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  • Monday 3 August 2015 3:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The inter-island cargo ferry MV Niuvakai that became stuck on a reef off Tu’anuku, Vava’u, on Friday morning, July 31, managed to free itself last night and sailed into Neiafu this morning.
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  • Monday 3 August 2015 12:29pm


    Los Angeles, USA
    : A Gold medal won by 100m sprinter Tomasi Ma’asi at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, brings Tonga's medal tally to five. Every member of the team has won a medal - earning Tonga a full set of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the Games that ended on 2 August in Los Angeles, USA.
  • Friday 31 July 2015 4:30pm


    Los Angeles, USA
    : Tonga has received its third medal, a silver medal for Tutaleva Fehoko who came second in her 50m run at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, USA.
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  • Friday 31 July 2015 4:29pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : This year’s session of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga will resume on Monday, 10 August in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Friday 31 July 2015 4:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's ‘Ikale Tahi will battle it out with Japan's Brave Blossoms for the third and fourth places in the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup PNC at the Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada at 11.00am, Monday 3 August (Tonga time 7:00am, 4 August).
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  • Thursday 30 July 2015 9:25pm


    Los Angeles, USA
    : Tonga has won its first two bronze medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angles, USA.
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  • Thursday 30 July 2015 9:19pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Pacific prosecutors they are regularly under pressure from different sources and need to protect their role, Tonga’s Acting Attorney General ‘Aminiasi Kefu told the 6th Pacific Prosecutors Meeting (PPA) that opened in Nuku'alofa today.
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  • Thursday 30 July 2015 9:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : On behalf of the Australia West Papua Association (Sydney), I am writing to you concerning the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua.
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  • Thursday 30 July 2015 10:41am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A colourful work of art that was created in a random collaboration with over 200 people from a cross-section of the community will be opened to the public at Art Space, Hala Lavinia, Kolofo’ou on Tuesday, 4 August.
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  • Wednesday 29 July 2015 4:55pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Kele’a newspaper’s editor and publisher were sentenced to pay fines after they were found to be in contempt of court by the Chief Justice on 24 June, at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court.
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  • Wednesday 29 July 2015 4:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Pacific Prosecutors Association (PPA) whose objectives includes promoting and protecting the independence of prosecutors will hold its 6th Meeting on July 29-31 in Nuku’alofa.
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  • Wednesday 29 July 2015 4:26pm


    Los Angeles, USA
    : Tonga's star sprinter Tomasi Ma’asi is into the Finals this week after winning the 100m and 200m sprints in his division at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, USA.
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  • Wednesday 29 July 2015 4:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Dr. William R. Dickinson (83), a major scholar in plate tectonics and Pacific archaeology, died in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga, on July 21, 2015. His burial is expected to be on Sunday in Nukuleka - a village with which he had close connections in his geological research into the origins of the first Tongan settlements.
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  • Wednesday 29 July 2015 3:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Six young students who topped the written examination in Vava'u's soroban competition on Friday, 24 July will represent Vava'u Primary Schools at the National Soroban Competition in Nuku'alofa next year.
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  • Tuesday 28 July 2015 9:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's ‘Ikale Tahi (Sea Eagles) will meet the American Eagles at the BMO Field, Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, 29 July at 3.40pm (Toronto time).
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  • Tuesday 28 July 2015 7:38pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga sat for the first time this year on a 33-member Council of the International Seabed Authority after being elected last year for a four-year term.
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  • Tuesday 28 July 2015 7:28pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A new Ikale Lager brewed by the Royal Beer Co. Ltd. was launched by Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukālala at the Small Industry Centre last Friday, 24 July.
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  • Tuesday 28 July 2015 7:19pm


    Los Angeles, USA
    : Four Tongan athletes are competing for the first time at the Special Olympics World Summer Games that held its opening ceremony on 25 July in Los Angeles.
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  • Tuesday 28 July 2015 7:09pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tupou College won the 2015 brass bands competition of the Inter-College Brass Band Music Festival that ended on Friday, 24 July at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall.
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  • Monday 27 July 2015 8:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Ending violence against women is not Tonga’s problem alone nor is it unique to the Pacific. “It is a problem that affects all of our communities and our countries,” the Australian High Commissioner Mr Brett Aldam said in launching a new information resource for women in Nuku'alofa on Saturday July 25.
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