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Wednesday 29 March 2023 5:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Foundation training for coaches and umpires in netball is being held this week for over 40 officials from throughout Tonga, at the 'Atele Indoor Stadium.
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Tuesday 28 March 2023 8:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The government's electricity price subsidy is continuing to the March 2023 quarter to reduce the burden of high electricity prices for all households, including businesses. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 March 2023 8:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A tsunami, triggered by last year's Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption caused the collapse of the front of a sea glacier called the Drygalski ice tongue in Antarctica, 6000 km away, according to a research article published in the journal Science Bulletin recently. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 March 2023 3:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is an isolated Pacific Island country, which needs to find new ways to adapt to challenging water and sanitation issues, especially in the aftermath of the HT-HH Volcanic Eruption and tsunami, the Tonga delegation told the UN Water Conference 2023 this month in New York. Premium content -
Monday 27 March 2023 4:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An outreach development program to rural and remote communities of Tonga is delivering essential governmental and non-governmental services. Premium content -
Saturday 25 March 2023 12:20am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The National Rugby League competition for Secondary Schools in Tonga kicked off today, 24 March 2023. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2023 11:05pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four of the US Peace Corps volunteers who were part of a global evacuation due to the COVID pandemic in March 2020, returned to Tonga this week. Fifteen more volunteers are expected to arrive in June. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2023 7:32pm
Melbourne, Australia : Melbourne Storm is honouring and celebrating seven of the different cultures including Tonga in its NRL playing group, with its 2023 multicultural t-shirt. Premium content -
Friday 24 March 2023 6:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Uhila Tu’i (34) was sentenced today to 33-months imprisonment, on charges including carrying a firearm to resist arrest, when he shot at and missed a police officer during the search of a home, at Hala'ovave, Tongatapu, in 2021. The Chief Justice said the accused could have been charged with attempted murder. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2023 5:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A contempt of court application, filed against the Ministry and Minister of Infrastructure by three contractors, was adjourned to 12 April for further consideration. This is in regards to an earlier court order that among other orders, restrained both the Ministry and Minister from terminating the contractors' contracts to supply coral and clay soil fills. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2023 5:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Red, White & Brass’ a heart-warming Tongan movie that dramatises a true story of Tongan fans’ quest to watch Tonga’s match at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in Wellington, was released in cinemas in New Zealand today, 23 March 2023. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2023 2:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : ‘Global Surveyors Day’ and ‘World Water Day’ this month were marked in Tonga by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, who hosted a series of events with the aim of improving their operation and its services to the public. Premium content -
Thursday 23 March 2023 2:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The retail price for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) increased in Tonga, effective from 20 March. -
Wednesday 22 March 2023 1:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four men were found not guilty on possession of methamphetamine after a drug testing report was ruled inadmissible. The illicit drugs were alleged to have been seized on 23 December, 2022 at Tu'atakilangi. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 March 2023 12:57pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Pacific Education Ministers are meeting for the first time in Auckland from 20-22 March to share knowledge and good practices, identify areas of action and explore innovative approaches that member countries can adopt to develop education systems in the region. Premium content -
Wednesday 22 March 2023 12:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 10-MW wave power park for Tongatapu is expected to be developed by Dublin-based wave energy technology firm, Seabased Group, and ready for commissioning within 24-months, it was announced in New York last week. Tonga's Minister for Internal Affairs, Lord Vaea of Houma, said the technology can capture the energy generated from the waves coming to the shores of Tongatapu and turn that into electricity - meeting more than fifty percent of Tonga’s electricity needs. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 March 2023 9:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Henry Liutai (36), who was found guilty on two counts of unlawful importation of restricted goods, including a .9mm pistol and ammunition found during Customs' inspection of a crate from the United States, was fined $4000 at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court. He had no import license. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 March 2023 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Parliamentary representatives from Tonga, Fiji, Tuvalu and Niue gathered in Nuku'alofa this morning for the opening of a three days seminar to examine the core elements of democratic governance, understand their roles and to build their capacity as parliamentarians. Premium content -
Monday 20 March 2023 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Communities affected by volcanic ash from last year’s eruption of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcano will benefit from improved access to safe and hygienic drinking water as a result of a USD $50,000 (TOP 116,000) grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation to the Tonga Community Development Trust. “It is critical for our communities to ensure the water they are drinking from tanks is clean and safe,” says TCDT Executive Director, Sione Fakaosi. -
Monday 20 March 2023 4:59pm
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. Premium content
