By Linny Folau The Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme to New Zealand (RSE) for the Pacific Islands, including Tongan fruit pickers, has worked well for both the various islands and New Zealand, the Minister of Immigration Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman said today.
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Thursday 24 June 2010
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Wellington,New Zealand

Tuesday 22 June 2010
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Wellington,New Zealand
By Linny Folau Tonga's National Rugby Team the Ikale Tahi has been given an opportunity to be the first to showcase to the world the Pacific flavour of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after being selected to play against the New Zealand All Blacks in the opening match on September 9.

Tuesday 22 June 2010
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Wellington,New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand. Exposing Pacific Journalists to how New Zealand is involved in the Pacific and its relationship with the islands is one of the aims of a five-day Pacific Media Exchange Program being held in Wellington and Auckland for three journalists from Samoa, Cook Islands and Tonga.

Thursday 6 May 2010
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Auckland, New Zealand
Thirteen Tongans graduated from the Theological Laidlaw College in Auckland, New Zealand on April 10.

Tuesday 13 April 2010
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Auckland, New Zealand
A sight not seen for hundreds of years greeted boaties on Aucklands Waitemata Harbour on Sunday, April 11 when four traditional vaka sailed in an inner harbour regatta.

Monday 20 July 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday 8 July 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The New Zealand Prime Minister Hon. John Key marked his first visit to the Kingdom by announcing an increase in New Zealand aid to Tonga from $12 million to $16 million during the 2009-10 financial year, and it will go up again by $2 million during the 2011-12 financial year.

Wednesday 20 May 2009
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Wellington, New Zealand
The Tongan Prime Minister's first official visit to New Zealand was unusual in that the welcoming ceremony did not take place when he arrived in Wellington on May 13 but just before he left Wellington yesterday afternoon, May 19.

Tuesday 19 May 2009
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Wellington, New Zealand
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele commented on Tonga's warm diplomatic relationship with New Zealand, the political reform process in Tonga and its stance on the Fijian political upheaval when he spoke at Victoria University on the evening of May 18.

Tuesday 19 May 2009
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Napier,New Zealand
A visit by the Tongan Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele to Mr Apple's Blyth Orchard at Napier, New Zealand on Sunday, May 17 was an inspiration to the 65 Tongan workers who work at the orchard under the Recognised Seasonal Employers (RSE) scheme.

Tuesday 19 May 2009
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Christchurch, New Zealand
The Tongan community in Christchurch welcomed the Tongan Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele with a community luncheon on Saturday May 16 at the end of a two days visit to the city. Photos by Pesi Fonua.

Saturday 16 May 2009
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Christchurch, New Zealand
It was a walk down memory lane for Tonga's Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele when he revisited his old school St Bede's College in Christchurch, on May 15 during a week long tour of New Zealand.

Thursday 14 May 2009
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Wellington, New Zealand
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele arrived in New Zealand yesterday, May 13 at the start of week-long visit during which he will meet the New Zealand Prime Minister Hon. John Key in Wellington next week, and also give two addresses at New Zealand universities.

Tuesday 12 May 2009
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New Zealand
The Pacific Cooperation Foundation PCF is pleased to announce Tonga's Prime Minister, the Hon Dr Feleti Sevele, will give the 2009 Annual Pacific Address in Christchurch (14 May 2009) and Wellington (18 May 2009).

Friday 6 February 2009
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Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand celebrates 169 years of partnership between its indigenous Maori people and European settlers Friday with relations between the races in a better state than they have been for years. By David Barber

Wednesday 28 January 2009
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Auckland, New Zealand
A Tongan family in New Zealand is mourning the loss of teenager Halatau Naitoko (17), a courier driver, who was accidentally shot dead by a police officer on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway on Friday January 23.

Wednesday 29 October 2008
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Labour is promising to work on getting a free-to-air Pacific Island television channel up and running in New Zealand if it wins the election - a prospect that major broadcasters have been investigating for some time. By Paula Oliver

Thursday 21 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Dianne Sika-Paotonu, a Tongan PhD student in New Zealand has won a top health research award for her work on finding a cure for cancer.

Friday 15 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A TONGA Coronation Fellowship was the New Zealand government's coronation gift for Tonga.

Monday 14 April 2008
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Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's solicitor-general is prosecuting The Dominion Post's owner and editor for publishing conversations secretly recorded by police during terror investigations.
