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Tuesday 31 January 2023 7:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga reconvened its first meeting for 2023 this morning, Tuesday, 31 January when one new MP was sworn in.
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Tuesday 31 January 2023 7:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Twenty-two houses are now standing at Masilamea (Atata Si’i) in the new settlement built for the displaced families of Atata. It’s been a year, two weeks and one day since the catastrophic tsunami destroyed their island village life on of January 15 2022. However, more than five houses are yet to have electricity and/or water supplies connected. Premium content -
Tuesday 31 January 2023 3:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s sole domestic air carrier, Lulutai Airways will be assisted by Fiji Airways this week, while its 34-seater Saab aircraft is undergoing urgent repairs that may take up to four months to complete. Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2023 11:51pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is carrying out 1500-1700 COVID tests weekly, but only 62 positive cases were recorded last week, the Minister of Health said today, 30 January. The COVID-19 variants in Tonga are BA2 and BA5 and there have only been mild cases reported in Tonga over the past two-weeks. Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2023 5:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Zuiderdam is the second cruise to visit Nuku'alofa in 2023, arriving with more than 2000 passengers and crew at Vuna Wwharf, today 30 January. Premium content -
Monday 30 January 2023 5:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A teenager, Semisi Peleketi Vea was sentenced to three-years eight months imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm to a 20-year-old man using a machete, in 2022. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 43-year-old husband and his 29-year-old wife from Veitongo were arrested with illicit drugs, at ‘Anana. Another 24-year-old man was arrested at Veitongo. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:43pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Legislative Assembly of Tonga will convene its first meeting for 2023 on Tuesday, 31 January, after its last sitting in December 2022. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Pouvalu Ma'u is the new Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office effective on Friday, 27 January. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 10:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fifteen young women from the Eremeran Study Centre in Sydney, Australia volunteered in Nuku'alofa for two-weeks earlier this month, and helped to paint St Joseph's Business College and along with other community work. Premium content -
Friday 27 January 2023 9:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On Australia Day we reflect on our nation’s history and celebrate its achievements and all its people, including the 33,000 Australians that identify as having Tongan ancestry. Australia’s identity is complex; in addition to our first nations heritage and our British and European history, laws and systems of government, we are a country of people from more than 270 ancestries. - Statement from the Australian High Commission in Tonga. -
Thursday 26 January 2023 10:57pm
Sydney, Australia : Tonga will be playing in the Men's Tournament of the HSBC Sydney Sevens which that will be held over three-days, starting on Friday, 27 January in Australia. Premium content -
Thursday 26 January 2023 10:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku received the two top defence officials from Australia and New Zealand, today, 26 January, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 26 January 2023 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Andy Hayden Fukofuka (36) received a suspended sentence for possession of arms and ammunition without a license, the he disclosed when stopped at a check-point on his way to get vaccinated in Nuku'alofa, in 2021. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Pita Faiva Taufatofua was installed as the new Governor of Ha’apai, at the Tongaleleka Free Wesleyan Church in Ha’apai, on 24 January. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Titali To’ia got more jail time when he was sentenced to six-years imprisonment for reckless driving causing the death of Netane Nimo at Veitongo in 2022. The judge said the defendant's offending was serious and “demonstrates a disregard for the law and for the safety of other users of the road.” Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Poni ‘Ahohako (26) was sentenced to four-years imprisonment for charges, that included causing bodily harm to Lord Dalgety and theft in two separate incidents in 2011. Premium content -
Wednesday 25 January 2023 10:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mele Teusivi 'Amanaki was convicted of failing to deliver a signed statement of her election expenses and was ordered to pay $200 fine within a month or face one-month imprisonment, after the Crown successfully appealed against her earlier discharge without conviction by the Magistrate's Court. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2023 6:58am
Auckland, New Zealand : Carmel Jean Sepuloni (46), an MP of Tongan descent, is New Zealand's new deputy prime minister designate. She stands alongside the new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins who will be officially sworn in on Wednesday. Premium content -
Tuesday 24 January 2023 12:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The construction of a $60 million sports complex for Tonga High School by the People's Republic of China is going ahead, after a ground breaking ceremony was held on 20 January in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
