Results for Development

An assessment team for the Nationwide Early Warning System (NEWS) from Japan are in Nuku'alofa for a final check up of their project.

Six community groups on Tongatapu, ‘Eua and Vava’u  will receive assistance for their projects, under agreements signed by Tonga Offshore Mining Limited on 28 June.

Research Economist, Saleema Razvi, from the Copenhagen Consensus Center, visited Nuku’alofa this week, working on an independent report that will help Government set priorities and choose the best development projects to fund or invest in.

The Pacific-Australia Youth Association will hold its second Youth Leadership Summit on 20-24 November in Nuku’alofa Tonga.

Mele Aleamotua and George Cocker travelled to the U.S. as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)'s Early Childhood program and  the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development program.

An additional AUD8.5 million ($13.2 million pa’anga) in further budget support to support economic recovery and fiscal resilience in Tonga was committed today by the Australian Government. The brings the total of Australian direct budget support to Tonga to more than AUD45 million ($70 million pa'anga) this financial year.

The CEO of the Mainstreaming of Rural Development Innovation (MORDI) Tonga Trust, Soane Patolo, was awarded the Lincoln Alumni International Medal 2023 on 12 May in Christchurch.

A planned multi-purpose packhouse facility for root crops will serve as a processing and packing facility for both frozen and fresh produce in the Eastern District of Tongatapu, to be built under a partnership agreement between a Tongan export business Lotopoha Export Trading and the Pacific Horticulture and Agricultural Market Access Plus Program (PHAMA Plus).

The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Tonga and Trustwave hosted a three-days training for IT personnel from Internet Service Providers, Tonga Police and the Prime Minister’s Office on 23-24 March.