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Tuesday 4 February 2014 9:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s third solar farm is being constructed at Vaini on Tongatapu, at a cost of $14 million (USD) under Japanese aid funding. The project will introduce a special micro-grid system to coordinate electricity generated from a variety of renewable sources in the future.
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Monday 3 February 2014 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Bruno Banani, Tonga's first ever winter Olympian, to compete in Luge in Sochi, Russia, next week will wear a flamboyant snow proof uniform, sponsored by German firm Bogner.1 comment Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police are warning traders and the public to be aware and to look carefully at Tongan pa‘anga notes, after three counterfeit $50 pa'anga notes were discovered in Nuku‘alofa last week. Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:23pm
Canberra, Australia : Nauru has donated $25,000 (AUD) toward recovery efforts in Ha‘apai following the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Ian on January 11. Premium content -
Monday 3 February 2014 6:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is seeking an estimated $56 million for reconstructing homes in Ha‘apai after Cyclone Ian, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister Samiu Vaipulu said on Friday at a press conference, held jointly with the visiting New Zealand Foreign Minister. Hon. Murray McCully said there was an enormous challenge ahead for Tonga’s government and the figures given by the Deputy Prime Minister were “frightening”.1 comment Premium content -
Sunday 2 February 2014 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A grant funding of NZ$1.7 million from the New Zealand Government was signed in Nuku'alofa on January 29 as part of a package to rebuild the electricity network in Ha’apai destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian. Premium content -
Saturday 1 February 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old man after 41 cannabis plants and seeds worth an estimated street value of around $10,000 pa’anga were seized from a tax allotment in Fua‘amotu this week. Premium content -
Friday 31 January 2014 10:15am
Noumea, New Caledonia : Dr Colin Tukuitonga is the new Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) based in Noumea, New Caledonia effective on January 23. Premium content -
Friday 31 January 2014 10:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A direction on the Tongan Supreme Court on how to process a civil case that was brought by the former Attorney General, John Cauchi against the Kingdom of Tonga is expected to be announced today, Friday, January 31. The trial by jury was halted in November because the failure of all concerned to sufficiently prepare for the trial had left the court and the jury in an "impossible position," the Chief Justice has stated. Premium content -
Friday 31 January 2014 10:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Vanilla promises to be a major source of revenue for Vava'u growers and their families, who are being encouraged to recover neglected plantations and plant new vines. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 January 2014 10:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The reconstruction of destroyed homes in the Ha'apai group by Cyclone Ian on 11 January, stepped up another gear this week, with the arrival in Pangai, Lifuka island of the Minister of Land and Natural Resources, Lord Ma'afu and 30 staff. The team will start working to determine land-boundaries and land-ownership. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 January 2014 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A solar power project proposal submitted by Tonga High School has won $100,000 (USD) funding from the Zayed Future Energy Prizes for 2014 presented in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on January 20. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 January 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is China’s close friend and trustworthy partner in the Pacific islands region, the Chinese Ambassador to Tonga HE Mr Huang Huaguang said on January 28, and announced the Chinese government's cash offer of $600,000 (USD) to assist relief efforts in Ha’apai.1 comment Premium content -
Wednesday 29 January 2014 12:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Living in small tents superheated by the mid-summer sun, while going through the trauma of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Ian, is the reality of life for families in the Ha'apai Group who are relying on outside assistance, after loosing all on the afternoon of January 11. A survey team has estimated that by mid-February the food crops would be used up in all the districts of Kauvai Ha’ano, Lifuka, Foa and ‘Uiha, which were badly damaged. Photos courtesy Mana'ia Halafihi. Premium content -
Monday 27 January 2014 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Zealand is providing an extra $370,000 to assist relief efforts in Ha’apai including sending over technicians to help repair the electricity network. The announcement brings New Zealand’s support for the cyclone response to $2.27 million. Premium content -
Monday 27 January 2014 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 19-year-old woman who fell from the back of a van at Lapaha, was the first road death for 2014, and one of four accidental deaths in Tonga last week. Tonga Police also confirmed that two young girls had died in Tongatapu - one from drowning and one from serious injuries, while a diver in Ha'apai had died from decompression. Premium content -
Monday 27 January 2014 5:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Heleni Vi, a former Westpac Bank of Tonga employee, who has been charged with 16 counts including theft of more than $8,000 pa’anga was released on bail today after appearing at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate’s Court.1 comment Premium content -
Saturday 25 January 2014 8:45pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga will be the first to receive an immediate payout of US$1.27 million under the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot towards the recovery in Ha'apai from Cyclone Ian, the World Bank announced on January 23. Premium content -
Saturday 25 January 2014 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Friendly Islands Triathlon FIT was represented at the Auckland 7.3 Ironman, Asia-Pacific Championship at the Auckland Viaduct by Kantaro Oishi and Takeshi Igarashi on 19 January. Premium content -
Friday 24 January 2014 9:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Terrified and huddled together inside two church halls, the entire population of tiny Mo‘unga‘one Island – around 100 people, endured the destruction of their village by Cyclone Ian during the afternoon of Saturday January 11. Premium content
