Tongan seasonal workers under the New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employers program are affected by the NZ immigration minister's recent decision to hold Tongan visa applications that require police clearances. A first group of 35 workers who were due to leave for New Zealand on Monday remain on stand-by in Nuku'alofa. Another 120 workers who are scheduled to leave over the next two weeks in the height of the harvest season will also be affected by the new rule.
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Wednesday 20 February 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 19 February 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand's immigration minister has put an immediate hold on Tongan visa applications that require a police clearance, expressing his serious concern over incorrect declarations.
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Monday 18 February 2013
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Suva, Fiji
Australian researchers from Queensland University’s “Pacific Agricultural Research for Development Initiative (PARDI)” are leading a vegetable research project know as PGS (Participatory Guarantee Systems) in Fiji and the Solomon Islands to help identify ways to strengthen food production and manufacture in the region.
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Wednesday 13 February 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is calling on Peoples from all Pacific Islands to report information from tagged turtles to their National Environment or Fisheries Department.
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Monday 11 February 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An e-commerce project that started offering free online booking development to small-medium sized accommodation businesses in Tonga two years ago is now in full swing across 11 Pacific Islands.
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Thursday 7 February 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Reports out of the Solomon Islands in the last few hours have reported nine deaths so far, in the aftermath of yesterday’s tsunami, with hundreds of homes destroyed on the island of Santa Cruz in the Eastern province of Temotu.
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Wednesday 6 February 2013
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Suva, Fiji
Multi-million grants from Australia and New Zealand were handed over to the Vice-Chancellor and President of the USP, Professor Rajesh Chandra at the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, Suva on 30 January.
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Wednesday 23 January 2013
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Suva, Fiji:
The recurrence of abundant “seaweed blooms” are a growing concern on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji as beaches become increasingly affected with the algae. A Pacific-wide discussion by internet forum is underway this month, January 2013, to find out how far this problem extends across Pacific communities to help determine if it is caused by climate change.
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Tuesday 22 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is among five Pacific nations to adopt a Pilot Catastrophe Risk Insurance Program that was launched in Sydney, Australia on 18 January.
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Friday 30 November 2012
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Apia, Samoa
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Mr Pascal Lamy and the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday in Apia, Samoa. – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
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Friday 9 November 2012
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Kanokupolu, Tonga
A group of 15 new US Peace Corps volunteers for Tonga were sworn in today, November 9, by the US Ambassador to Tonga HE Frankie Reed, at the Vakaloa Beach Resort in Kanokupolu. Peace Corps also announced that its country directors in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji are to be replaced by a a Regional Director.
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Thursday 8 November 2012
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Auckland, New Zealand
Industry leaders from across the Pacific and New Zealand are set to come together on 14th November for a one-day fisheries forum to discuss partnership opportunities for the future in an increasingly competitive region.
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Thursday 8 November 2012
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Wellington, New Zealand:
The injured crew of a yacht that rolled in 10m seas between New Zealand and Tonga are awaiting rescue after activating their emergency beacon at around 6.30pm yesterday (7 November).
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Wednesday 31 October 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Meeting in Tonga today, the council of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office discussed issues relating to the safety of aviation in its 13 member states and also looked for sustainable ways to finance its operations in the future.
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Friday 26 October 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The sight of the Hine Moana kalia in full sail, entering the Nuku'alofa harbour on Wednesday, 24 October, was a reminder of Tonga's seafaring past. The Hine Moana, with its Tongan woman skipper, 'Aunofo Havea Satuala, and a 13-members crew, stopped-over in Nuku'alofa for five days on their way to New Zealand.
Wednesday 24 October 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Australian National Rugby League players are visiting Tonga together with the Australian Federal Police to conduct a three-day Cyber Safety Pasifika program, aimed to educate and raise public awareness among the community, particularly school children, on the risks and danger involving the internet.
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Friday 19 October 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has been awarded the right to host the 2019 Pacific Games by the General Assembly in Wallis & Futuna this evening, 19 October, 2012.
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Wednesday 5 September 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
While the Pacific Forum Leaders last week reaffirmed their offer to support Fiji's early return to democracy and the progress made towards an election in September 2014, Fiji has made new friends and established ties with North Korea and Iran in the Non Aligned Movement.
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Sunday 26 August 2012
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London, United Kingdom
The growth of vibrant economies and stable societies among Pacific island countries is at the heart of the Pacific Plan. It is a collective ambition that can be realised when heads come together in Rarotonga to add stimulus to the momentum for progress that the peoples of the Pacific richly deserve.
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Thursday 23 August 2012
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Sydney, Australia:
The Pacific Ocean faces threats from over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Annually more than 786,000 tonnes of fish are illegally taken from the Pacific and its tuna fisheries are in danger of being over exploited. “The Pacific Ocean unites all the countries in the region,” said Marea Hatziolos, Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist for the World Bank. “Tremendous progress has been achieved regionally in fisheries agreements and conservation, but the battle is not yet won. This is a timely focus, at a critical juncture for Pacific Island populations.”
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