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Friday 5 September 2025 7:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s National Netball team, Tala will be on tour hosting their first home games in October and November later this year. -
Thursday 4 September 2025 5:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A significant petrol shortage in Vava'u, which reportedly began yesterday, is causing concern and outrage among residents and local business owners today. Meanwhile, Pacific Energy Limited (Tonga) told Matangi Tonga that fuel will be resupplied to Vava'u on Monday, 8 September.
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Wednesday 3 September 2025 10:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sanitarium Weet-Bix will sponsor Tonga Rugby Union’s men, women and sevens’ teams, which will take effect this month. The new sponsor will support Tongan players’ with nutrition and grassroots programmes across the islands. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 September 2025 4:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The retail prices for all petroleum products for Tongatapu will remain the same while petrol prices drop for September. LPG prices for Tongatapu and Vava'u also drop, the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED) advised. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 September 2025 2:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI was appointed as the 32nd Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, for a one year term from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 September 2025 4:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A press release issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Friday, 29 August, was reissued today to media outlets, after it removed its references to Taiwan and China. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 September 2025 9:45am
Mu'a,Tongatapu : A new Art Hub was launched for Takuilau College on Friday, 29 August, as part of the Tonga Young Women’s Economic Resilience’ (TYWER) project, an initiative established by Talitha Project and CARE Australia through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). Premium content -
Tuesday 2 September 2025 9:28am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An official tree planting ceremony at the St George Building recognised Tonga's commitment to hosting the Pacific Resilience Facility, during a visit of a technical mission from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. The General Manager of PRF, Ms Finau Soqo, headed the PIF technical mission to assess and assure the member's readiness to sign the treaty that is set for 2026. Premium content -
Monday 1 September 2025 3:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Roman Vaihu has been appointed as Chef de Mission for Tonga’s delegation to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 23 July - 2 August 2026. Premium content -
Sunday 31 August 2025 5:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new landing craft, the VOEA Late, provided under the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP), was delivered by Australia to Tonga on Friday, with an official handover ceremony taking place at the Masefield Naval Base, on Tongatapu. The VOEA Late will enhance Tonga’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities, as well as its ability to deter, detect and disrupt illegal maritime activities in the region. Premium content -
Saturday 30 August 2025 12:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A memorial service and celebration of the life of the late Uili Lousi — Tongan visionary artist, international climate advocate, and cultural champion — will be held in Nukuʻalofa on Saturday 30 August 2025, featuring a special exhibition of his artwork at the Australian High Commissioner’s Residence from 2:30pm. The memorial will aid in the early establishment of the Uili Lousi Foundation, a platform designed to advance his work in the arts, environment, food systems, and youth empowerment. -
Friday 29 August 2025 9:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Minister for Police, Hon. Piveni Piukala was told to issue an apology after being reprimanded in a Cabinet meeting this morning, for his widely publicised scuffle with Lord Tu'ilakepa in Parliament on 4 August. PM Hon. Dr Aisake Eke said "If this happens again, he is out! Same goes for all the Ministers, if this happens again, resign!" Premium content -
Friday 29 August 2025 9:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Fourteen new US Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in to duty at the Tupou College Chapel in Toloa today, 29 August 2025. Premium content -
Friday 29 August 2025 4:09pm
Sigatoka, Fiji : Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, Lord Fakafanua was appointed as Chairman of the Board of a new regional inter-parliamentary institution, the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (PIPA). Premium content -
Wednesday 27 August 2025 10:41pm
Washington, USA : The Tongan economy is growing at a solid pace but remains highly vulnerable to external shocks including natural disasters, global trade policy uncertainty, and the risk of reduced concessional financing, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest statement on the Tongan economy on 25 August 2025. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 August 2025 10:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A five-year initiative aimed at strengthening climate resilience within Tonga's education system was launched by the Government and Save the Children Tonga in an official partnership agreement signing on 20 August in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 27 August 2025 10:33pm
Georgetown, Guyana : An observers group led by Tonga’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu, are in Georgetown, Guyana, to observe the country’s regional elections set for 1 September. Premium content -
Tuesday 26 August 2025 9:11pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Best Team Award and the Most Muscular Award, along with 13 individual medals were won by Tonga's national bodybuilding team at the 2025 INBA PNBA New Zealand Pro-Am International Pacific Rim Championships, in Auckland, New Zealand on 16 August. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2025 8:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 80 women from 18 villages in Tonga participated in a ‘Ngatu Kupesi Tapa Workshop’, organised by HM Queen Nanasipau’u and facilitated by a Tongan master weaver and artists from New Zealand, which concluded with a display on Friday. Premium content -
Monday 25 August 2025 7:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Timote Kaufusi is serving 12 months imprisonment for causing serious bodily harm to another man in a group attack. Premium content
