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Wednesday 28 December 2016 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A man missing with a kayak in Tonga, since December 23, is now believed to be a Tongan deportee from Australia – released quietly into an unsuspecting community. Little is known about him in Tonga where authorities are now trying to catch up on who he is.1 comment
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Wednesday 28 December 2016 2:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A marine search is currently underway for a missing man Fisatina Puafisi (45), who was last seen on Friday 23 December walking to the Kolomotu'a seafront from Little Italy with a kayak. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 December 2016 5:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sea and coastal search are continuing in Ha'apai for a German man, Frank Doblitz (46), who remains missing since he went swimming on Christmas Day at a beach in Hihifo, Ha’apai. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 December 2016 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Fire Services has scaled down its operation at Tapuhia Waste Management Facility at Vaini, after a massive fire was contained yesterday. However, government issued warnings today for the public to stay clear of the smoke as toxic fumes are still being emitted from hot spots that remain. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A search is underway for a 46-year-old German man who went missing on Christmas Day after he left to go swimming at a beach in Hihifo, Ha’apai in the evening. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Built on a historic site, a new residence for the Free Wesleyan Church in Kolovai called Kokanavela II (Cokevernal II) was commissioned by HM King Tupou VI on Christmas Eve, at Hihifo, Tongatapu. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 1:47pm
Auckland, New Zealand : New Zealand Police have confirmed the names of the two people killed following a bus crash between Wairoa and Gisborne on the night of Christmas Eve. Those killed were 11-year-old boy Sione Taumololo and 33-year-old woman Talita Fifita both of Tonga. Ten people remain in hospital. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 12:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongatapu's rubbish dump, the Tapuhia Landfill at Vaini, erupted into flames, burning furiously and sending a column of smoke towering over Nuku’alofa yesterday, Christmas Day. Tonga's firefighters today remain challenged by the biggest fire they have ever encountered, already trucking over half a million litres of water to the site, which is still smouldering and emitting toxic fumes. Premium content -
Monday 26 December 2016 11:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 45-year-old man was arrested at Lapaha in eastern Tongatapufor selling liquor without a license at a shop in Lapaha on eastern Tongatapu after Police executed a search warrant on Friday, December 23. Premium content -
Sunday 25 December 2016 7:53pm
Auckland, New Zealand : The body of a second person has been found overnight following the crash of a bus carrying Tongan students near Gisborne last night, New Zealand Police stated today. Premium content -
Sunday 25 December 2016 10:08am
Auckland, New Zealand : Very bad news for Tongans on Christmas Day as New Zealand new media reports that a bus carrying a college group from Vava'u in Tonga who were on their way to Gisborne to perform at a church today, has crashed yesterday killing at least one person and injuring the 45 others on board. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 7:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There were Christmas smiles for 17 people who won cash prizes totalling $3000 in the 2016 Fexco Western Union Christmas raffle today, December 23 in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of 64 holiday makers, who were left stranded at Tonga's domestic airport on Wednesday after Tonga Airways flights didn't happen, have managed to find seats with Tonga's domestic air operator Real Tonga - with the last dozen moving on today. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 6:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Christmas cheer is being spread around Nuku’alofa this week with bands performing at various venues in Nuku’alofa, despite the hot weather. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 6:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ten men have been arrested for unlawfully making homebrew beer to sell, as well as growing cannabis plants and possession of an unlicensed firearm, found during a search warrant executed by Tonga Police at a plantation in Niutoua yesterday, December 22. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 6:28pm
Sydney, Australia : Mate Ma'a Tonga and Cronulla Shark's frontrower Andrew Fifita has been fined $20,000 (AUD) by the NRL as punishment for his on-field support of convicted killer Kieran Loveridge. The fine comes a week after Andrew was given a notice of breach with five-days to respond by the NRL. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 4:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A decision by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva to redeploy four senior staff from Foreign Affairs to other government ministries was overturned by the Public Service Tribunal on 9 December 2016. Premium content -
Friday 23 December 2016 4:09pm
: Over $70,000 (USD) has been raised for the Mataele family in East Palo Alto, California after their 14-year-old son Aisea Mataele underwent emergency surgery for a mystery illness and tragically passed away on Tuesday December 20, five days before Christmas. Premium content -
Thursday 22 December 2016 6:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga-China Student Alumni Association was formally launched by Prince Ata on December 21 at the Kahana Restaurant in Nuku'alofa, with a dinner for Tongan alumni who studied in China. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 December 2016 5:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An upgraded water supply system was handed to Nukuleka village on eastern Tongatapu on Tuesday, December 20 enabling its 250 residents to now have access to a reliable water supply system from the Government of Japan. Premium content
