You are here
Breaking news
Pages
-
Thursday 29 May 2025 10:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A solar-powered desalination system to provide water for agriculture was launched on Monday, 26 May, at the Nishi Trading Farm, Vaini, Tongatapu, during the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry. This new technology in Tonga aims to combat drought and seawater intrusion on agricultural land. -
Thursday 29 May 2025 5:25pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Nine vessels of interest were listed during the Operation Tui Moana 2025, including one confirmed apprehension for suspected illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, during a two week regional operation by 10 members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency that concluded on 23 May. -
Wednesday 28 May 2025 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mano Totau (76), one of six Tongan boys who were stranded for 15 months on the uninhabited 'Ata in 1965-66, returned to the island for the first time this month, for the filming of a new documentary about their famous story of survival. Although he did not want to return, Mano told Matangi Tonga he did so because their story is important. -
Tuesday 27 May 2025 5:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Nine Members of Parliament are drafting the Legislature's official response to the address by King Tupou VI on the opening of parliament’s 2025 session on Friday. -
Tuesday 27 May 2025 3:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A party involving over 100 individuals engaging with alcohol and loud music in a bush allotment in Mataki’eua was disrupted by Tonga Police during the early hours of Saturday, 17 May. In response, Police closed parts of Mataki’eua Road, expressing concerns of potential risk to agricultural crops, livestock, and the safety and well-being of the participants themselves. -
Tuesday 27 May 2025 2:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 79-year-old Fijian woman died at a hotel in Nuku'alofa on 17 May. There are no suspicious circumstances. -
Tuesday 27 May 2025 9:58am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Farmer Organizations (PFO) will receive AUD$3 million in funding from the Australian Government to support climate-resilient farming initiatives in seven Pacific countries, including Tonga, over the next four years.
Premium content -
Monday 26 May 2025 1:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan farmers, growers, and exporters will have the opportunity to build stronger trade relationships with New Zealand and enhance their export readiness through two workshops to be held this week in Nuku'alofa. The Path 2 Market workshop, and the Mini Trade Forum will be held on 27-28 May. Premium content -
Saturday 24 May 2025 2:39pm
Cambridge-MA, USA : Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”), and attraction (“honey”). The first two methods are forms of hard power, whereas attraction is soft power. Soft power grows out of a country’s culture, its political values, and its foreign policies. In the short term, hard power usually trumps soft power. But over the long term, soft power often prevails. ...When you are attractive, you can economize on carrots and sticks. If allies see you as benign and trustworthy, they are more likely to be open to persuasion and follow your lead. ...But once trust is lost, it is not easily restored. By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -
Friday 23 May 2025 8:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI called for reform in the education sector and major improvements for the health sector, to help move the economy forward, when he opened the 2025-26 parliamentary session today, 23 May, at Parliament House in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 23 May 2025 4:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The achievements of over 90 athletes and officials, who attended a training program in China for two months, were recognised with certificates for representatives of each sport including tennis, archery, weightlifting, badminton and others, in an event at the Chinese Embassy in Nuku'alofa yesterday. Premium content -
Thursday 22 May 2025 9:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A drugs offender, Isaiah Takau lost his appeal against his prison sentence for possession of 11.94 grams of methamphetamine and cultivation of 36.67 grams of cannabis. Premium content -
Thursday 22 May 2025 8:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The death of a 31-year-old man found in Ma'ufanga last week, on 14 May, has been ruled as a suicide, Tonga Police said. Premium content -
Thursday 22 May 2025 2:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hausia Vaka, who was sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment with the last year suspended for grievous bodily harm, when he attacked and severely injured his neighbour's left hand with a machete in 2022, lost his appeal against conviction and sentence. Premium content -
Thursday 22 May 2025 1:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tu’ifua Angilau who was found guilty on possession of 1.95 grams of methamphetamine last year failed to win his appeal against conviction, when the Appeal Court found there was no miscarriage of justice in a judgment delivered on 16 May in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 22 May 2025 10:08am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Rt. Hon. Penny Wong visited the Masefield Naval Base in Touliki, Tongatapu, yesterday for a special programme that celebrated a long-standing Australia-Tonga partnership in Defence Cooperation. Australia has helped to develop the base under the Defence Cooperation Program with HMAF (formerly Tonga Defence Services) that goes back 38 years. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 May 2025 9:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited Tonga today and reaffirmed Australia's commitment as Tonga's largest development and security partner. During her tour of three Pacific countries, she acknowledged the region's growing challenges, particularly climate change. “The Pacific peoples speak with authority on climate, and your voice should be heard in the world,” she stated. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 May 2025 8:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Advancing sustainable management of Tuna fisheries across the region was the main topic of discussion for Pacific fisheries officials, at the 138th Annual Officials Meeting of the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) in Alofi, Niue, which concluded yesterday, 19 February. Premium content -
Auckland, New Zealand : Siobhan Sharkey graduated from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, with a conjoint degree in Law and Arts, majoring in Linguistics. She was one of 25 students of Pacific heritage celebrated by Auckland Law School during graduation week on 15 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 20 May 2025 8:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A fraudulent online car dealer, Filimone To‘aho, who was found guilty of eight charges of receiving a total of $243,486 by false pretences in a scam on Facebook, had his appeal against his conviction dismissed by the Appeal Court. Premium content
