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Thursday 1 August 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Royal Agricultural Shows for Tonga’s two northern outer islands of Niuatoputapu and Niuafo’ou will be held this month after an eight-year lapse. King Tupou VI will be the guest of honour starting in Niuatoputapu on August 7 and Niuafo’ou on August 8, and continuing throughout all of Tonga island groups.
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Thursday 11 July 2013
Neiafu, Vava'u
Free medical services are being provided this week to some of Tonga’s isolated islands through a floating health care clinic, under the Sea Mercy programme .
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Friday 31 May 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three of six fishermen who went diving off Hakaufasi Reef in Vava'u have been missing since Wednesday, May 29 after they failed to return to their boat after their dive.
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Tuesday 14 May 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A beautiful picture of Tonga's 'Eua Island seen from space on a clear day was posted by astronaut Chris Hadfield in his twitter account recently.
Monday 28 January 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Construction of a $180,000 terminal facility for the MV 'Otuanga'ofa at the Halaevalu Wharf, Neiafu, Vava'u was begun by the Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano with a ground-breaking ceremony on 24 January.
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Tuesday 22 January 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In a shock email sent from his iPad yesterday, Tonga's Deputy Prime Minister, Samiu Vaipulu, has told the Vava'u Business Chamber he would like to see their members' tax returns for the last five years, before he will talk about their serious concerns over the withdrawal of Chathams Pacific domestic airline service.
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Thursday 13 December 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Vaipua Bridge which provides a vital short cut to Neiafu for the people living in the western district of Vava'u will be opened on Friday 14 December by Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala.
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Tuesday 4 December 2012

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
TEN YEARS AGO IN DECEMBER 2012: In Niuatoputapu on Saturday December 1, 2012, Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Tu'ivakano handed over 34 new houses for the people of Niuatoputapu who lost their homes during the tsunami that followed the Great Samoa-Tonga Earthquakes of 29-30 September 2009. Supported by the World Bank, a total of 73 new houses were constructed as part of the Post-Tsunami Reconstruction Project,
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Foa, Ha'apai
A baby whale, found stranded on the beach at Nuku Namu Island in Ha'apai on Friday, September 14, was rescued and released into the high tide after an eight-hour effort by the owners and guests at the Matafonua Lodge and local Tongans.
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Tuesday 14 August 2012
Tofua, Ha'apai
A wild boar chase by kava growers living on Tonga's volcanic island of Tofua yesterday may have led to the cancellation of an international flight to Tonga today, after smoke was spotted near the island and mistaken for a volcanic eruption
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Saturday 11 August 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Ha'apai divers who have sighted the remains of an old ship wreck in Tonga's Ha'apai islands could not confirm yesterday whether or not the age of the wreck had been identified by experts in Britain, but they believe that it might be the Port au Prince.
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Wednesday 27 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A search and recovery operation has ended after a coastal search of inhabited and uninhabited islands in the south west of Vava'u, failed to locate two Australian sailors who remain remain missing after their yacht Navillus was wrecked off Late Island two weeks ago, the Tonga Police said today.
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Wednesday 20 June 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After a difficult landing on Late Island yesterday, a nine man Tongan search party is returning home this afternoon after conducting a land search for two Australian sailors who remain missing after their yacht Navillus was wrecked off the island on Thursday night last week.
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Monday 18 June 2012
Neiafu, Vava'u
Heavy swells and uncertainties over fuel has kept search vessels in port today, but a search for two missing sailors in Vava'u is expected to resume tomorrow, Tuesday. Photos by Bonny Stansel.
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Monday 18 June 2012
Australia.
I am the partner of one of the missing sailors. I want anyone concerned with the search to know that the cost of fuel for the search must not be an impediment to the search continuing. I will raise the money to pay, I pledge that sincerely. I want my beloved to come home. I am beside myself with grief and fear of losing him. - Sue Love
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Monday 18 June 2012
Neiafu, Vava'u
While a search for two missing yachtsmen has stalled in Vava'u, Tonga, today, Sunday, searchers still held out a glimmer of hope that the men may have reached the rugged coastline of the uninhabited Late Island where their yacht "Navillus" was reportedly "shredded" after becoming grounded on Thursday night.
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Saturday 16 June 2012
Neiafu, Vava'u
Debris with the name of a missing yacht was found in Tongan waters this morning according to marine-radio reports coming from boats searching waters around Late, a small isolated volcanic island, south west of Vava'u, Tonga.
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Thursday 12 April 2012
'Ohonua, 'Eua
The MV Manui, a three-tones cargo vessel rolled over on its side at the Nafanua Harbour, 'Eua at mid-day yesterday, 11 April.
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
JAPAN has committed a US$500,000 technical assistance grant through the Asian Development Bank to fund preparation work to design the Outer Island Renewable Energy Project for the construction of solar plants in the outer islands of Ha'apai, 'Eua and the two Niuas.
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Chathams Pacific DC3 flight to Niuatoputapu this morning marks the restoration of an air service to the isolated far north of Tonga.
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