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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 10:01pm


    Kailua, Hawaii
    : I'm very saddened, when reading headlines on RNZ News, "Citing lack of experience, Tourism Tonga wants new Minister".
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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 6:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Nine complaints of infringement of Electoral Procedure by candidates in the November 2014 General Election have been filed with the Electoral Commission, said Pita Vuki the Electoral Commissioner yesterday, 7 January.
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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 5:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : New Year weddings have been keeping the Registry Office in Nuku‘alofa busy as 13 marriages were registered this week, since government officers resumed working on Monday, 5 January.
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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 3:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two people have died and two more have serious injuries after being hit by vehicles at Ma'ufanga and Hihifo Road, while one woman was electrocuted after touching a wire at her home in Kolomotu'a, in the first week of the New Year.
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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 3:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 43-year-old man charged with the murder of his wife, who died from severe burns in December, will appear at the Mu'a Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 12 January.
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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 3:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Engineers are working to identify the cause of an engine problem to the Jetstream 32 aircraft after it had full emergency landing at Fua’amotu Airport on Wednesday, 7 January.
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  • Thursday 8 January 2015 10:34am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Nine Tongan-born players have so far been listed in the New Zealand and Australian team rosters for the 2015 Super 15 Rugby Championship.
  • Wednesday 7 January 2015 4:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Jetstream (J32) aircraft operated by the Real Tonga Airlines has been detained and grounded this afternoon after making a full emergency landing at Fua'amotu airport at mid-day today, in what was the second serious aircraft incident for the airline in less than a week.
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  • Wednesday 7 January 2015 1:07pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Real Tonga Jetstream aircraft made an emergency landing at Tonga's Fua'amotu Domestic Airport this morning after an engine died during the flight between Vava'u and Tongatapu.
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  • Tuesday 6 January 2015 7:04pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The construction of a new $25 million pa'anga Government office building dubbed "St George Palace" at Pangai Si'i in the Nuku'alofa CBD, has been postponed until after the Coronation of King Tupou VI in July 2015.
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  • Tuesday 6 January 2015 6:56pm


    Auckland, New Zealand
    : A Tongan-New Zealander businessman, producer and actor Stan Carl Wolfgramm (50) has been awarded the prestigious New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the arts and the Pacific community in New Zealand, in the Queen's New Year Honours List for 2015.
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  • Tuesday 6 January 2015 12:15pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Viliami Takau (39) of Ma’ufanga has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry (TCCI).
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  • Monday 5 January 2015 8:05pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi (53) is the first Tongan to be made a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, and the youngest of 20 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis yesterday.
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  • Monday 5 January 2015 7:35pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : After a brakes failure on Real Tonga's 12-Harbin Y12 aircraft caused the aircraft to veer on the runway and disrupted flights to 'Eua on Friday January 2, the airline today apologized to passengers affected by the disruption, including the world champion athlete Valerie Adams and her partner.
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  • Friday 2 January 2015 7:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 'Akilisi Pohiva, in his first press conference as Tonga's new Prime Minister, said that realistically his new government would not be able to implement their own working programs until they introduced their national budget for the 2015-16 financial year at the end of June.
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  • Friday 2 January 2015 6:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : 2014 was a year of extreme weather events for Tonga. Starting with the Severe Tropical Cyclone Ian in January, the year ended with a severe drought for Tongatapu and an El Nino warning for the whole of Tonga. January brought us images of Cyclone Ian. Photos from Matangi Tonga archives.
  • Friday 2 January 2015 2:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Eleora 'Ana Kolokeiti Vasiti Faith Havea was the first of four babies to be born in Tonga in 2015.
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  • Friday 2 January 2015 2:10pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Australian Government is offering scholarships targeting anyone in the Pacific Islands (including Tonga) who has worked or volunteered in social welfare or community development.
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  • Thursday 1 January 2015 2:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Wishing the Tonga Royal Family a Happy New Year this morning at the Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa, was Valerie Adams, the Olympic gold medalist shot putter, who joined a New Year's breakfast in the Palace grounds for about 200 people, including Tonga's new Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva.
  • Thursday 1 January 2015 8:13am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Four year old Kristian Manarangi of Hofoa won a $5000 cash prize today in the annual Molisi Christmas Bonanza draw that had an estimated 10,000 tickets this year.
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