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Seventeen hundred years before the dawn of the Viking Age in Europe, the first Polynesians crossed the western flank of the Polynesian triangle to settle in Tonga. Thus began the final chapter in the human settlement of the globe. A newly released book, ‘The Birth of Polynesia: An Archaeological Journey Through the Kingdom of Tonga’, documents this story. The author David V. Burley, is currently visiting Tonga.

A Technical Working Group for combating trafficking in persons and vulnerable migrants in Tonga met in a workshop on 12 July in Nuku’alofa.

An inaugural Korea-Tonga Business Roundtable, with the Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. held on Friday, 14 July, at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa, “demonstrated the shared commitment of both nations to strengthen bilateral ties and foster economic growth,” the TCCI said in a statement.

An El Niño alert for Tonga was issued by the Meteorology Department, on 14 July, as forecasts show there is a 70% chance of El Niño forming this year. The likely impacts on Tonga will include cooler nights, less rainfall over the next 6-12 months, and more tropical cyclones in the next cyclone season from 1 November 2023 to 30 April 2024.

As critical talks on deeply-contested deep-sea mining continue in Jamaica this week, scientists fear the impacts of mining the seabed on the marine environment and wider climate, says the National Geographic Society Pristine Seas programme in a statement today.

The 'Ikale Tahi Head Coach, Toutai Kefu expressed extreme confidence in the boys and their game plan for tomorrow's match against Australia A at Teufaiva Stadium, during a Press Conference with the Tongan Media.

Repairs on the domestic submarine cable system connecting Tongatapu to Ha’apai and Vava’u were completed and back in service on Wednesday night, 12 July, after it was destroyed by the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption in January 2022. Over 108 kilometers of cable was used for the repair.

Chinese diplomats in the Pacific are critical of a decision by the Japanese government to dispose of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant accident by discharging it into the sea. They rejected the conclusions of a report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 4 July.

The Liahona-Saineha Alumni are celebrating Liahona High School’s Diamond Jubilee Anniversary in a joyful week-long celebration, which started on 9 July.