Tonga will host the next Pacific Community (SPC) Governing Meeting and 14th Ministerial Conference in Nuku’alofa, from 13-17 October.
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Tuesday 16 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 15 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fifteen Pacific Islands Forum member countries in Solomon Islands last week co-signed an agreement to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) which will be headquartered in Tonga.
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Monday 15 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum declared the Blue Pacific Continent as an Ocean of Peace, in a ceremonial side event hosted by the Prime Minister of Fiji, Hon Sitiveni Rabuka on the margin of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meetings in Honiara. The Ocean of Peace Declaration creates a shared regional vision for a peaceful, secure, and cohesive Blue Pacific.
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Wednesday 10 September 2025
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
“While we welcome partnerships that respect our sovereignty and priorities, we must remain vigilant,” the outgoing chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Hon. Dr. ‘Aisake Valu Eke, told Pacific leaders at the opening ceremony of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leader’s Meeting (54PIFLM) on Monday, 8 September in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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Tuesday 9 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
At its 14th meeting in Honiara yesterday, the Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) agreed for Tonga to chair the Polynesian Leaders Meeting which will reconvene in the next Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Palau in 2026.
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Monday 8 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) officially opened today, 8 September, at the Stadium, Sports City in the Solomon Islands, after Tonga’s Prime Minister and Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Hon. Dr ‘Aisake Valu Eke and other forum leaders arrived in Honiara on Saturday, on a special Royal New Zealand Air Force Flight (RNZAF) from Whenuapai, New Zealand.
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Wednesday 3 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM King Tupou VI was appointed as the 32nd Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, for a one year term from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026.
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Tuesday 2 September 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A press release issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Friday, 29 August, was reissued today to media outlets, after it removed its references to Taiwan and China.
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Tuesday 19 August 2025
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An ocean research team from Australia led by Chief Scientist Associate, Professor Rebecca Carey, arrives in Tonga tomorrow on the research vessel, RV Investigator, to conduct a 54-day study of the eruption, aftermath and ecosystem recovery following the 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HTHH) volcano.
Friday 15 August 2025
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Suva, Fiji
Tonga's Minister for Foreign Affairs, HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala chaired the 2025 Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat yesterday, 14 August in Suva, Fiji.
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Friday 15 August 2025
Suva, Fiji
A Pacific Tourism Research Institute (PTRI) was jointly established by South Pacific Tourism Organisation and the University of the South Pacific. The institute aims to enhance the skills of graduates and ensure that tourism development in the Pacific is sustainable, culturally grounded and community-driven.
Monday 28 July 2025
Alofi, Niue
After 20 years of negotiations, Fisheries Ministers unanimously endorsed the agreement on proportional allocation of South Pacific Albacore (SPA) among FFA Members, during the 24th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial in Niue last week.
Thursday 17 July 2025
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Auckland, New Zealand
Tongan researchers, Dr. Jean M Uasike Allen (Pacific Youth) and Dr. Siobhan Tu’akoi (Pacific Health), were recognized at the 2025 Te Taumata Rangahau Celebrating Research Excellence Awards, celebrating the important role of research at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
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Tuesday 15 July 2025
Suva, Fiji
Senior Pacific political leaders have called for urgent regional unity, a stronger homegrown security framework, and peace rooted in Pacific values during the first session of the 2025 Pacific Regional and National Security Conference being held in Suva from 14-16 July 2025.
Tuesday 15 July 2025
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Suva, Fiji
Pacific representatives have called for urgent reform to climate finance and regional cooperation at a high-level panel on climate security on day one of the 2025 Pacific Regional and National Security Conference, being held in Suva, Fiji from 14-16 July.
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Friday 11 July 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is officially supporting the ban of landmines by adopting the Anti-Personnel Mines Ban Convention and becoming a new state party member of the Mine Ban Convention.
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Wednesday 25 June 2025
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Sydney, Australia
Pacific governments can improve the performance of their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and reduce fiscal risks by implementing clearer and more consistent government ownership and oversight arrangements, according to a policy brief published on 24 June by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI).
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Wednesday 18 June 2025
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Suva, Fiji
The Women in Media (WiM) Fiji inaugural media conference this week in Suva, is bringing together participants from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Niue, and Kiribati.
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Tuesday 17 June 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is hosting the 27th Pacific Immigration Development Community (PIDC) annual conference, officially opened today, 17 June, by HRH Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala at the Fa’onelua Convention Center in Nuku'alofa. Tonga last hosted the PIDC conference 22 years ago, in 2003.
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Saturday 14 June 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
To fight a growing problem of organised crime in the region, a Pacific Anti-Corruption Strategy is urgently needed, says a new report, that suggests New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific countries work together. Tonga gets multiple mentions in the report, released this week by a New Zealand Ministerial Advisory Group on Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime.
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