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Friday 30 August 2024 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Māori King, Tuheitia Paki, crowned Te Arikinui Kiingi Tuheitia, has died peacefully on Friday morning at the age of 69, New Zealand news media reported today. Kiingi Tuheitia succeeded his mother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, following her death in 2006.
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Friday 30 August 2024 6:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Meleane Falemaka, a first time Paralympian, is the only para-athlete representing Tonga at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. She will compete in the Women's F38 Discuss on Friday, 6 September. Premium content -
Thursday 29 August 2024 7:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Hon. Pat Conroy MP visited the MORDI Tonga Trust facilities today, one of several site visits he has made in Tongatapu, on the side of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa. The Australian Government is investing AUD$9.5 million in a new partnership to deliver critical, climate resilient infrastructure and activities to communities across the Kingdom of Tonga. Premium content -
Thursday 29 August 2024 1:13pm
Neiafu, Vava'u : Pacific Island Forum Leaders flew to Vava'u this morning on chartered flights for the Leaders Retreat Meeting of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting 2024, held at the Puataukanave Hotel in Neiafu. The fourth day of their gathering turned on blue skies in contrast to the torrential downpours that greeted the ministers on their first day in Tongatapu on Monday. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 August 2024 11:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Consular Team from U.S. Embassy Suva will visit Nuku'alofa on a quarterly-visit basis to see visa applicants who have made appointments in advance. The launch of a Consular window pilot program followed the Embassy’s official opening in Tonga today, August 28. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 August 2024 11:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is undergoing major reform, that will cover the processes that countries, including Tonga and the Pacific, use to access funds and investments, GCF’s Head of Vulnerability and Communications, Stephanie Speck said today, in Nuku’alofa. One of the reforms is reducing the timeframe of dispersing funds, from 14 to four months. Premium content -
Wednesday 28 August 2024 11:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first early warning and hazard-ready mobile application for Tonga was launched yesterday, 27 August, by Tonga Meteorology Service, on the side of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku'alofa. The app provides early disaster warning information and can also report events as they happen in Tonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 August 2024 11:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The communities of Kanokupolu and Ha'atafu in Hihifo, Tongatapu, welcomed the United Nations Secretary General Mr. António Guterres ahead of his departure from Tonga today. He visited two of the areas that were most affected by the events of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami in there. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 August 2024 2:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's domestic fibre-optic submarine communications cable went out again yesterday following a series of strong earthquakes, centred in Ha'apai, that also shook the capital. Tonga Cable Acting CEO Mr Sosafate Kolo confirmed the outage, to Matangi Tonga this afternoon. Cable communications to Vava'u and Ha'apai are cut. Premium content -
Tuesday 27 August 2024 12:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today, joined youth members from around the Pacific in a collaborative call for immediate climate actions and demanded equality from the world's biggest emitters of CO2. Over a hundred youth members joined this Inter-generational dialogue with the UN Secretary General, in a talanoa style, seated on mats on the floor of Tonga's Legislative Assembly Chamber, in Nuku’alofa, on 26 August. Premium content -
Monday 26 August 2024 11:29am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The decisions that world leaders face in the coming years will be determining the fate, firstly, of the Pacific Islands, but also of everyone else, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said today, “If we save the Pacific we save the world.” He urged Pacific states “to make your voices heard and heard loudly.” The meeting of 18 Pacific Island leaders and their representatives was officially opened by HRH Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala at the Tonga High School’s new stadium. -
Sunday 25 August 2024 12:55am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : United Nations Secretary General António Guterres arrived at Fua'amotu International Airport in Tonga at 7:30pm yesterday 24 August 2024, to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. The Secretary General arrived on a special Royal New Zealand Air Force flight from Auckland, with leaders and delegates from several Pacific countries. Premium content -
Saturday 24 August 2024 11:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The prices of yam, taro, cassava, and other agricultural crops, are significantly high this year due to the shortage of local supply, and this is an impact of climate change, said the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and Forest, Lord Fohe, on the opening of the one-day Tongatapu Royal Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism and Trade Show 2024 today. HRH Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala officially opened the show this afternoon, 24 August Premium content -
Friday 23 August 2024 7:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Youth leaders from various NGOs, government, health, media, private sector, and communities engaged in Anti-Corruption training from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Tonga this week, ahead of a very important youth dialogue with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, scheduled for Monday, 26 August, at Tonga's Parliament. Premium content -
Friday 23 August 2024 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku will remain as Acting Minister for both Defence and Foreign Affairs throughout the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga. The United Nations Secretary General and the Commonwealth Secretary General will arrive in Tonga tomorrow to attend the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting next week. The Forum expects to have 21 countries coming to the meeting as dialogue partners. Premium content -
Friday 23 August 2024 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The newly constructed Tonga High School Indoor Stadium, as the main venue for the 53rd Pacific Island Forum Leader’s meeting next week, was opened yesterday, 22 August, in Nuku’alofa, with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque by HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala. Premium content -
Thursday 22 August 2024 11:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Pacific Islands Forum’s new Secretary General, Baron Waqa (Nauru), arrived in Tonga Thursday afternoon, ahead of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, which opens in Nuku’alofa on Monday 26 August. He said the time has come for climate action at this meeting, that brings together leaders from 18 members across the Pacific Ocean. Tonight, with the Prime Minister, he met Pacific Islands' news journalists at the newly built accommodation centre at Popua. Premium content -
Thursday 22 August 2024 4:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Key evidence in the trial of disgraced former government Ministers, ‘Etuate and ‘Akosita Lavulavu, has been ruled inadmissible in their retrial on charges of obtaining money by false pretences, which has been constantly delayed since last year. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 August 2024 8:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Isiah Takau (39) from Ma’ufanga was sentenced to serve a total of three years and nine months imprisonment for possession of 11.94 grams of methamphetamine and cultivation of 10 cannabis plants committed in two separate occasions. He also committed the second offence while on bail. Premium content -
Wednesday 21 August 2024 8:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tevita Kauvaka Loto’aniu (28) was jailed for nine months for possession of illicit drugs, including 1.42 grams of methamphetamine seized at a residence in Houmakelikao in January earlier this year. Premium content
