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Friday 10 November 2023
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Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Ahead of the signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku met with the Secretary General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) HE Mr. Georges Rebelo Chikoti, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The Samoa Agreement to be signed by the European Union and its Member States, and the 79 Member States of OACPS, on 15 November 2023 in Samoa, is the first comprehensive partnership agreement between the OACPS and EU to be signed in the Pacific.
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Thursday 9 November 2023

Wellington, New Zealand
The latest deployment of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon to a multinational fisheries operation has identified 74 fishing vessels in a vast search area in the EEZs of 14 Pacific Islands countries, including Tonga.
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Wednesday 8 November 2023
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Rarotonga, Cook Islands
The impacts of sea level rise and climate events on development were a common concern for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) attending the 52nd Pacific Leaders Meeting in the Cook Islands this week. Attending the Forum is HE Mr Dennis Francis, the new President of the UN General Assembly, who held a bilateral meeting with Tonga's Prime Minister on important issues for Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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Tuesday 7 November 2023

Honiara, Solomon Islands
A new website launched by the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) yesterday, 6 November, 2023, will help stakeholders and the public to actively engage with FFA initiatives, “fostering a greater understanding of the challenges and successes in the Pacific region,” said FFA Director General, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen.
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Sunday 5 November 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's delegation, led by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, arrived in the Cook Islands on 3 November for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum meeting to be held from 6-10 November. The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and climate change is high on the agenda. The Forum Secretary General Henry Puna said that the Pacific priorities and messages would be taken to the annual COP negotiations in UAE at the end of November.
Wednesday 25 October 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is expecting up to three tropical cyclones, including at least one severe tropical cyclone for the 2023-24 cyclone season, Tonga Meteorological Services warned today. Most tropical cyclones occur in Tonga between January and March.
Tuesday 24 October 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New research by a group of atmospheric specialists showed that the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcanic eruption caused a massive loss to the ozone layer (O3), in a result never seen before.
Friday 20 October 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Aiyaz Mohammed Musa Umarji owned a chain of pharmacies, in three Pacific countries, held influential roles, and made generous donations to political parties. He’s now in prison for drug importing but a joint investigation by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and local media, released today, has found a far murkier story. By: Aubrey Belford, Stevan Dojcinovic, Jared Savage and Kelvin Anthony.
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Friday 13 October 2023

Wellington, New Zealand
A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon crew has found three Fijian fishers, nine days after they were reported missing aboard their 8.5-metre wooden fishing boat.
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Thursday 12 October 2023
Fij's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka welcomed the safe return home of 198 Fijians who were in Jerusalem when war broke out between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza border. They were given a traditional welcome at Nadi International Airport this morning, 12 October, when they arrived on a Fiji Airways flight that had flown them from Tel Aviv.
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Friday 29 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pacific leaders attended the second U.S.-PIF Summit in Washington this week on the invitation of President Joe Biden, who pledged to work with Congress to provide $200 million in funding for the region. Tonga's Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that the United States is also dedicated to working together with the Pacific region to support the successful delivery and implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent (2050 Strategy).
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Tuesday 26 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An El Niño has been officially declared for Tonga today, by the Tonga Meteorology Department, meaning that the Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean is now warmer than usual, expecting warmer temperatures, less rainfall, and a more active cyclone season.
Friday 22 September 2023
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New York, USA
Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku co-chaired a high-level leaders meeting with the President of Palau Hon. Surangel S. Whipps Jr, and CEO and President of Bezos Earth Fund Dr. Andrew Steer, in New York on 19 September, in a discussion to unlock Blue Pacific Prosperity.
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Wednesday 20 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ministry of Fisheries has completed Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) training from 22-24 August, at the Tanoa Hotel, Nuku’alofa, aimed for officers to apply principles of gender equity and social inclusion in coastal fisheries management.
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Wednesday 20 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hon. Hu'akavameiliku is leading Tonga’s delegation to a UN High-level meeting, today, 19 September, in New York City. The 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly’s general debate (UNGA 78), was opened by the UNGA President, Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Tuesday 19 September 2023
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New York, USA
Tonga’s Prime Minister, Hon. Hu‘akavameiliku, in a bilateral meeting with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres on 17 September, discussed climate change and the oceans, and the upcoming COP28, among core development issues for Small Island Developing States. The PM also had a bilateral meeting with the President of Estonia, Hon. Mr. Alar Karis.
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Thursday 14 September 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is hosting an international meeting this week in Nuku'alofa to discuss tsunami warnings in the Pacific. The 46 member states of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) are meeting at the Fa'onelua Convention Center.
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Monday 11 September 2023

Apia, Samoa
Samoa Arrangements for Labour Mobility in the Pacific Islands will be discussed by representatives from nine countries at a four-day regional workshop on ‘Movement of Natural Persons and Labour Mobility’ starting in Apia, Samoa, today, 11 September 2023.
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Friday 1 September 2023

Suva, Fiji
Solomon Islands Governor General, Honourable Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi, was installed today as the 30th Chancellor of The University of the South Pacific (USP) during the Laucala Campus graduation ceremony held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji.
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Friday 1 September 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Meeting in Nuku'alofa this week, representatives of four countries, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, have engaged in a planning consultation process for the Pacific’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
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