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Tuesday 18 April 2023
Three men

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Visiting Tonga yesterday, a team from Japan held an information session at the Tanoa Dateline Hotel, about a project that will provide job opportunities in Japan for Tongan youth that are seeking stable employment.
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Sunday 16 April 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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.
Wednesday 12 April 2023
BYU

Honolulu, Hawaii
HRH Princess Angelika, was welcomed on her arrival at the Brigham Young University–Hawaii campus on Tuesday, 4 April 2023, where she intends to conduct research in the Joseph F. Smith Library's Pacific Islands Research Room.
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Wednesday 22 March 2023

Auckland, New Zealand
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.
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Tuesday 21 March 2023
Stephen Twigg

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Parliamentary representatives from Tonga, Fiji, Tuvalu and Niue gathered in Nuku'alofa this morning for the opening of a three days seminar to examine the core elements of democratic governance, understand their roles and to build their capacity as parliamentarians.
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Monday 20 March 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government of Tonga contributed $100,000 towards the Government of Vanuatu’s response to the aftermath of Severe Tropical Cyclone Judy and Kevin.
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Tuesday 14 March 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Lauan chief, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, returned to Fiji last week. The former senior officer of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces had spent almost 12-years in exile in Tonga. After fleeing Fiji, he was controversially "rescued at sea" by the Royal Tongan Navy in 2011.
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Friday 10 March 2023

Doha, Qatar
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
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Friday 10 March 2023
Patangata

Manila, Philippines
USD$38 million in contingent disaster financing has been approved to help Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga respond to disasters caused by natural hazards and health emergencies from the Asian Development Bank.
Thursday 9 March 2023

Doha, Qatar
Climate change is our greatest security threat, Tonga's Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, told the Least Developed Countries meeting, in Doha, Qatar, on 6 March, when he delivered Tonga's national statement.
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Tuesday 7 March 2023

Suva, Fiji
UNICEF is concerned for thousands of children in outer islands following Vanuatu twin cyclones, Judy and Kevin. Children in the worst affected provinces of Tafea and Shefa in particular, need urgent help to recover, UNICEF stated on 6 March.
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Group photo

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga joined over 600 representatives at the 8th Our Ocean Conference aimed at finding sustainable solutions for a healthy ocean, from 2-3 March in Panama City.
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Thursday 2 March 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The high cost of tuition fees for Pacific university students and the critical importance of reciprocal visa waivers for the people of Forum member countries, were among issues raised by the Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku with Pacific Leaders, during his four-day visit to Fiji last week to attend the 2023 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Special Retreat.
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Friday 24 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two young business graduates, Fai’ana Fukofuka and Arthur Cocker, have each won USD 5,000 seed grants, for their ventures as “Greenpreneurs” in Tonga.
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Friday 24 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pacific island leaders arrived in Fiji on Thursday for a two-day meeting 23-24 February in Nadi. Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and chair of the Pacific Islands Forum at the opening dinner last night, 23 February called for a renewal of their collective commitment and common interests, as one Forum family “whose future is dependent on the one ocean, that we all share.”
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Friday 24 February 2023
Penny Wong

Canberra, Australia
A new Pacific Engagement Visa will allow up to 3000 people from the Pacific region to migrate to Australia as permanent residents each year, starting in July this year. This will be in the form of a ballot that invites applications.
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Tuesday 21 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders Retreat will be held on 23-24 February in Nadi Fiji, the fifth meeting of its kind attended by Tonga.
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Monday 20 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Forum priorities on the 2050 Pacific Strategy were reaffirmed in Nuku'alofa between the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna and Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, during his visit last week.
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Friday 17 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A High Level Ministerial Dialogue between the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Henry Puna and the Government of Tonga discussed key forum priorities, on 16 February.
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Wednesday 15 February 2023

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group of seasonal workers stranded by floodwaters in Hawke’s Bay, 50 of which are Tongans, were rescued near Hastings by personnel from the New Zealand Army and New Zealand Police using four Unimog trucks on Tuesday. “The floodwater was waist high, but the Unimog tyres and massive clearance meant we were able to get into the elevated areas needed to reach the seasonal workers,” NZDF stated today.
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