Results for Pacific Islands

Senior electoral officials, including Tonga's, attended the region's administrators network in Nadi from 2-4 May, the first time they have met since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pacific Community’s (SPC) Polynesia Regional Office opened on 27 April in Nuku'alofa to serve as a hub to enhance support for Polynesian member countries.

Tongan students met the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni and her delegation, during a program to create climate change awareness, held at the Falemasiva Hall, Tailulu College, Tongatapu. This was after a NZ$30 million partnership to boost and accelerate climate action across the Pacific, was announced yesterday, 20 April.

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Carmel Sepuloni arrived in Tonga this evening, 19 April on the last leg of a Pacific Mission, that first visited Solomon Islands and Fiji.

Young entrepreneur, Arthur Cocker of Defiant Robotics, showcased his first robot today in a demonstration for Tonga Power Limited and other parties interested in the bot fully manufactured in Tonga using 3D printing technology. This one is designed to clean solar panels.

The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study. A 15-megaton volcanic explosion from Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai generated a mega-tsunami with waves up to 85 meters (279 feet) high one minute after the explosion of "Blast 5", and hitting Tonga's coastlines up to 45-meters high (148 feet) at Tofua Island and waves up to 17 meters (56 feet) on Tongatapu. A new simulation in the study led by scientists at the University of Miami and the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation also suggests that the eruption location relative to urban centers saved Tonga from a worse outcome.

Pacific Education Ministers are meeting for the first time in Auckland from 20-22 March to share knowledge and good practices, identify areas of action and explore innovative approaches that member countries can adopt to develop education systems in the region.

The Government of Tonga contributed $100,000 towards the Government of Vanuatu’s response to the aftermath of Severe Tropical Cyclone Judy and Kevin.

The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha, Qatar ended today with member states committing to measures to deliver on the Doha Programme of Action. Under the theme ‘From Potential to Prosperity’ the Conference brought together Heads of State, governments, civil society organizations, entrepreneurs, students, youth and policy makers. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, led Tonga's delegation