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Thursday 6 November 2025 7:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan tennis players from around the kingdom and from overseas competed in a national tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Centre in Tongatapu from 31 October to November 4. -
Thursday 6 November 2025 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Over 15 Tongans have been listed as part of the new Moana Pasifika 2026 Squad, announced by Head Coach, Fa'alogo Tana Umaga, today, 6 November 2025. -
Thursday 6 November 2025 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Voter registrations have closed for the 20 November general election, the Tonga Electoral Commission (TEC) announced today, 6 November. -
Wednesday 5 November 2025 5:39pm
Doha, Qatar : Tonga is seeking to build strategic partnerships, and collect technical and financial support for social development programs from the United Nations Social Summit currently held in Doha, Qatar. -
Wednesday 5 November 2025 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan rugby league star 'Eliesa Katoa (Eli) has undergone surgery in Auckland after suffering seizure activity on the bench during Sunday's loss to New Zealand Kiwis. -
Tuesday 4 November 2025 9:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Royal Luncheon with traditional dance performances involving hundreds of people, was presented at Mala'e Pangai in Nuku'alofa, for the Royal family and guests, to mark the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of the Tonga Constitution, today. It has been many years since Tonga has seen a big celebration, after COVID and natural disasters, but the sun came out this afternoon for joyful celebration. -
Tuesday 4 November 2025 8:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of primary and secondary students marched through central Nuku'alofa to the Royal Palace today, 4 November, to mark the final day of the celebrations of the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of the Constitution of Tonga. -
Tuesday 4 November 2025 5:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI led the groundbreaking of the new Tonga Legislative Assembly building today, 4 November, at the Talangaholo Royal Estate, at Pea, Tongatapu. This NZD$32 million project, jointly funded by the New Zealand and Australian governments, is expected to be completed by 2027. -
Monday 3 November 2025 3:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In celebration of the 150th Year of the Tonga Constitution, a float parade led by government ministries, diplomatic corps, and foreigners living in Tonga, brought festivities and energy to Nuku'alofa this morning, 3 November.
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Monday 3 November 2025 2:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kalapau Hala Mauikisikisi from Kolomotu'a won $10,000 for best cultural singing group in celebration of the 150 years of the Tongan Constitution, on Saturday, 1 November, at the Patelesio Finau and Sir Sofele Kakala Hall, ‘Apifo’ou College. Premium content -
Saturday 1 November 2025 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s national netball team, the Tala, hosted their first home game at the Tonga High School Stadium in Nuku’alofa, last night, 31 October 2025. Premium content -
Friday 31 October 2025 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI this morning commissioned the upgraded Queen Salote International Wharf, marking the first day of five days of celebrations commemorating 150 years of Tonga’s Constitution. Premium content -
Thursday 30 October 2025 10:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ursula Primrose Havili (34) is serving one year’s imprisonment after being found guilty on numerous counts of obtaining $52,550 by false pretences from six customers that she would order their vehicles from Japan, in a web of deception. Premium content -
Thursday 30 October 2025 10:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Repeat offender, Siosaia Lata Funaki, is serving five years and five months, in prison after pleading guilty to three counts that included theft of meat from a business in Ma’ufanga and armed robbery of a foreigner, who was punched in the mouth before his iPhone and money were stolen. Premium content -
Thursday 30 October 2025 1:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will launch a five-day celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Tonga Constitution tomorrow, 31 October in Nuku'alofa. An official programme of events through to Tuesday 4 November 2025, was released by the Prime Minister’s Office today. -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 9:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM Queen Nanasipau’u received the Tongan National Netball team, the Tala, at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa today, 28 October, ahead of their first home netball game set to begin this week against the Australian Pathway team, who arrive in Tonga on Thursday, 30 October. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new evacuation and community hall for the island of ‘Eueiki and renovated kitchen facilities for Tupou College, Toloa, will be constructed under Japan's Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project (GGP),with funding for the two projects totalling over USD $260,000. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 9:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An upgraded fumigation facility for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forests (MAFF) will strengthen Tonga’s horticulture exports by helping exporters meet international standards for their export produce. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 1:40am
London, United Kingdom : Unless rescinded, Donald Trump’s executive order greenlighting deep-sea mining in direct violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea will almost certainly unleash a lawless gold rush among major powers. Beyond the clear environmental risks, the scope for armed conflict is obvious. The first flash point will be the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a six million km2 area in the Pacific with billions of tons of polymetallic nodules containing nickel, cobalt, and other valuable minerals at a depth of up to 4,000 meters. - Guy Standing -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 1:12am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A national workshop to strengthen Tonga’s legal and technical capabilities in maritime boundaries and extended continental shelf (ECS) work was opened at Vava’u on Monday, 20 October 2025. Premium content
