Australia as a development partner, would continue to support the directions Tonga sets to achieve sustainable inclusive growth, said HE Mr Brett Aldam during Australia Day celebrations marked on 26 January, in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 28 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 11 December 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 82nd birthday of the Emperor of Japan Akihito was celebrated in Tonga with a reception hosted by the Japanese Ambassador, HE Mr Yukio Numata on 10 December at his residence in ‘Anana.
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Friday 27 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Former Prime Minister Lord Sevele will lead a Commonwealth Observers Group to the Seychelles Presidential Election that will be held on December 3-5.
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Tuesday 24 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan citizens will now benefit with a short-stay visa free travel to European Countries (EU) after a Schengen Visa Waiver Agreement was signed on 20 November in Brussels.
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Tuesday 3 November 2015
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Washington DC, USA
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States of America, I send my sincerest congratulations to the Kingdom of Tonga on your National Day on November 4th.
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Friday 23 October 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga, for the first time, planned to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) and the 16th anniversary for Tonga’s membership of the United Nations, which it joined in 1999, with an event at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre today. Officially, UN day is 24 October.
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Wednesday 30 September 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 66th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China PRC was celebrated yesterday evening, 29 September at the Kahana Resort in Nuku'alofa, attended by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala and Crown Princess Sinaitakala.
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Wednesday 1 July 2015
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Wellington, New Zealand
The British High Commissioner to Tonga, HE Mr Roderick Drummond, and Lord Simon Glenarthur of Carlung will represent the United Kingdom at the Coronation of Tupou VI on July 4.
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Tuesday 30 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirty vehicles from the Chinese Government were handed over to Tonga for the Coronation celebration of HM King Tupou VI on 27 June.
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Thursday 18 June 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HE Sarah Maree Wong Walsh has started as New Zealand's new High Commissioner to Tonga after arriving on Saturday, 13 June.
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Wednesday 27 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HE Mr David Vogelsanger, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Tonga visited the Tonga Red Cross Office in Nuku’alofa on Wednesday, 27 May.
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Tuesday 19 May 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva is visiting in Japan to attend the Seventh Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM7) on May 21-23 in Iwaki City.
Thursday 7 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HE Mr Yukio Numata (63) is Japan's new Ambassador to Tonga who began at the Embassy of Japan in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, 6 May.
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Wednesday 6 May 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A celebration by the Kolovai-Australia community was held in Sydney on Friday 24 April, in preparation for the coronation celebration on 4 July.
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Monday 27 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
US Ambassador, HE Judith Beth Cefkin, looks to further strengthen cooperation with Tonga placing great importance on the issue of climate change, she said during a visit to Nuku‘alofa last week.
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Sunday 26 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Next year Tonga and Germany will mark 140 years of their diplomatic relationship that was established in October 1876, said HE Dr Anne-Marie Schleich, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany who made her first visit to Tonga last week.
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Sunday 19 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has encouraged the Tongan government “to start taking concrete steps for implementing CEDAW,” the Tonga Prime Minister's Office said in a statement last week.
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Thursday 9 April 2015
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Canberra, Australia
On a visit to Thailand recently Tonga’s Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku‘aho fed cows and fish at a self-sustainable enterprise called the Chitralada Royal Project.
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Friday 3 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Australian Foreign Minister, Hon Julie Bishop on her first official visit to Tonga today, met the Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva and his Cabinet and discussed Tonga’s economic and political reform agenda. 'Akilisi said his government would continue to support New Zealand and Australia as members of the Forum.
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Friday 20 February 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane arrived in Tonga today to further strengthen relations between Tonga and Japan.
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