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Monday 15 January 2024 5:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Form Six Certificate 2023 exam results, released last week, showed the overall Form Six passing rates increased to 51% compared to 33% in 2022. The best performing school was ‘Eua High School with an 88% pass rate.
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Monday 15 January 2024 4:57pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Pacific researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, are conducting a Pacific-led research project on the population dynamics of the Pacific region with its 13 million population, with regards to climate change as the single greatest threat facing the Pacific. -
Monday 15 January 2024 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Competent Authority has approved to increase in the regulated price of diesel effective 18 December 2023. This has contributed to increase of 25.53 seniti per litre from the last regulated price of diesel in October 2023. Kuo tali ‘e he Pule Fē’unga ke hiki ‘a e totongi ‘o e lolo tisolo ‘a ia ke kamata ngāue’aki ‘i he ‘aho 18 Tisema 2023. ‘Oku tokoni ‘eni ki hono hiki ‘a e totongi lolo ‘aki ‘a e seniti ‘e 25.53 ki he lita mei ‘Okatopa 2023. -
Friday 12 January 2024 6:35pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After 20 years as a public servant, nine years as Tonga's Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Saia Piukala, bid Tonga farewell today, as he leaves to take up a new role as the WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region Office. Premium content -
Friday 12 January 2024 6:25pm
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea by Prime Minister James Marape, after at least 16 people died in violent riots on Wednesday, that left shops and businesses burned and looted. Premium content -
Friday 12 January 2024 5:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MAFF) will receive equipment worth over USD2 million, under Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid (NPGA), signed by the Minister, Lord Fohe, and the Ambassador-designate of Japan to Tonga, HE Mr Inagaki Hisao, yesterday, 11 January, in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Friday 12 January 2024 9:35am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Supreme Court of Tonga has dismissed an application made by seven Members of Parliament for a judicial review over allegations related to parliamentary procedure during the recent vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, which was considered by the Legislative Assembly in September. On Monday 8 January 2024, the Court ruled that it has no jurisdiction to hear the judicial review application. Premium content -
Friday 12 January 2024 9:05am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A missing girl from Fangaloto was found early this morning and returned to her parents, Tonga Police reported this morning. They urged parents and guardians to be more alert for the safety of their children. Premium content -
Thursday 11 January 2024 4:12pm
'Eua, Tonga : The skulls of two Tongan ancestors, collected in the Pacific in the 19th Century, and repatriated to Tonga by the Australian Museum this week, were given a respectful traditional burial on ‘Eua Island in the presence of King Tupou VI and members of the Royal Family on January 10. The funeral conducted by the royal undertakers, the Nima Tapu (sacred hands), at Kolomaile, ‘Eua, was attended by descendants of the ‘Ata people, some of them coming from abroad. The funeral tributes touched upon painful memories of the loss of half of the ‘Ata population to Australian blackbirders in 1863. The surviving population of ‘Ata was relocated to ‘Eua by Tupou I. Premium content -
Wednesday 10 January 2024 11:15am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piles of electronic and solid industrial waste along the streets in Ma’ufanga (Tongatapu 4), have remained an eyesore for over five weeks now. Families who thought they were cleaning out their properties ahead of the festive season have spent Christmas and New Year surrounded by trash - and there's no easy fix. -
Monday 8 January 2024 11:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Illegal dumping of waste increased on Tongatapu when the Waste Authority closed during the holidays, causing many complaints circling around social media of rubbish bags that were dumped on the roadside. Premium content -
Monday 8 January 2024 10:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Siutaka Siua (29) was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for serious causing bodily harm when he stabbed a 20-year-old man on his thigh at Ma’ufanga. Premium content -
Monday 8 January 2024 10:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Venasio Hau (32) was sentenced to four-years and six-months imprisonment, partially suspended, for possession of 27.76 grams of methamphetamine, while his two co-accused received suspended sentences. The illicit drugs were seized after Police received information of it being sold at a residence in Ma'ufanga. Premium content -
Saturday 6 January 2024 6:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : While Tonga’s Civil Aviation Division (CAD) and investigators from Australia are still investigating the cause of the A3PUA aircraft accident, at Fua’amotu Domestic Airport a month ago, Lulutai Airlines, so far, has been unable to find a replacement aircraft to service high demand on the domestic inter-island routes during the holiday season. Premium content -
Friday 5 January 2024 11:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A well-known Fiji entrepreneur, Mr. Yanktesh Permal (Y.P.) Reddy, O.B.E, chairman of the board and owner of the Tanoa Group, died in New Zealand on 4 January, at the age of 89 years. Premium content -
Friday 5 January 2024 8:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan seniors and about 50 needy families received care packages over the festive season from the Queen’s Charity, supported by donors from the business community. Premium content -
Friday 5 January 2024 7:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The best performing schools for the Tonga National Form Seven Certificate (TNFSC) 2023 exams were Niuatoputapu High School and Niuafo‘ou High School, who both achieved a passing rate of 100%, the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku said today. Premium content -
Thursday 4 January 2024 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police Chief Superintendant Commander Filipe Fifita, who heads a homicide investigation, said today he could not disclose anything further about an investigation into human remains, recovered from the seabed at the Yellow Pier in Nuku'alofa on Boxing Day. It is still unclear whether the remains, or body parts, that were recovered belonged to one or more persons or why the Police were regarding the grisly discovery as homicide. Premium content -
Wednesday 3 January 2024 6:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Travellers to and from the outer islands are relying heavily on the inter-island ferries MV ‘Otuanga’ofa and MV Taka-i-Pomana this holiday season, to travel between Tongatapu, Vava'u, and Ha'apai, after a disruption to the domestic air services on 8 December, when the Lulutai Airlines Saab 340 aircraft was damaged while taxing after landing at Fua'amotu Airport. Premium content -
Tuesday 2 January 2024 3:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Harvesting and exporting Tongan seaweed for over 20 years, South Pacific Mozuku Tonga Ltd (SPM), a local aqua-culture industry based in Nuku'alofa, is set to expand its product range into the health and beauty industries this year. Premium content
