Nukuleka, a small fishing village on the northern shores of eastern Tongatapu, at the entrance to the Fanga'uta Lagoon, has been identified by a Canadian archaeologist, Professor David V. Burley, as the cradle of Polynesia.
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Monday 7 January 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Thursday 22 November 2007
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Manila, Philippines
The Asian Development Bank ADB and the governments of Japan and Australia are providing $88 million in financing to support the development of Samoa's power sector.

Tuesday 20 November 2007
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Suva, Fiji
Transparency International Fiji is calling the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd to make public its recruitment process in the appointment of the new FBCL CEO, Mr. Riyaz Saiyad Khaiyum.

Tuesday 20 November 2007
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Sydney, Australia
The Japanese Whaling fleet left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan on Sunday the 18 November for the Antarctic to kill over 1000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary under the guise of 'scientific' whaling.

Sunday 18 November 2007
Apia, Samoa
Visitors to American Samoa for the 2008 Pacific Festival of Arts should not expect to be able to hire or use four-wheel drives or pick-up trucks. with the American Samoa Government putting a tight leash on the importation of vehicles that emit ozone-depleting substances that contribute to global warming and climate change.
Thursday 15 November 2007
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Apia, Samoa
Tonga will host the 6th Pacific Community Conference, to be held in 2009, with the hope of drawing attention to the needs of the island kingdom.

Wednesday 14 November 2007
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Apia, Samoa
One highlight event of the 5th Pacific Community Conference ... also being referred to as the 60th Anniversary Conference ... is the launch of a commemorative book marking 60 years of service to Pacific Island peoples by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).

Tuesday 13 November 2007
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
RAMSI Assistant Special Coordinator, Mataiasi Lomaloma has held talks with chiefs, leaders and the community in Manakwai Village, North Malaita, after Tongan soldiers were alleged to have assaulted youths from Manakwai.

Wednesday 7 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The judiciary in the Pacific Region has remained independent and its integrity unassailable, HM King George Tupou V told Pacific judges, in opening the 17th Pacific Judicial Conference at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre in Nuku'alofa this morning.

Monday 5 November 2007
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Suva, Fiji
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has announced the appointment of Matai Akauola, News Director of the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Limited (FBCL) as its new Manager and Training Co-ordinator.

Friday 2 November 2007
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
RAMSI's military contingent is conducting an investigation into events last week involving a platoon of Tongan soldiers on patrol in North Malaita.

Thursday 25 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand's biggest apple production company, Mr Apples Farm Ltd., will be recruiting 248 Tongan workers under the Recognized Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme.

Monday 22 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When Commodore Bainimarama, the Interim Prime Minister of Fiji, announced in Neiafu, Vava'u, on October 17 that Fiji will have a Parliamentary Election early in 2009, it was welcomed by Pacific Islands leaders who gave him their overwhelming support- but not the leaders of Australia and New Zealand, he explains in an interview in Tonga. By Pesi Fonua

Wednesday 17 October 2007
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Neiafu, Vava'u
The Republic of Fiji will hold a Parliamentary Election during the first quarter of 2009, Commodore Frank Bainimarama told Pacific Forum leaders in Neiafu, Vava'u this morning.

Wednesday 17 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders are on retreat at Neiafu, Vava'u today.

Tuesday 16 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement, Jonah Lomu and the Whale Pacific Strategy, and the Regional Information Technology may have very little in common, but after a cocktail that was hosted by the Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat Greg Urwin last night, they appeared to have all agreed, that it was a good evening out.

Tuesday 16 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The European Union EU will give a grant of 43 Million Euros to 13 Forum Island Countries on Thursday, October 18, after they sign the Country Strategy Papers, the European Commission Director General for Development, Stefano Manservisi told Pacific Leaders in Nuku'alofa yesterday, October 15.

Monday 15 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An unhealthy life-style in the Small Island States of the Pacific is a problem of the greatest concern to SIS leaders, the Prime Minister of Niue, Mr Young Vivian, told a Press Conference in Nuku'alofa this afternoon.

Monday 15 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The situations in Fiji and in the Solomon Islands are two of the main issues that will be discussed in the Forum Island Leaders Meeting opening tomorrow, October 16, in Nuku'alofa.

Friday 12 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
About a hundred Civil Society members from around the Pacific region are in Nuku'alofa to seek a Sustainable Pacific Community, by participating in the Regional Civil Society Organisation Forum opening today.
