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The 90th Anniversary of Queen Salote College was celebrated on Saturday, 12 March attended by the Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho and Crown Princess Sinaitakala in Nuku’alofa. Photos by Merylatai Fihaki.

Tonga’s King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u were in Queenstown, New Zealand, this week to attend the 60th birthday party of Louise Waterhouse, the Sydney-based honorary consul for Tonga.

A Japanese national Masanori Kawaguchi (63), who performed the ceremonial role of the King’s kai fono at the royal Taumafa kava ceremonies for two kings of Tonga, was buried at Mala’e’aloa on Thursday, 25 February.

Tonga was just one of 170 different nationalities on show at the 20th National Multicultural Festival held in Canberra, Australia, on 12-14 February 2016.

Vava’u is the new set for a South Korean film crew of 44 and 10 celebrities who are filming 10 episodes of "Law of the Jungle", a reality TV show. The show will be aired in South Korea on 16 March for 10 weeks attracting about 10 million television viewers as well as internet viewers.

Hon. 'Etani Ha'amea Tuku'aho celebrated his 21st birthday on 15 January 2016, in North Hollywood, California, at a party hosted by HSH Prince Tungi.

A financial incentive may be offered to Tongans and others on Auckland’s State Housing waiting list to relocate to regional areas of New Zealand, the Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett has said this month. The proposal has been criticised by Jenny Salesa, MP for Manukau East, who says that Ms Bennett was targeting Pacific people in South Auckland.

Tony Finau has made history as the first professional golf player of Tongan and Samoan descent invited to play at the Sony Open, the PGA Tour’s first full-field event for 2016 in Hawaii on 15 January. Photos: Dan K Aiono Sataraka.

The Free Church of Tonga has bought the Mauna Ziona church property sold for $51,000 dollars during an auction earlier this week in Hawaii.