“Why do we educate our young people with violence?” asks artist Ebonie Fifita, clutching a punch bag she has created out of a multitude of Tongan school uniforms, to add visibility to the issue of community violence.
You are here
Results for People
Sunday 25 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Friday 23 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A small bone, said to be the remains of an English missionary, Rev. Thomas Baker, who was killed and eaten at Navosa, Fiji, in 1867, has been discovered in a small concrete box found beneath a hall in Nausori, Fiji.

Thursday 22 May 2014
2 comments
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Fusitu’a (42) won the Nobles' By-election for the Niuafo’ou and Niuatoputapu seat in the Tonga Legislative Assembly with two votes this morning, and will take the seat that was vacated by his father, the late Lord Fusitu'a.

Wednesday 21 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The finest Tongan handicrafts were on display today at a two day Cultural Tourism Convention, that was opened by Princess Mele Siu’ilikutapu, at the Fa‘onelua Convention Centre. Photos by Linny Folau.

Tuesday 13 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo, second in line to the Tongan throne celebrated his first birthday with a church service and a royal luncheon in the grounds of the Royal Palace on Saturday, 10 May.

Tuesday 13 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ports Authority Tonga has announced a new Port Master for its Port Operation Division.

Friday 9 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pirates gathered at Pangai Lahi this afternoon for a children's party to celebrate the first birthday celebration of Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo Tuku'aho. Photos by Pesi Fonua.

Friday 9 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tavake Fungavaka’s funeral was held this afternoon Friday, May 9 at Fua’amotu in Tongatapu. He was in Tonga attending the trial into the death of his son Kali Fungavaka. Photos by Linny Folau.

Thursday 8 May 2014
2 comments
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Samoan Gridiron Superstar Troy Polamalu and Fijian rugby legend Nicky Little have made strong statements about the importance of education.

Tuesday 6 May 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tavake Fungavaka died on Saturday, May 3 at Vaiola Hospital, his sister Sulieti Tu‘akoi confirmed to Matangi Tonga this morning. Tavake was in Tonga attending the trial into the death of his son Kali, currently underway at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.

Tuesday 29 April 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Fusitu'a (87), the Niuatoputapu and Niuafo'ou Nobles' Representative to the Tongan parliament passed away in Nuku'alofa on Thursday, 24 April.

Monday 7 April 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first Practice Parliament for Women is a crucial milestone and a very positive step forward for Tonga, said Queen Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho in opening the event today, April 7 in Nuku'alofa.

Wednesday 2 April 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirty representatives will take part in Tonga's first “Practice Parliament for Women” on April 10-11 in Nuku'alofa, a two-day event that aims to encourage women to run for parliament in the upcoming 2014 General Election in November.

Tuesday 1 April 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
'Amelia Fa'otusia (18), a Tongan Student studying at the University of Waikato, has been awarded the New Zealand Development Pacific Scholarship for Highest Academic Achiever in 2013.

Thursday 27 March 2014
Premium content
Brisbane, Australia
A charity campaign “Donate 21” is currently underway in Australia to raise money for a young Tongan woman, Viola Kavapele Maka (24) from Lapaha, Tongatapu who has a life threatening heart condition.

Thursday 20 March 2014
Premium content
Washington D.C., U.S.A
An internship in the Office of the First Lady at the White House has inspired Milika Hopoi, a Tongan, to seek a future in the USA diplomatic service.

Monday 17 March 2014
Premium content
San Francisco, USA
Sammisano Joshua Talai 'Otuhiva, a five-month old baby boy from San Francisco who has Tongan and Samoan parents, is being recognized as the largest baby ever born in the American state of California.

Sunday 9 March 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In spite of the rain that was driving away their customers, the women vendors at Nuku‘alofa’s central Talamahu Market looked cheerful on International Women’s Day, Saturday March 8, 2014. But here in the heart of the capital, only a stone’s throw away from the new cruise ship berth at Vuna Wharf, the Talamahu Market is a place where women’s real status in Tonga is on display for all to see. By Mary Lyn Fonua.
Thursday 27 February 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Creative Tongans are realizing that they can make a livelihood from handicrafts, after receiving training in cultural tourism awareness, says Sione Loseli who ran workshops in Vava‘u last week, under a Handicrafts and Cultural Tourism Support Program.

Tuesday 25 February 2014
Premium content
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Elder Neil L. Andersen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, USA, visited Tonga during the weekend.
