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Thursday 25 November 2010 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : With early results coming in from individual polling stations the names of the leading candidates in Tonga's General Election are expected to be clear by 9:00 pm tonight after thousands of people turned out for the polls on an overcast day. Photos by Linny Folau, Pesi Fonua and Mary Lyn Fonua.
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Thursday 25 November 2010 4:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three of the king's Law Lords: Lord Tufui, Lord Tupou and Lord Dalgety, cast their votes for the first time at the 2010 Nobles Election this morning, together with about 19 of Tonga's traditional nobles who were present to cast their votes at the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa between 10:00 - 11:00am. Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2010 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A delegation of 14 observers, nine Australians and five New Zealanders, are in Tonga to observe Tonga's parliamentary election today Thursday, November 25. Invited by the government of Tonga, the New Zealand observers are led by New Zealand parliamentarian John Hayes. His delegation includes Shane Jones, MP; Chester Borrows MP; David Parker MP and Noel Scott a former MP. Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2010 1:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : But the world has undergone great changes in the past 135 years and we have attained many advances which those Nobility would have scarce believed possible. It is an opportune time therefore to change the way we are ruled in order that our country could benefit from the talents and gifts which it has pleased the Almighty to grant to each of our people without favour whether they are born into the Upper or Lower Classes of society. - GEORGE R Premium content -
Thursday 25 November 2010 1:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ka kuo lahi 'a e ngaahi liliu kuo hoko 'i mamani 'i he ta'u koia 'e 135 kuo hili atu, pea kuo tau a'usia 'e kitautolu 'a e ngaahi fakalaka ne 'ikai ke 'amanaki 'a e Hou'eiki 'o e kuohili ne mei lava'i. Kuo taimi leva ke tau liliu 'a e founga 'oku pule'i 'aki 'o e fonua ke tau inasi kotoa 'i he taleniti kuo foaki 'e he 'Otua ki he Tonga kotoa 'o tatau pe 'a e ma'olunga pea mo e ma'ulalo. George R Premium content -
Wednesday 24 November 2010 12:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan Commoners tomorrow, November 25 will be given the opportunity in Tonga's Parliamentary Election to choose their 17 representatives to enter parliament. This is the first step in setting up a new government. The representatives that they elect tomorrow will become the decision makers in a second round of voting, which is the election of a Prime Minister to lead the country during the next four years. Editor's Comment, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Wednesday 24 November 2010 10:30am
Melbourne, Australia : My personal opinion is that in 1952 Prince Tupouto'a-Tungï (then Premier of Tonga) arranged for the purchase of the property by the Government of Tonga and that Queen Sālote agreed to the purchase because of her growing family and the likelihood of grandchildren later being educated in Auckland, as she had been and because of the promised hostels for Tongan students, in whose welfare she took a great interest. - Besi Wood-Ellem. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 7:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : We've done copra, bananas and other agricultural produce. We have plucked and plumbed the depths of our seas and reefs but none appears to be sustainable for long. Our labour exports are at its infancy with potential to address poverty, social issues and to provide economically through foreign exchange earnings. - Sefita Hao'uli. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sione Keuate Tupouniua's name was struck off the list of candidates for this Thursday's Parliamentary Election this afternoon, November 23 by Chief Justice, Hon Michael Dishington. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 4:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's national rugby team, the 'Ikale Tahi kicked off its tour of Europe with a victory over an Italian A outfit, 16-9 on Friday evening, November 19 at Biella, Italy. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Ahongalu Fusimalohi, an Oceania Football Confederation OFC Member and the Head of Tonga's Football Federation has been banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee from any football related activity for three years and fined $US10,000. Premium content -
Tuesday 23 November 2010 4:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Four years ago on 16 November 2006 the heart of the Nuku'alofa Central Business District was destroyed by protesters but on November 19 the keys to three new multi storey buildings were handed over to their owners by the Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele in a ceremony at the International Dateline Hotel. -
Monday 22 November 2010 8:15am
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : A "welfare state" does not produce wealth; it produces dependents on government aids and expatriates' remittances. Our Tongan Pride in feeding our families from our own hard work has diminished because there is no meaningful work available. - Sione Akemaihakau Mokofisi. Premium content -
Monday 22 November 2010 5:58am
San Francisco,California, USA : According to a "Biography of Queen Salote" written by the daughter of Rev. Wood, 'Atalanga is a private and a summer home of Queen Salote. This property was purchased by the government as a property and/or a gift for Queen Salote. Queen Salote used this property as a home when the summer is too hot in Tonga. - Siosaia Fatani. Premium content -
Saturday 20 November 2010 3:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan voters know very little about the structure of the new government that Tonga will introduce following the November 25 election, according to some candidates who have attended village meetings in their constituencies. Premium content -
Friday 19 November 2010 4:27pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Students of the Government's Tonga Side School in Nuku'alofa today raised about $16,000 pa'anga during a colourful Gala Day held at the school compound. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 18 November 2010 1:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : When civil servants registered as candidates for the election, their resignations took immediate effect, the Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu said on November 17. Premium content -
Thursday 18 November 2010 11:09am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Miss Heilala Mafi Tu'inukuafe (18) leaves for Papua New Guinea today to represent Tonga in the 2010 Miss South Pacific Pageant in Papua New Guinea, from November 21-27. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 November 2010 11:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A total of 169 Polling Stations will be set up throughout Tonga's 17 constituencies for the November 25 parliamentary election when 42,067 registered Tongan voters will go to the polls to choose their 17 People's Representatives. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 November 2010 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Police arrested a male supporter of a candidate for the coming parliamentary election in Vava'u on November 12, after it was alleged that election posters in Neiafu carried defamatory information about another candidate. Premium content
