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Tuesday 14 July 2009 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It is with some interest that I read Prime Minister Key's announcement of aid contributions for Tonga. The first aspect I find amusing is the absence of any recognition, in the announcement, that this is money being collected from citizens of New Zealand in taxes and therefore is coming from the people of New Zealand for the people of Tonga. Instead he gives the impression that this money is the result of his/government's generosity. - Peter Goldstern
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Tuesday 14 July 2009 1:45pm
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA : New Zealand producers added wealth to their economy by exporting goods to Tonga. Tongan producers duplicated the same in their economy by consuming the goods, and traded back products that New Zealand producers could not produce at affordable costs. - Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Monday 13 July 2009 1:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The House approves for the salaries of Cabinet Ministers to come under the Salway Salary Scale, which was independently assessed. The other members of the House remain under a salary decided by themselves in 2006. But the PRs want the public to think that the PRs salary scale is what Salway recommended when, in fact, a sub-committee chaired by 'Uliti Uata and 'Akilisi Pohiva in 2006 had rejected Salway's figures and presented their own figures, which were higher than Salway's. From the House. Minute No. 14, Tuesday night, 23 June 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Monday 13 July 2009 12:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mandy Pickering (32), the winner of New Zealand's 2009 television series 'Stars in Our Eyes' is enjoying a family vacation in Tonga. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 7:46pm
Cahors, France : Tongan ngatu is part of an impressive display of Pacific barkcloth in a new exhibition that opened recently in Cahors, France. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 7:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's 2009 "Rulers of Hip Hop" competition will pay tribute to the King of Pop Michael Jackson on two nights, July 23 and 31 and showcase hip-hop groups competing to his music and legendary moonwalk moves. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 7:00pm
Suva, Fiji : A 27-year-old Tongan national Mr Siale Bain-Vete, has been chosen as the Pacific's first Fulbright scholar in more than a decade by the American Embassy, Suva, Fiji, on Wednesday, June 23. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 7:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan international shot putter, 'Ana Po'uhila is aiming to make her mark in hammer throwing after setting the new Tongan record at 53,53m in her 2009 French Tour on July 2. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 6:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele told 'Akilisi Pohiva to tell the truth, that the three Royal Land commissioners were Tongans. From the House. Minute No. 13, Tuesday 23 June 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 6:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Instead of focusing on the budget debate members raised other social issues such as the foreign ownership of businesses; and the dirty state of the town. From the House. Minute No. 12, Monday night 22 June 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Sunday 12 July 2009 9:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It is with some interest that I read Prime Minister Key's announcement of aid contributions for Tonga. The most interesting aspect is that, in fact, the amount of NZ annual aid to Tonga comes very close to the total tax revenue that the NZ government would have collected in income tax from income derived in NZ on the NZ$70 million of exports to Tonga in 2007. - Peter Goldstern Premium content -
Friday 10 July 2009 11:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Galaxy Queen Pageant 2009 began in Nuku'alofa on July 8 with a colourful show of fantastic costumes and imaginative hats, - the annual cross dressing contest securing its reputation as one of Tonga's most outrageous festival events. Photos by Pat Car and Linny Folau Premium content -
Friday 10 July 2009 10:34pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thailand's former Prime Minister Mr Thaksin Shinawatra was in Tonga earlier this week and met with HM King George Tupou V and Princess Pilolevu Tuita. Premium content -
Friday 10 July 2009 9:19am
Salt Lake City-Utah, USA : Tonga's so-called pro-democracy camp whined like spoiled brats who expected attention from the NZ PM's state visit NZ Prime Minister visits Tonga, 08 July, 2009), but who were left irrelevant in the cold. -Sione A. Mokofisi Premium content -
Wednesday 8 July 2009 2:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The New Zealand Prime Minister Hon. John Key marked his first visit to the Kingdom by announcing an increase in New Zealand aid to Tonga from $12 million to $16 million during the 2009-10 financial year, and it will go up again by $2 million during the 2011-12 financial year. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 July 2009 12:22pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Seismic Network is now better equipped to accurately measure and record big earthquakes of up to 7 magnitude after being upgraded with new broadband seismometers in the Tongatapu, Vava'u and Ha'apai stations. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 July 2009 10:53am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The House passed the Bill to Amend Clause 59 of the Tonga Constitution regarding the election of a Prime Minister and appointment of his Cabinet. From the House. Minute No. 11, Monday, 22 June 2009. Premium Content. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 July 2009 3:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Cadet officers ‘Ungatea Tu‘ivailala and Fuatapu Halangahu of the Tonga Defence Sservices graduated from the Royal Military College in Canberra, Australia on June 23. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 July 2009 3:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tonga Tourism Association on behalf of the Heilala Festival Organising Committee received four new motorbikes from the Chinese Embassy on July 2. The motorbikes were handed over to the Minister of Tourism Hon Fineasi Funaki from the Tonga-China Friendship Association in a ceremony held at the Loumaile Lodge. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 July 2009 3:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The MV Princess Ashika left for its maiden voyage to Ha'apai and Vava'u on Friday morning, July 4, with 360 passengers, the majority of them being people returning home from the Free Wesleyan Church Conference which ended on July 3. Premium content
