Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu‘ivakano who remains in New York's Bellevue Hospital is reported to be “doing well” after a cardiac emergency at the weekend.
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Tuesday 1 October 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 30 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, was admitted to hospital in New York for an emergency procedure late on the night of Saturday 28 September after suffering from acute chest pains. [updated]
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Monday 30 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan women alumni of the Community Education Training Centre last week celebrated the 50th Golden Anniversary of a service that has helped to develop the skills of many Pacific Islands women.
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Wednesday 25 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hundreds of women dressed in their finest white gathered in Nuku'alofa on September 25 for their annual 'Faka-Sepitema' roll call at the Churches of Tonga and Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 25 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Free Wesleyan Church schools in Tongatapu except Queen Salote College held its combined Bazaar Day on September 25 attracting a crowd of shoppers who bought handicrafts and food made by students. Photos by Linny Folau
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Monday 23 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A special program to mark the International Peace Day was held in Nuku'alofa on Saturday, September 21 under a theme ‘Education for Peace’. Church leaders, parliamentarians, students, youth groups and non-government organizations came together, starting the day with a peace march. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Friday 20 September 2013
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Brisbane, Australia
King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u were welcomed in Brisbane by the Queensland Tonga Council, Nofo-'a-kainga, during an overnight stopover on September 11.
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Thursday 19 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A special program including a peace march will be held on Saturday, September 21 in Nuku‘alofa as Tonga marks the United Nation's International Peace Day, under a theme ‘Education for Peace’.
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Friday 13 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new public holiday on Tuesday September 17 this year marks the official birthday of the Crown Prince Tupouto‘a -‘Ulukalala, who will be 28 years old.
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Wednesday 4 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau‘u left Tonga on September 3 to visit Fiji and the Solomon Islands, where the king as Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, will confer qualifications at the university’s graduations in Suva and Honiara.
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Friday 30 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
John William Fox Walton (63), the owner of the Ca Bella Pacific Construction, a Tongan based company was killed in a plane crash in Pretoria, South Africa on August 22.
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Friday 23 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
King Tupou VI opened Tongatapu’s two-day Royal Agricultural Show 2013 at the Manamo’ui Grounds in ‘Atele despite heavy rain this afternoon. Photos by Linny Folau
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Wednesday 21 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s multi-million pa'anga high speed internet which is guaranteed to be cheap went live today after King Tupou VI commissioned the submarine fibre optic cable, at the Tonga Cable Ltd station in Sopu.
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Tuesday 20 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The wedding of Hon. Lupepau‘u Tuita (36) and well-known Tongan rugby player ‘Epeli Taione (34) was held at Natadola Bay in Fiji on Saturday, August 17.
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Wednesday 14 August 2013
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A valuable collection of preserved Tongan artefacts, including five war clubs, a priest staff and a kali (headrest) dating back to the 1800’s are to be auctioned in England by Christie’s Auctions at the end of August.
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Wednesday 14 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Lord Sonatane Tu'akinamolahi Taumoepeau-Tupou (70), a former Tongan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tonga’s first Permanent Representative to the United Nations passed away at Vaiola Hospital, on Tuesday August 13.
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Tuesday 13 August 2013
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Auckland, New Zealand
The wedding of Hon. Frederica Lupe’uluiva Fatafehi ‘o Lapaha Tuita and Sione Mateialona Filipe was held at the Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland on Saturday, August 10. Photos courtesy Monalisa Palu Fineanganofo.
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Tuesday 6 August 2013
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Auckland, New Zealand
A new Tongan Early Childhood Playgroup and Training Centre has opened at Mt Roskill in Auckland, and named ‘Muniao ‘o e ‘Ofa’ or Net of Love by Hon. Lupepau’u Tuita on August 1.
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Friday 26 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan graduates, including over 40 students who received their Masters of Business Administration, celebrated their graduation from the University of the South Pacific Tonga Campus, today Friday, July 26, when HM King Tupou VI was installed as the 20th Chancellor of the University.
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Friday 26 July 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tributes are flowing in for a Tongan rugby player in New Zealand who died on Tuesday July 23 in an Auckland hospital after suffering head injuries in a rugby match on Saturday.
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