Results for Development

Fourteen new US Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in to duty at the Tupou College Chapel in Toloa today, 29 August 2025.

An informal educational program for young adults, called ‘Family Life Education Out of School’ was launched in Nuku'alofa today, 25 July 2025. The program delivered by the Talitha Project in partnership with UNFPA, aims to help young people learn how to make better decisions.

A new ‘Digital Public Infrastructure’ system was launched by the Tongan Government, yesterday, 29 May in Tongatapu. The new system will make public services easier and faster to access by Tongan citizens.

The Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS) celebrated World Red Cross Day with a special event held at their headquarters today, 8 May, in Nuku'alofa. HSH Prince Tungi Tuku'aho was the guest of honour.

“If you are literate in technology, especially digital technology, you are looking at a better future,” the Deputy PM Hon. Taniela Fusimalohi, said in opening the second Tonga National ICT Expo 2025 today, at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku’alofa, hosted and funded by Tonga Women in ICT (TWICT) and the Australian Government.

A ‘Safe Boating Awareness Program’, was launched by the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon. Winston Peters, during his one-day visit to Tongatapu on Friday, 11 April. The new program highlights the importance of maritime safety, ‘Mateuteu keke hao’ or

Tonga and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have collaborated on a new flagship initiative, the Tonga Sustainable Economic Corridors and Urban Resilience Enhancement (Tonga SECURE) project, focusing on economic corridors and climate resilience for Tongatapu.

It is essential for the Government to secure its own financial resources in order to strengthen long-term development capacity, Japan's Ambassador to Tonga, HE Inagaki Hisao, told the National Development Summit on Friday. Panelists from the diplomatic corps of New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and China in Tonga talked about Collaboration and Partnership, duringt the final session of the summit on 21 March, at the Fa’onelua Convention Center in Nuku'alofa.

Tonga's new multi-million Parliament complex will be built on the Lakalakaimonu Estate within the Tufumahina Royal Estate in Pea, Tongatapu, and is set to be completed in 2027, a stakeholder consultation for the Environmental Impact Assessment was told last week.