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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.
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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. Premium content -
Thursday 6 November 2025 8:40am
Baku, Azerbaijan : The world arrives in Belém for COP30 at a moment of profound division. The international system is being tested in ways we have not seen in decades. Yet the climate crisis does not wait for stability. It touches every community on Earth. For small-island developing states, climate finance means coastal protection, food security, and survival. When I visited island nations from the Pacific to the Caribbean during our presidency, their moral leadership inspired the principle that guided our work in Baku; those who have contributed least to climate change should not face it alone. A crucial measure of success in Belém will be whether donor countries honour the promises they have already made. By Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President. -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
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. Premium content -
Monday 3 November 2025 9:37pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Looking ahead, it is important to identify the areas in our electoral system and constitutional arrangement that might need attention in the future. It is important that a way is found to ensure future constitution-makers are enabled to make changes to the Constitution and Electoral Laws, as they see fit. For instance, if a decision was made to further democratise the Constitution, how could that be done? What would be the scope and depth of such an exercise? Could the present system of electorate-based voting be improved so that there is a balance between partisan obligations and national priorities? Some mechanism, too, must be found so that overseas Tongans can vote. And is “first-past-the-post” the most suitable electoral system for Tonga? - By Malakai Koloamatangi -
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. Premium content -
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 -
Friday 31 October 2025 1:40pm
Auckland, New Zealand : On behalf of the Pacific Island Nations, PACIFIC JUSTICE humbly requests your support for our petition calling for equality, respect, and dignity in how Pacific peoples are treated by New Zealand Immigration. Please support our petition before it closes on 7 November by scanning the QR code.- Anae Arthur Anae. -
Friday 31 October 2025 11:57am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Advanced aerial and street imagery of Tongatapu and Ha’apai, to be collected in the coming weeks, is expected to provide ultra-high-resolution data that will enhance several services provided by government ministries as well as NGOs. -
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. -
Thursday 30 October 2025 10:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Round 3 of the Rugby League Pacific Championship Cup will see Tonga XIII take on the New Zealand Kiwis at Eden Park in Auckland, on Sunday, 2 November 2025. -
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
