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Monday 31 March 2025 6:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : At least 3000 to 4000 people swiftly evacuated from the Nuku'alofa coastal areas to evacuation centres and inland areas in Tongatapu after the tsunami warning was issued last night, likely influenced by lessons learned from the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai event, said NDRMO Director, Mr. Mafua Maka. "Many families quickly moved inland, with some parking in safer, higher areas and staying in their vehicles."
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Monday 31 March 2025 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Legislative Assembly resumed its 2024-2025 session this morning, but before they got down to parliamentary business, exhausted members talked about the strong 7.0 M earthquake that shook Tonga at 1:18am and kept them awake during the night. In an emergency operation, Police had helped to move people away from coastlines in Tongatapu, Vava’u and Ha’apai. Premium content -
Monday 31 March 2025 7:41am
Nuku'alofa, : A strong magnitude 7.0 magnitude earthquake was felt in Tonga early this morning at 1:18 am triggering a tsunami warning and evacuation alert for people in coastal areas. In the capital, civil defence sirens woke families. Some people on coastal areas evacuated inland and to higher ground where they stayed during early hours of the morning. -
Friday 28 March 2025 6:59pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kisina Neiufi (33) who is already serving four and half years imprisonment for previous drug offences, received an additional 30 months for possession of 13.68 grams of methamphetamine seized last year. Premium content -
Friday 28 March 2025 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siosiua Savieti (22) is serving four years six months imprisonment for charges that included 127.07 grams of methamphetamine. While his co-accused Mavae Fonokalafi (19) is serving two years and six months for possession of 24.54 grams seized at a home in Talafo’ou last year. Premium content -
Friday 28 March 2025 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Forty years ago, in 1985, the people of Rongelap Atoll in the central Pacific were forced to evacuate their radioactive home after enduring years of health impacts from the US nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands. Yesterday, the community came together in Mejatto to light candles, to sing and remember the terrors of the nuclear testing in the Pacific and their displacement from their home. -
Thursday 27 March 2025 9:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) treaty is set for ratification at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in September, it was announced at the conclusion of the Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting (FEMM) in Nuku'alofa this week, from 25-26 March. Premium content -
Thursday 27 March 2025 8:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A donation of disability equipment, including wheelchairs, was presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to the Vaiola Hospital in Tongatapu yesterday, 26 March 2025. The equipment will help to replace the wheelchairs that have gone missing from the wards at the Hospital, where they are needed for disabled patients. It is the fourth such donation the church has made to the hospital. Premium content -
Thursday 27 March 2025 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A truck driver was arrested at a traffic checkpoint near near the Tonga National University in Kolofo'ou, after allegedly refusing to follow Police instructions, on Friday morning, 21 March. A Police officer and the driver were involved in an altercation and both required medical attention. Premium content -
Thursday 27 March 2025 12:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia and Tonga have agreed to an AUD85 million (TOP125 million) budget support program over the next four years to support a stronger economy and national budget. “This is the largest investment in our partnership’s history,” stated a joint announcement yesterday, on the margins of the Special Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Wednesday 26 March 2025 3:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa called for Pacific unity against external pressures and economic challenges, at the opening of the Special Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) today, 26 March, at the Fa'onelua Convention Center in Nuku'alofa. He noted that intensifying geopolitical contest in the blue Pacific “brings promise and peril.” Premium content -
Wednesday 26 March 2025 1:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Viliami Makahokovalu Tuputupu, the former captain of Tonga's inter-island domestic ferry, the MV ‘Otuanga’ofa, who is serving two years in prison, had his appeal against his sentence dismissed by a Supreme Court judge, who upheld the original sentence, emphasizing the need for public safety and adherence to regulations. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 March 2025 7:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Around 26 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) medics have improved their skills for responding to the range of injuries that might be expected from a destructive weather event striking in the Pacific. The exercise was recently held in Santoft Forest near Whanganui, in New Zealand. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 March 2025 7:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Viliami Tino Ma’u (28) is serving 16 months imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft of goods worth $1,848 from a store in Ma’ufanga last year. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 March 2025 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 60-year-old shop owner, Qiwu Huang, will be sentenced next month for receiving stolen property, including iPhones valued up to $14,000 pa‘anga, Premium content -
Tuesday 25 March 2025 5:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kulisitafu Fehoko aka Tafu Fehoko (32) is serving eight months in prison for numerous charges, including possession of 1.28 grams of methamphetamine seized in his vehicle, which was intercepted by Police in Vaololoa. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 March 2025 4:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An initiative to support all people with disabilities to fully participate in the democratic process in Tonga was launched last week by the Tonga Electoral Commission, who will set up a working group to consult with the disabled community on electoral issues. Tonga will hold a general election in November this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 25 March 2025 11:44am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic Ministers and officials are meeting in Nuku'alofa today, for a Special Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM). Among other things, they will discuss the establishment of the Pacific Resilience Facility, the first Pacific-led, member-owned and managed and people-centred climate and disaster resilience financing facility, which will be headquartered in Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 24 March 2025 11:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr. Franz Koenig Tu’uhetoka is the new Chief Executive Officer for the Public Service Commission, appointed by the Prime Minister for a four year term starting today, 24 March 2025. Premium content -
Monday 24 March 2025 10:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It is essential for the Government to secure its own financial resources in order to strengthen long-term development capacity, Japan's Ambassador to Tonga, HE Inagaki Hisao, told the National Development Summit on Friday. Panelists from the diplomatic corps of New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and China in Tonga talked about Collaboration and Partnership, duringt the final session of the summit on 21 March, at the Fa’onelua Convention Center in Nuku'alofa. Premium content
