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Tuesday 22 October 2019 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Wallaby prop Sekope Kepu has officially retired from international rugby following his team’s defeat to England and exit from the 2019 Rugby World Cup over the weekend. The 33-year-old announced last month that he would retire at the conclusion of Australia’s World Cup campaign and is set to move to England, where he will play for London Irish in England’s Gallagher Premiership. -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 5:20pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Australian-Tongan actor Uli Latukefu stars in the highly anticipated action comedy, which centres around a Tongan character set in New Zealand. An official trailer of “The Legend of Baron To‘a” was released yesterday 21 October.
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Tuesday 22 October 2019 12:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Health today issued a Measles Alert after 13 members of a Tongan school rugby team developed measles after returning from New Zealand this month. Measles is a highly infectious disease and the public is urged to be vigilant for symptoms and to get immunized, especially if they are traveling overseas. -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 11:57am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : More than 20 people were arrested by Tonga Police, in relation to illicit drugs and drink driving, in a combined operation over the weekend in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 11:47am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's emergency services are practicing their response to the scenario of an aircraft crash at Tongatapu's Fua'amotu International Airport. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 October 2019 11:10am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : People living in remote communities on the outer islands of Ha‘apai and Vava'u were made more aware of a range of social support services, after teams after visits from a mobile service, called “Rights, Empowerment and Cohesion (REACH or A'u Tonu Ki Ai). Premium content -
Monday 21 October 2019 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A young pharmaceutical scientist, Vincent Luscombe, who is a New Zealander of Tongan descent, has won a full post graduate Clarendon Scholarship to the prestigious Oxford University in England, where he is undertaking a DPhil in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease. -
Monday 21 October 2019 4:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piliote Uasike (23) was sentenced to two-years nine-months imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs and bribery of a police officer, by a Supreme Court judge who warned drug dealers to expect punishment. Premium content -
Monday 21 October 2019 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) Women’s Sevens rugby team will compete in the Pacific Military (PACMIL) Tournament held in Canberra, Australia between 22 – 28 October 2019. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 7:26pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga Invitational have prematurely ended their Rugby League 9s World Cup campaign with a disappointing 20 – 24 loss to Samoa. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 4:13pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga Invitational have kept their semi-final hopes alive after defeating Fiji 21 – 17 in extra time in the second round of the Rugby 9s World Cup. Tonga's semi-final chances have been boosted after their fellow pool opponents Samoa defeated the Cook Islands 17 – 4. Premium content -
Saturday 19 October 2019 12:16pm
Sydney, Australia : The Cook Islands are the talk of the Rugby League 9s World Cup after they decimated Tonga’s Invitational team 30 – 7 in the first round of the competition last night 18 October in Sydney, Australia. In order for Tonga Invitational to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition, they will need to achieve two landslide victories over their remaining pool opponents Toa Samoa and Fiji Bati, and hope that the Cook Islands lose at least once. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of teenagers aim to influence Tongans to say No to violence, especially violence against women and girls, after attending a ‘Front Row Against Violence’ boys weekend camp recently run by the Talitha Project. By Eleanor Gee -
Friday 18 October 2019 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are looking for a man from Houma accused of obtaining money by false pretense from a client in Kolomotu’a. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Former Mate Ma’a Tonga back Solomone Kata is switching codes, signing a three-year contract with the Plus500 Brumbies. It marks an end to Kata’s five year NRL career in which he played for the New Zealand Warriors. Premium content -
Friday 18 October 2019 2:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s National Qualifications and Accreditation Board (TNQAB) exceeded its authority when it imposed sanctions, while ‘Atenisi had an application for accreditation pending. In a Supreme Court judgment this week, Lord Chief Justice Whitten said that while the Act enables the board to make policies - it cannot create or confer on itself any power, which is not provided for by the Act or which contravene fundamental rights. -
Thursday 17 October 2019 9:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The World Rugby League Nines tournament will kick-off tomorrow, Friday 18 October, with a “Tonga Invitational” team scheduled to face the Cook Islands at Bankwest Stadium, Sydney, at 9:35pm. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga. : Tonga’s Ministry for Tourism welcomed the new Minister for Tourism Hon. ‘Akosita Havili Lavulavu, who met members of the Tonga Tourist Association at the Ministry for Tourism Office, Vuna Road, this morning. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There will be five main polling stations in Tongatapu 1 for the By-Election on Thursday, November 28. Premium content -
Thursday 17 October 2019 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Ikale Tahi hooker Paula Ngauamo is being forced to miss seven games for his French club Agen as punishment by the World Rugby for kicking the head of an opponent during the Tonga’s final match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup against the United States last weekend. Premium content
