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Wednesday 24 November 2010 10:30am
Melbourne, Australia : My personal opinion is that in 1952 Prince Tupouto'a-Tungï (then Premier of Tonga) arranged for the purchase of the property by the Government of Tonga and that Queen Sālote agreed to the purchase because of her growing family and the likelihood of grandchildren later being educated in Auckland, as she had been and because of the promised hostels for Tongan students, in whose welfare she took a great interest. - Besi Wood-Ellem.
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Tuesday 23 November 2010 7:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : We've done copra, bananas and other agricultural produce. We have plucked and plumbed the depths of our seas and reefs but none appears to be sustainable for long. Our labour exports are at its infancy with potential to address poverty, social issues and to provide economically through foreign exchange earnings. - Sefita Hao'uli. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Keuate Tupouniua's name was struck off the list of candidates for this Thursday's Parliamentary Election this afternoon, November 23 by Chief Justice, Hon Michael Dishington. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 4:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi kicked off its tour of Europe with a victory over an Italian A outfit, 16-9 on Friday evening, November 19 at Biella, Italy. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Ahongalu Fusimalohi, an Oceania Football Confederation OFC Member and the Head of Tonga's Football Federation has been banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee from any football related activity for three years and fined $US10,000. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 4:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four years ago on 16 November 2006 the heart of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District was destroyed by protesters but on November 19 the keys to three new multi storey buildings were handed over to their owners by the Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele in a ceremony at the International Dateline Hotel. -
Monday 22 November 2010 8:15am
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : A "welfare state" does not produce wealth; it produces dependents on government aids and expatriates' remittances. Our Tongan Pride in feeding our families from our own hard work has diminished because there is no meaningful work available. - Sione Akemaihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Monday 22 November 2010 5:58am
San Francisco,California, USA : According to a "Biography of Queen Salote" written by the daughter of Rev. Wood, 'Atalanga is a private and a summer home of Queen Salote. This property was purchased by the government as a property and/or a gift for Queen Salote. Queen Salote used this property as a home when the summer is too hot in Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani. Premium content -
Saturday 20 November 2010 3:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan voters know very little about the structure of the new government that Tonga will introduce following the November 25 election, according to some candidates who have attended village meetings in their constituencies. Premium content -
Friday 19 November 2010 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Students of the Government's Tonga Side School in Nuku'alofa today raised about $16,000 pa'anga during a colourful Gala Day held at the school compound. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 18 November 2010 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When civil servants registered as candidates for the election, their resignations took immediate effect, the Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu said on November 17. Premium content -
Thursday 18 November 2010 11:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Miss Heilala Mafi Tu'inukuafe (18) leaves for Papua New Guinea today to represent Tonga in the 2010 Miss South Pacific Pageant in Papua New Guinea, from November 21-27. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 November 2010 11:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 169 Polling Stations will be set up throughout Tonga's 17 constituencies for the November 25 parliamentary election when 42,067 registered Tongan voters will go to the polls to choose their 17 People's Representatives. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 November 2010 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police arrested a male supporter of a candidate for the coming parliamentary election in Vava'u on November 12, after it was alleged that election posters in Neiafu carried defamatory information about another candidate. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 November 2010 8:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fineasi Funaki (44) Tonga's former Minister of Tourism who was undergoing dialysis treatment for his kidney in Fiji died in Suva on Saturday, November 13. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 3:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Ltd made a $1 million pa'anga dividend payment to the Government on November 10, the first time ever for a government-owned electricity provider to pay the Tonga government dividend. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 1:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four Tongan students have won a trip to go to New Zealand this week after creating a winning business plan manufacturing trendy handbags for Tonga's "Youth in Business Dream Big Challenge 2010." Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 5:45am
USA : I find it almost funny that there has been a vacuum in the process of putting together the important pieces that are needed to run a ship. A good plan would have included the crew in the delivery trip to give the crew hands on experience and receive advice from the builder's delivery crew. - John Emberson. Premium content -
Monday 15 November 2010 5:15am
Sydney, Australia : The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement TPP is the only new trade initiative being taken by the Obama administration, and is being heavily promoted at the APEC summit this weekend. - Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. Premium content -
Saturday 13 November 2010 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In a tough new stance against alcohol consumption, Tonga's new liquor legislation comes into force this summer introducing liquor licences and breath testing in an effort to reduce public drunkenness and to change irresponsible drinking attitudes. Premium content
