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Wednesday 13 May 2015 8:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A volleyball team made up of of Tongan Seasonal workers won the Motueka Volleyball League in New Zealand last week after remaining undefeated throughout the season.1 comment
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Wednesday 13 May 2015 5:29pm
Lisbon, Portugal : Tonga's U-20 defeated Hong Kong 35-16 in its first game at the World Rugby U20 Trophy that began on 12 May in Lisbon, Portugal. Premium content -
Wednesday 13 May 2015 3:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kuo taimi ke hopo mai ‘a e Pule’angaa ‘o faitu’uni he vave tahaa ke veteki ‘a e fo’i fakapona ni, he ko kinautolu na’a nau li mai ‘a e fo’i puluu, pea kapau ‘oku tokolahi ‘a e ta’eloto ki he fakamo’oni ki he CEDAW pea faka’apa’apa’i. – Sione Tu’itupou Fotu. -
Wednesday 13 May 2015 12:05pm
Port Vila, Vanuatu : Officials from across the region are meeting in Samoa this week to discuss Pacific responses to a changing climate. They meet with a renewed sense of urgency, as they consider shared positions for a global climate deal. That deal, will cement future international action on climate change. A bad deal will place our collective future in peril. – Shirley Laban. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 May 2015 10:34pm
Port Moresby, PNG : With 52-days to go before the opening of the 15th Pacific Games on July 4 2015 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea's diverse people are passing the baton through many communities, travelling by foot, by horseback, by vehicles and helicopter. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 May 2015 7:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : International direct flights to Vava’u from Nadi operated by Fiji Airways is expected to start in November as well as direct flights from Apia to Tongatapu. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 May 2015 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The price of petrol and diesel for Tonga will continue to go up by a few seniti for May-June starting on Monday, 18 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 12 May 2015 9:24am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kuo tukumai ‘e he kau Taki Lotu ‘ae ‘ikai kenau loto ke tali ‘e Tonga ‘ae CEDAW. Ko e makatu’unga tefito ‘I he’enau lau, koe’uhi pe koe ngaahi faka’uhinga ‘oku fepaki ‘ae ngaahi kupu ‘e ni’ihi ‘oe CEDAW mo e tokateline ‘oe Lotu. Ko e Kupu 10(h) mo e 12(1) ‘oku faka’uhinga’I ki he fakatotama pea pehe ki he Kupu 16 ‘oku faka’uhinga’I ‘oku fekau’aki mo e mali tatau. -Tito Kivalu1 comment -
Monday 11 May 2015 10:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four men have received prison terms for offences related to a home invasion in Sopu on June 10, 2014, where a woman was robbed, tied up and raped. Two other men have received suspended sentences for their roles in the housebreaking Premium content -
Monday 11 May 2015 10:07pm
Auckland, New Zealand : A 71-year-old mother Tevunga Vaea, her daughter and daughter-in-law died in a tragic car crash on Saturday night 9 May, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Premium content -
Monday 11 May 2015 2:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kuo ‘osi teka’i mai ‘ehe Pule’angaa ‘a e fo’i puluu – CEDAW pea ko e me’a pe tetau lava ‘o faii ko e lotu pe ki he ‘Otua ke fai pe ‘eia hono finangalo, ‘oua ‘e manasi’i, he ko e me’a pe ia ‘e tu’u, tu’uloa mo lelei ki Tonga ni. – Sione Tu’itupou Fotu. -
Monday 11 May 2015 11:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The current incessant pressure applied by proponents to ratify CEDAW takes me back to Mary Fonua’s account (Feb. 12, 2015). She wrote that CEO Lōpeti Senituli assembled a group of educated and prominent ladies, as “relevant stakeholders” to decide the fate of CEDAW. - Sione Ake-mei-hakau Mokofisi. -
Saturday 9 May 2015 10:16am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Today, 9 May, the European Union is celebrating Europe Day...The European Union has a long standing relationship and friendship with Tonga and other Pacific countries. Our partnership is based on our shared values, on common concerns and on common aspirations. We are keen to work closely with our Pacific partners to tackle global challenges - some challenges are so big that only a global response will suffice to overcome them. – EU Ambassador Andrew Jacobs. Premium content -
Saturday 9 May 2015 9:56am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's 2014-15 Parliamentary session will be officially closed on May 21, before reopening a week later with a state ceremony on May 28 for the 2015-16 Parliamentary session. Premium content -
Friday 8 May 2015 5:36pm
Hamilton, New Zealand : ‘Amelia Tupou Veiongo Fa’otusia has won the 2014 New Zealand Pacific Academic Achievement Award for the second year running.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 8 May 2015 4:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Supreme Court has made a garnishee order that all debts due or to be gained by Siosaia Moehau from Tonga Power Ltd up to a sum of $860,077.59 plus interest should be paid directly to Westpac Bank of Tonga for his debts. Premium content -
Friday 8 May 2015 2:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ko e ngaahi fehu’i ‘e 14 ‘o fakafofonga’i ‘a e setāsio ‘e 14, hala hotau fakamo’ui´, Sēsū Kilisitō/Sisū Kalaisi ki he kolosi´, ne ‘ohake mo fa’u mei he tali ‘a e kau taki lotu ‘i Tonga ki he CEDAW, ‘oku mau kole ki he ‘Otua Mafimafi´ ke tokonia mautolu ‘i he’emau lotua ‘a e ngāue ‘a e pule’anga Tonga´ ki he CEDAW:... -Sr Dr Kalo Sikimeti -
Friday 8 May 2015 9:12am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet will be performed in Nuku’alofa on Tuesday, 23 June by a London based company, Globe to Globe Hamlet tour. Premium content -
Thursday 7 May 2015 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HE Mr Yukio Numata (63) is Japan's new Ambassador to Tonga who began at the Embassy of Japan in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, 6 May. Premium content -
Thursday 7 May 2015 6:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione ‘Afa Teisina (28) has been charged with a second count of unlawfully imprisoning his 20-year-old partner at a plantation in Puke, Tongatapu. Premium content
