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HM King Tupou VI opened the first Royal Agricultural Show 2013 at the Matangimalie Grounds at Hihifo, Niuatoputapu on Wednesday, August 7, followed by the Niuafo’ou Agricultural Show today, and will continue to tour all of Tonga’s outer islands. Photos courtesy Niuatoputapu High School

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 .

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.

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.

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,

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

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.

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.

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.