"Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you," the Tonga Minister responsible for Women's Affairs, Hon. Cecil Cocker, told a Prayer Breakfast that was held on March 8, 2006, to mark International Women's Day in Tonga.
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Wednesday 15 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The books of the alumni are properly audited and approved by the AGM every year. We look forward to this year's AGM which will be held in the US and hosted by the Alumni of Salt Lake City in their hometown. - Viliami Ika
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Tuesday 14 March 2006
Nuku'alofa ,Tonga
The 80th anniversary of Tonga's Queen Salote College was celebrated on March 13 with the laying of wreaths at the royal tomb of the late Queen Salote Tupou III at Mala...ekula, in Nuku'alofa, followed by a feast and the cutting of a birthday cake. Photos by Linny Folau
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Monday 13 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's local news media, during the past week has featured a letter writing Ping Pong match between the Talaki and Radio Nuku‘alofa, and the Kele'a over the high cost of electricity and Shoreline's highly paid executives.
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Sunday 12 March 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua. Events in Tonga over the past few weeks, have left vacuums in our midst and are reshaping the entities that had the power to influence our lives, our way of thinking, and our style of government.
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Friday 10 March 2006
Lapaha, Tonga
Archaeologists who are working on a project to map Tonga's ancient terraced tombs this week began the first laser imaging and remote sensing work to be conducted in Tonga, and they aim produce a three dimensional graphic map of Lapaha as as it was during the reign of the Tu'i Tonga from the 13th century to 1885.
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Friday 10 March 2006
Edinburgh, Scotland
Tofaeono Misatauveve says that Tonga is the "only remaining Pacific kingdom" but this is not so. In the Wallis and Futuna Islands there are three kingdoms, Uvea, Sigave and Alo. They may not be as well known as Tonga but they are still Pacific kingdoms. - John Blyth
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Thursday 9 March 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Ko e fa'ahinga folau 'eve'eva 'oku ou tokanga ki ai ko e folau 'iote. 'Oku 'i ai e kau folau 'iote hangatonu mei honau fonua muli ki Vava'u pea kalasi e ni'ihi 'oku puna vakapuna ki Vava'u 'o toki heka ai he ngaahi 'iote charter 'a e Moorings. - Siosaia Mila
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Thursday 9 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
It had to be the biggest party ever held in Nuku'alofa, when some 10,000 to 15,000 people including thousands of children, attended the UK reggae band UB40 concert at the Teufaiva Stadium last night, March 8.
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Thursday 9 March 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Team Tonga Rugby 7's together with the Chef de Mission, Takitoa Taumoepeau left Mildura yesterday. The team were farewelled at the airport by the Deputy Mayor of Mildura with a handful of Tongans and local TV and media were there. The Team also sang a farewell song and performed the "sipi tau" to the delight of the crowd. - Takitoa Taumoepeau
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Thursday 9 March 2006
London United Kingdom
This Kingdom, as we know it today, has four Generations of political stagnation. To encompass the whole make up of this tiny Kingdom, goes back four Generations, to a time of numerous civil unrest, turmoil and enslavement. Tongans back then, were far more different from today. - William Mariner
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Monday 6 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An Urban and a Rural Area Plan for the whole of Tonga is currently being drafted by a three-member team from Global Works International Project Development.
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Monday 6 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan nobleman Hon. Lasike appeared in the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court today charged with the crime of rape.
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Sunday 5 March 2006
Mildura, Australia
'Oku houa 'e 6 'a e drive mai mei Melipoane. 'Oku lolotonga 'i heni foki 'a e timi 'Akapulu toko 7 pea 'oku fakamafana 'a e 'ofa'i kinautolu 'e he kainga Tonga 'oku nau 'i he ki'i kolo ni. Te u fakafuoufa pe 'oku nau ofi pe ki he toko 500 tupu. Ko e feitu'u ni foki 'oku 'iloa ia ki he lahi taha ai 'o e ngaahi faama kalepi, moli mo e ngaahi 'akau fua kehe pe pea 'oku mo'umo'ua pe he taimi lahi 'a e kakai ki he toli 'o e fo'i'akau. - Takitoa Taumoepeau
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Sunday 5 March 2006
Queensland, Australia
Every decent thinking person in the Pacific should be proud of the Tongan monarchy and make every reasonable attempt to help maintain it. As well, every true Tongan Kingdom subject must be really happy to call him or herself a Tongan and make every reasonable attempt to respect the system their forefathers had achieved from the past. - Tofaeono Misatauveve
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Saturday 4 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
FROM OUR ARCHIVES, 2006: "I am both delighted and sad to welcome you all to this final ceremony at the British High Commission before we formally close at the end of March,[2006]" said HE Paul Nessling, the British High Commissioner to Tonga, on the lawn of the British Residence on the evening of 2 March, 2006. Prince Regent Crown Prince Tupouto'a attended the closure of the 105 year old British diplomatic mission. TheTonga Defence Services fired a three volley salute before the Union Jack was formally lowered to the sound of the lament. Photos by Pesi Fonua.
Thursday 2 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan nobleman Hon. Fakafanua (Dr Kinikinilau Tutoatasi) was laid to rest today at the Vakataumai burial ground at Ma'ufanga.
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Thursday 2 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Major changes to the structure of the Tongan government have been pushed through two weeks of consideration in order to meet today's deadline for the submission of reports on new models that will cut the number of government departments by at least half.
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Wednesday 1 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku'alofa's overflowing Tukutonga Rubbish Dump, an attraction for squatters and scavengers, will be finally closed in April when a new $12 million pa...anga rubbish site, Tapuhia, at Vaini comes into operation after Easter.
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Wednesday 1 March 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 'apo for the Tongan noble, the late Hon. Fakafanua, will be held this evening, the Tongan Prime Minister's office confirmed today.
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