Care, share and act! We all have a responsibility to break the cycle of violence and must signal that “enough is enough”, Tonga's Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell, said this morning at a program to mark White Ribbon Day, an international campaign by men who are speaking out to end violence against women and girls. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Wednesday 25 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday 25 November 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In memory of Jonah Lomu, a condolence book for the Lomu family has been made available for members of the public to sign at the New Zealand High Commission in Nuku’alofa.
‘I he fakamanatua ‘o Jonah Tali Lomu, ‘oku i ai ‘a e Tohi pōpoaki fiekaungāmamahi ma’ae fāmili ‘o Jonah Tali Lomu ‘oku faka’atā ki he kakai ‘o e fonua ke nau fakamo’oni ai ‘i he ‘Ofisi ‘o e Talafekau Lahi Nu’usila.
Monday 23 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s budding film-makers will have their ingenuity tested this week in a challenge that will see them creating short films in only two days – and produced ready to be screened to the public at the annual Film Night on Thursday November 26.

Monday 23 November 2015
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Christmas holiday celebrations have begun in Nuku'alofa, despite the rainy weather, as children were treated to a special Christmas program by Digicel Tonga on Friday, 20 November at Digicel Square.

Monday 23 November 2015
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A $5,000 donation from the Nuku’alofa Club to the Sacred Heart Charity was presented by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala to Father Francis on Friday evening, 20 November at the club.

Friday 20 November 2015
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Dr Talia’uli Afeaki was awarded the 2015 Tongan of the Year award by Princess Angelika, the Tongan High Commissioner to Australia on November 13 in Sydney, Australia, an event organised by the Tongan Community Development Australia Inc.

Friday 20 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Prayers for the late Jonah Lomu were flowing in Tonga this morning at the Lomu family home in Longolongo, Nuku’alofa, as they remembered the young man who made the Lomu name legendary.

Thursday 19 November 2015
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Hundreds of young students from various Primary and Middle Schools of the Free Wesleyan Church (FWC) today performed colourful traditional dances, at the Akoteu grounds in Nuku’alofa.

Thursday 19 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Catering Professionals Tonga, was officially opened for business by Lord Vaea in the Nuku’alofa CBD on Wednesday evening, 18 November - an extension of an established catering service in Auckland, New Zealand that is owned and managed by Kelemete ‘Ahio, from Houma.

Wednesday 18 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
“There will be no other Jonah Lomu – he was a Super Athlete...one of kind!,” said Tongan rugby coach Mana ‘Otai, after learning of the death of Jonah Lomu aged 40, in New Zealand today.

Monday 16 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 160kg Blue Marlin landed by Sateki Ika, of the ANZ fishing team, won the top prize of the Nuku’alofa Fishing Club's first fishing competition for the season on Saturday, 14 November.

Monday 16 November 2015
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Former Deputy Police Commissioner (Community Policing) Taniela Faletau (58) was laid to rest today Monday, 16 November at Takaunove Cemetery in Nuku’alofa.

Wednesday 11 November 2015
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Auckland, New Zealand
Tongan Dr Simione Lolohea (48) a surgeon in Hamilton is one of only two doctors in New Zealand offering hot chemotherapy, a rare and controversial cancer treatment.

Tuesday 10 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group of 15 U.S. Peace Corps volunteers were sworn-in on Saturday, 7 November at ‘Anana, Tongatapu. They will teach English at primary and middle schools in rural Tongatapu and two outer islands.

Monday 9 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Remembrance Sunday Service to remember the Tongan soldiers who served and fell on the battlefields of the First and the Second World Wars, was held yesterday, 8 November, at a new location at the front of the National Flag Station, Mala’e Pangai. Photos by Pesi Fonua

Saturday 7 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The solitary soldier atop Tonga’s Cenotaph was removed from Pangai Si'i on November 5 and crossed Taufa’ahau Road where, dangling from a crane and in the protective arms of a serviceman, he was lowered to a new position next to the National Flag Station - in time for Remembrance Sunday Service tomorrow November 8. Photos by Linny Folau and Peter Poulsen.

Friday 6 November 2015
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Auckland, New Zealand
Tongan, Laumanu Mafi was named the winner of the First Overall Pacific Business Student of the Year Award along with Chris Carrington who won the First Maori Prize, at the University of Auckland, recently.

Thursday 5 November 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Some of the Pacific’s leading musical talents have come together and collaborated on an upbeat song, 'We are Family' in a recording initiated by Digicel to be launched this month throughout the region to celebrate the importance of families this Christmas.

Friday 30 October 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonight, when tenor Ta‘u Pupu‘a (37) sings the role of Cavaradossi in the Connecticut Concert Opera's production of Puccini's "Tosca" in the USA, he will have come a long way from his humble birthplace in Tongatapu.

Tuesday 27 October 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's creative writers have an opportunity to enter and win prestigious prizes offered in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2016 awards – but the time is also short before entries close on November 1.
