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With only four days to go before the Coronation celebration of HM King Tupou VI officially begins on Saturday, 27 June, more than one thousand dancers from various schools today held their final rehearsal for Queen Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho. Photos by Linny Folau

It was a festive day for the people in Kolofo'ou who decorated their homes with mats, red flags and balloons in preparation for HM King Tupou VI's Coronation. Photos by Linny Folau

Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako will attend HM King Tupou VI’s Coronation in Nuku’alofa during a visit from July 2-6.

Thousands of Tongatapu secondary and primary students performed their traditional dances for HM Queen Nanasipau‘u at Mala’e Pangai Lahi today, Thursday, 11 June. Another rehearsal will be held there on Tuesday June 16.

Tonga High School marked its 68th Anniversary today 4 June, which included the launch of new solar panels that can provide up to 70 percent of the school's electricity demand.

A petition from Non-Government Organisations and the Civil Society Forum of Tonga was presented to Parliament today in support of a Cabinet decision to ratify the United Nation’s Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

A crowd of people from various churches in Tonga led by some church leaders, today marched to the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa to present four petitions to King Tupou VI, in opposition to Tonga's intention to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

The International Day of Families on 15 May was marked in Nuku‘alofa with a family fun walk led by Prince Taufa‘ahau Manumataongo and his mother Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tuku‘aho.

Lord Tupou a former President of TASANOC was awarded the Olympic Order by the President of the International Olympic Committee IOC, Hon. Tomas Bach at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva Fiji on 1 May.