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Tuesday 4 February 2014 5:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The ability of the domestic industry to compete in the southern long-line albacore fishery has hit the point of no return. Tying-up vessels and sending employees home is now the reality that is faced by the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association members that have an interest in this fishery. Tonga has one domestic vessel left – down from a high of 26. - PITIA
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Tuesday 4 February 2014 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : All classrooms at Tupou High School's Nukunuku Campus are being renovated by the Government of Japan. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 5:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Power Limited announced that it has increased electricity tariffs by a fraction of a seniti (0.39 seniti). New electricity tariffs for all Island groups are now 93.21 seniti per kilowatt (up from 92.82 seniti). Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 11:18am
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : The Sea Mercy charity – a floating health care service that routinely visits remote islands throughout the Pacific will visit Tonga’s Ha’apai Group to offer medical support earlier than usual this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 4 February 2014 10:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Counterfeit $50 and $10 pa'anga notes found in Tonga lack watermarks and security threads, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga warns. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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
