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Thursday 13 February 2025 8:10pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Moana Pasifika has named their team to play the Western Force this Saturday, 15 February, launching their 2025 DHL Super Rugby Pacific season in Perth, Australia.
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Thursday 13 February 2025 8:07pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga Police responded to a report of a suspected suicide involving a 15-year-old female from Tatakamotonga. Premium content -
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Solomon Islands government has launched an investigation into activities of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) judges, following fraud allegations made during the crowning of the Miss Pacific Islands in Honiara on Saturday, 8 February. "Despite the withdrawal of the Stop notice, the investigations are continuing. Formal charges will be made upon determination of the facts presented through the investigations," the Solomon Islands government stated today. Premium content -
Thursday 13 February 2025 6:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New medical supplies were donated to the Ministry of Health by the People’s Republic of China in an official handover, at the MOH headquarter in Tofoa this week, on 11 February 2025. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 February 2025 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga hosted the Australia-Tonga High Level Consultations on 11 February, bringing senior officials from both Governments together to discuss past, ongoing and future cooperation. This year’s talks in Nuku'alofa involved over a dozen ministries across both countries. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 February 2025 1:58pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Thirty talented athletes make the Penina Pasifika squad for the 2025 season, as announced by Oceania Rugby. This year’s squad features strong representation from both Samoa and Tonga, with 17 Samoan and 13 Tongan players selected. The Tongan contingent includes six locally based athletes, four of whom have previously represented the national Lofa women’s team. -
Wednesday 12 February 2025 12:43pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Treasured bowling balls belonging to the world champion bowler, Milika Nathan, have gone missing and the New Zealand school teacher of Tongan descent, says they are pretty important to her high-level performance. Premium content -
Wednesday 12 February 2025 11:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Legal experts from New Zealand are in Tonga for a two-and-a-half-day workshop, providing local lawyers with skills and tips in the art of cross-examination. The workshop opens today, 12 February, until Friday. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 February 2025 6:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Talifolau Letisi received a suspended sentence for being in charge of motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 11 February 2025 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt, the head judge of the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant was stopped at the Honiara Airport, in the Solomon Islands, amid controversy over the Miss Pacific Islands final result on the crowning night. Premium content -
Monday 10 February 2025 4:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Miss Tonga, Racheal Guttenbeil, placed first runner-up in the Miss Pacific Islands pageant, on Saturday at Friendship Hall, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Racheal won the “People’s Choice Award”, with over 130K online votes and the "Best Traditional Attire category". This year the new Miss Pacific Islands is Miss Samoa, Litara Ieremia-Allan. Premium content -
Saturday 8 February 2025 10:36am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's new Cabinet has revoked two previous government decisions: the privatisation of the Lupepau'u Aiport in Vava'u and a decision that allowed board members of public enterprises to automatically extend their terms this year, even after the end date, 15 March 2025. Premium content -
Friday 7 February 2025 7:19pm
Canberra, Australia : Although the Trump administration is now attempting to walk back some of the most obviously murderous aspects of its aid freeze, its ramifications remain: the damage already done, the effects on work still covered by the freeze, the apparent demise of USAID, the sheer capriciousness of the decision. While impacts on other parts of the world have dominated the headlines, the decision is going to be felt in the Pacific too. The region is the world’s most aid-dependent. - Terence Wood. -
Friday 7 February 2025 6:46pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : Eight contestants for the Miss Pacific Islands 2025 crown, completed the first judging category, a pre-pageant interview on 6 February, in Solomon Islands. The crowning will be held on Saturday 8 February, in Honiara. Premium content -
Friday 7 February 2025 8:53am
Melbourne, Australia : Donald Trump has wasted no time clarifying what “America First” – the dominant idea driving his election campaign – means in practice. So far, it means a 90-day freeze on most foreign aid spending, as well as the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris climate agreement. Of all the decisions made by Trump thus far, the most catastrophic are likely to be those related to climate change, including pushing for more oil and gas production. None of this will make America great again. On the contrary, Trump’s return to the White House has given a giant boost to China’s claims to world leadership. - Peter Singer -
Thursday 6 February 2025 6:38pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In Tonga, there are at least four cases of stage 3-4 cervical cancer every year. In these stages, patients cannot be treated..."they will die," said Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist, Dr. Ma’ake Tupou. The Ministry of Health is conducting a campaign to protect women from cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2025 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seven people were found guilty for various charges including possession of 1.62 grams of methamphetamine, 8.27 grams of cannabis as well as arms and ammunition without a license seized during a police operation at a tax allotment in Vaini. Premium content -
Thursday 6 February 2025 12:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Kisina Neiufi (33) is serving four and a half years imprisonment for possession of 3.51 grams of methamphetamine, seized with $2,800 cash in Vaotu’u. This included the activation of a one year suspended sentence for previous drug offending, he breached. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 February 2025 8:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Falakiko Uatahausi (40) was jailed for six months for possession of 1.33 grams of methamphetamine, seized on him at the Tonga Institute of Higher Education in Pahu, where he was working as a security guard. Premium content -
Wednesday 5 February 2025 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Salesi Fa’aoa (34) is serving two years in prison for receiving stolen property, valued at around $43,750, from the burglary of a warehouse belonging to a construction and road repair associated business in Tofoa. Premium content
