimming, in bright sunshine and with flat seas, 28 swimmers (17 males and 11 females) took part in the 1.3 kilometer swim and 12 swimmers reached Pangaimotu in less than 30 minutes. They were accompanied by an escort boat and kayaks, starting out from the New Zealand High Commission Compound foreshore on Vuna Road.

TONGA will be represented in swimming for the first time since 1946 at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games in October by Amini Fonua a 20 year old currently on a swimming scholarship to Texas A&M University.

Tonga's Navy on Monday, September 6 put on a demonstration of the techniques they use to stop illegal vessels in Tongan waters, in a law enforcement boarding operation for cadets from the "Zhenghe" training ship of China's Peoples Liberation Army Navy.