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  • Friday 6 September 2019 6:58pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga National Rugby League Board (TNRLB) confirmed at a press conference in Nuku’alofa this afternoon Mate Ma’a Tonga Coach Kristian Woolf was let go on Wednesday 4 September. Mate Ma’a Tonga with Kristian Woolf as coach reached the semi-finals at the Rugby League World Cup in 2017, the highest achievement ever reached by a Tongan Rugby League Team.
  • Friday 6 September 2019 6:46pm


    Hamilton, New Zealand
    : Siale Piutau will lead Tonga's World Cup team against the All Blacks at the FMG Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand tomorrow 7 September.
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  • Thursday 5 September 2019 7:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Front Row Against Violence, a new program which targets youth and sports to ensure girls are empowered and have equal access to opportunities, was launched on September 5 in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Thursday 5 September 2019 7:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Seven people, including a suspended police officer, have been arrested after 20.85 grams of methamphetamine, two grams of cocaine were seized by Police from Ngele’ia and ‘Anana in Tongatapu on September 3.
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  • Thursday 5 September 2019 7:16pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s defence force rugby team, the Ngaahau Koula, will join nine countries in the International Defence Rugby Competition (IRDC) held in Tokyo, Japan from 11 to 24 September 2019.
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  • Thursday 5 September 2019 4:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Ha‘atafu women’s group yesterday showed off their income earning activities, including agricultural produce, handicrafts, and fine mats, to a visiting advisory group interested in the advancement of Pacific women.
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  • Thursday 5 September 2019 4:44pm


    Honiara, Solomon Islands
    : A surveillance operation over 18.4 million square kms of the South Pacific Ocean to detect, deter, report and apprehend potential illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing activities last month did not locate any infringements. The operation concluded over 90 days at sea with 272 vessels sighted and 126 boardings at sea and in port, as well as 137 hours of air surveillance.
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  • Thursday 5 September 2019 4:36pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Dr Siaosi Pakola Maeakafa, the International Officer for the Lavengamalie Institute of Technology, has been elected as a member of the Council for the Commercial Education Society of Australia (CESA) on 8 April 2019.
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  • Tuesday 3 September 2019 6:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Police seized 4,847 live bullets, allegedly smuggled, at a location in Ma’ufanga, as well as illicit drugs from other locations, during a police operation from August 30 to September 1, in Tongatapu.
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  • Tuesday 3 September 2019 5:56pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor, has called for urgent action to end increasing violence in West Papua (Tanah Papua) along with a human rights investigation in a statement released on 2 September. Her message has been welcomed by a member-led network of global civil society organisations, the Pacific network of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC).
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  • Monday 2 September 2019 6:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Pangi Puloka was acquitted of possession of the illicit drug, methamphetamine due to insufficient evidence, in Supreme Court ruling on August 29.
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  • Monday 2 September 2019 6:42pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s second sitting of the Court of Appeal started on September 2 and will hear five appeals in Nuku'alofa. It was also the first day for Tonga's new Lord Chief Justice Michael Whitten QC from Australia.
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  • Monday 2 September 2019 6:40pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga’s hockey team has been training hard in preparation for the upcoming Oceania Hockey5s Tournament, where they will take on other Pacific countries in Rockhampton, Australia, from 4-8 September. By Eleanor Gee
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  • Saturday 31 August 2019 5:56am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's ailing Prime Minister Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva (78) has a paramount concern: the succession of his leadership. He now faces opposition to the government he has headed since the elections of November 2014. There is rivalry and turmoil. He feels challenged. The reform is not what he imagined. He warns of clashes. Matangi Tonga Editor, Pesi Fonua talks to the Prime Minister about why, nine years after the reform, the PM remains at odds with the new system that parliament voted for in 2009.
  • Friday 30 August 2019 11:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A heavy ‘warm up’ game is expected by both the ‘Ikale Tahi and Flying Fijians at Eden Park stadium in Auckland, ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup next month. Fiji coach John McKee stated this week that he had told his players to “stand up” against the physicality of the ‘Ikale Tahi.
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  • Friday 30 August 2019 6:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Head of Tonga Police Drug Enforcement Taskforce, Detective Acting Superintendent Halatoa Taufa was recognized for his leadership and commitment, when he received a prestigious award at the 48th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) Conference. Halatoa's work with the Drugs taskforce has helped to reduce serious crimes in Tonga.
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  • Friday 30 August 2019 6:31pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A 24-year-old man from Ha’ateiho crashed into a power pole on Taufa’ahau Road at Fanga on August 30, resulting in a temporary power outage to the area.
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  • Friday 30 August 2019 6:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Supreme Court has rejected an application by ‘Etuate Lavulavu to have a separate trial from his wife ‘Akosita Lavulavu on forgery charges.
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  • Thursday 29 August 2019 10:13pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The three men accused in the seizure of ten illegal firearms and more than 20,000 live bullets allegedly smuggled through shipments from the United States, had their case adjourned to October at the Magistrate's Court in Vava'u.
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  • Thursday 29 August 2019 10:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The forgery trial against a current People’s Representative to Parliament ‘Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband, a former Cabinet Minister, ‘Etuate Lavulavu is now set for 2020.
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