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Thursday 5 June 2014 3:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hundreds of Tongatapu secondary and tertiary school students with lively brass bands marched through central Nuku'alofa this morning, June 5 to mark the opening of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga 2014 Session. Photos by Linny Folau and Caroline Manu.
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Thursday 5 June 2014 2:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 2014 World Health Organisation (WHO) report on binge drinking has stated that 12% of Tongan males over the age of 15 years are “heavy episodic drinkers” (binge drinkers). -
Wednesday 4 June 2014 6:28pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visited the Nuku’alofa Government Primary School and the Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project site at Ha'avakatolo this afternoon. Premium content -
Wednesday 4 June 2014 2:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Visiting Tonga, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key this morning pledged around $2 million assistance to upgrade Tonga’s Teufaiva Stadium for the 2019 Pacific Games. New Zealand has also committed another $5 million towards the reconstruction of schools in Ha’apai that were destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian.1 comment Premium content -
Tuesday 3 June 2014 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI will open the last session of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga for the 2010-14 term on Thursday, June 5. The General Election is set for November 27 this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 3 June 2014 8:21pm
Palmerston North, New Zealand : Dr Lesieli Pelesikoti Tongati‘o of Palmerston North, has been awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of her contributions to the education of Pacific Islanders in New Zealand, in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Premium content -
Friday 30 May 2014 8:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is the world’s most overweight country, according to a study published yesterday by a well-known medical journal, The Lancet. Premium content -
Friday 30 May 2014 7:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A jury today found Semisi Kalisitiane Manu not guilty of manslaughter, but convicted him on an alternative charge of grievous bodily harm in relation to Kali Fungavaka’s death. Premium content -
Thursday 29 May 2014 10:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Closing submissions from counsel in the jury-trial into the death of Kali Fungavaka was completed today with final direction from the judge expected tomorrow May 30, before the jury retires to deliberate on a verdict. Premium content -
Thursday 29 May 2014 10:17pm
Washington DC, USA : The World Bank on 29 May approved a US$12 million in grants and low-interest credits for the reconstruction and repair of hundreds of homes in Ha'apai, and to restore critical community facilities like markets, health centers and schools that were badly damaged by Tropical Cyclone Ian. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 May 2014 9:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A foreign fishing vessel boarded by the Tonga Navy’s VOEA Neiafu patrol boat last week, was apprehended after failing to produce its original fishing license in Tonga, was later released on Monday, May 26. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 May 2014 3:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two foreign fishing boats were boarded in Tongan waters and one apprehended during a ten-day maritime surveillance operation to quell illegal fishing across the South Pacific Ocean, that ended last Friday 23 May. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2014 7:20pm
Wellington, New Zealand : The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr John Key will leave New Zealand on Sunday June 1 on a five-days tour of Samoa, Tonga and Niue. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2014 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A surgeon specialist told the jury-trial into the death of Kali Fungavaka today that the deceased had sustained head injuries that included multiple skull fractures on the top of his head, when examined upon admission to Vaiola Hospital on August 18, 2012. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2014 6:13pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Senior Police Constable ‘Amanaki Kisina (40) died in Neiafu, Vava’u from fish poisoning in the early morning of Saturday, May 24. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 May 2014 5:59pm
Tarawa, Kiribati : Trade ministers from around the region will attend the Pacific Forum Trade Ministers tomorrow 28 May in Tarawa, Kiribati. Premium content -
Monday 26 May 2014 6:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Annual Conference of the Free Church of Tonga (Tonga Tau'ataina) is being held this week, bringing hundreds of church members to Nuku'alofa. Photos by Linny Folau.2 comments Premium content -
Monday 26 May 2014 11:51am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pacific Leaders at a Special Retreat meeting in the Cook Islands on May 5 agreed to overhaul the Pacific Plan. Consultation meetings are currently being held throughout the region, to prepare a draft Framework for Pacific Regionalism, including a consultation meeting in Nuku'alofa last week. Premium content -
Sunday 25 May 2014 2:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : “Why do we educate our young people with violence?” asks artist Ebonie Fifita, clutching a punch bag she has created out of a multitude of Tongan school uniforms, to add visibility to the issue of community violence. Premium content -
Friday 23 May 2014 8:41pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A prisoner told the jury-trial for the civilian accused Semisi Kalisitiane Manu in the death of Kali Fungavaka, he saw Manu punch the victim inside cell 7 causing him to fall banging his head hard on the floor. While, another prisoner alleged to have witnessed beforehand the police beating up Kali “like treating an animal”. Premium content
