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Thursday 1 February 2024
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Wellington, New Zealand
In New Zealand, 10-year-old Tapaita Fonokalafi is one of eight finalists for the Little Miss Aotearoa contest 2024 that aims to foster self-confidence and promote community involvement and environmental consciousness.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023

Auckland, New Zealand
Pacific immunologist Chris Puli’uvea was thrilled to win the prestigious Cranwell Medal 2023 for excellence in science communication during the COVID pandemic. Tongan-born, Puli’uvea received the New Zealand Association of Scientists’ award, alongside fellow academic researcher, virologist Dr Natalie Netzler, on Tuesday in Auckland.
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Friday 8 September 2023
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Auckland, New Zealand
In New Zealand, 23-year-old Kinitoni Lotulelei, completed and graduated, only a few weeks apart, from both his university studies and his basic but "ruthless" navy training.
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Friday 4 August 2023

Olongapo, Philippines
A Tongan LDS Missionary, Papa Fe’iloaki (22) died on 29 July 2023 shortly after being admitted to a hospital while serving his mission at Olongapo, Philippines.
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Tuesday 11 July 2023

Beijing, China
Five Tongan students have completed their studies from various universities in China in the past academic year, the Embassy of Tonga in China confirmed.
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Wednesday 28 June 2023
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Auckland, New Zealand
Tongan born Sione Taufa was appointed as Associate Dean Pacific at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand on 27 June,
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Tuesday 13 June 2023
Meleane Pau'uvale,

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Educator, Meleane Pau'uvale, was named as an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the King Charles III Birthday and Coronation Honours 2023. She is being recognised for providing essential services to the Tongan community and education.
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Monday 20 March 2023

Canberra, Australia
Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku’aho, Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia, tried her hand at picking and packing raspberries when she visited Tongan fruit pickers, at the Costa Berry Farm in Devonport, Tasmania, on Saturday, 18 March.
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Thursday 5 January 2023

Timaru, New Zealand
Father of two, Lionati Fotofili (44) went missing while fishing at the Ōpihi River mouth in New Zealand last week. Tongan-born Lionati was the pastor of Timaru’s Church of Tonga.
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Sunday 1 January 2023

Wellington, New Zealand
Twenty four Pasifika in New Zealand have been recognised in the country's New Year's honours, among 183 recipients named yesterday. They are drawn from the arts and media, business, health, education, sport, voluntary work, science and technology. A Tongan, Sefita Hao’uli, was named as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Tongan and Pacific communities.
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Friday 25 November 2022

Trinidad and Tobago
Kilisitina Moala from Tonga made an impression at the meeting of Commonwealth Youth Parliamentarians held in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament on 23 November, when she delivered “a weeping lament that her homeland was sinking”.
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Friday 25 November 2022

Australia
People born in Tonga were 80 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than other Australians during the Delta outbreak last year, a new analysis by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
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Tuesday 14 June 2022

Auckland, New Zealand
Tongan community leaders in Auckland are organising a Talanoa this Friday to make a public call for peace in relation to the recent spate of gang violence including shootings that have occurred in the city over the last three weeks. It comes ahead of next week's rugby league international between Mate Ma'a Tonga and the Kiwis, with concerns that rival gang members may rub shoulders during Mate Ma'a Tonga festivities. “We must draw the line so our youth know where we stand," said Rev. Ikilifi Pope.
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Monday 16 May 2022

California, USA
Ensign Mary Melenaite Tufui Likio ‘Fui’ McCray was commissioned as the first female Tongan officer in U.S. Navy history, on 29 April, at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, in California. McCray, who was born in Long Beach, dedicated her story of success to her late father, Alifeleti Likio, from Kolomotu’a, Tongatapu.
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Tuesday 10 May 2022

Suva, Fiji
Tongan-Sydney based software engineer, Finau Kaufusi won a prize in the Pacific’s first-ever Hackathon Competiton to find an ICT based solution to 'Amplify Pacific Voices', held last month in Fiji.
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Monday 20 September 2021

Christchurch, New Zealand
Sisi’uhila Kiu, from Lapaha, Tonga, made a final commitment as Carmelite Sister Anne Mary of the Assumption in a ceremony held at the Carmelite Monastery in Christchurch, New Zealand, on August 15.
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Thursday 9 September 2021

Auckland, New Zealand
Kennedy Maeakafa Fakana’ana’a-ki-Fualu from Otahuhu has been busy delivering food to Tongan overstayers in New Zealand during the current COVID-19 lockdown.
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Monday 14 June 2021

Auckland, New Zealand
Kiwi-Nigerian UFC champion Israel Adesanya successfully defended his middleweight title belt against contender Marvin Vettori yesterday in Arizona, United States. In an emotional victory speech following the fight, Adesanya dedicated the win to his Tongan sparring partner Fau Vake, bowing down in tribute to the 25-year-old father who was killed in a vicious attack by four men in Auckland only two weeks ago.
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Tuesday 8 June 2021

Christchurch, New Zealand
Former Tonga High School teacher, Siale Faitotonu, has been awarded the prestigious New Zealand Order of Merit for more than 30 years of service to Pacific education.
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Thursday 27 May 2021

Canberra, Australia
Prizes of up to AUD$3,000 are being offered in an amateur photographic and media competition for seasonal workers launched by the Tonga High Commission in Canberra, Australia.
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