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Tuesday 20 June 2006 6:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga this year has secured a second market for its squash, Korea, and it is hoped this will encourage growers who have lost confidence after their worst year in 2005.
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Tuesday 20 June 2006 9:15am
Auckland, New Zealand : When Prime Minister Sevele was in Auckland recently he took time out - a few minutes only but long enough to make the point - that our news media need to report more accurately particularly on political events from home. I've lifted this very recent piece from one of our more popular internet sources (and it was not the exemplar MatangiTonga) to illustrate why the PM should continue to be concerned....Sefita Hao'uli Premium content -
Tuesday 20 June 2006 8:38am
Canberra, Australia : ‘Oku hanga he hopo sivile ko ‘eni kuo tau situ‘a me ai ‘o fakamanatu mai ‘a e ngaahi me‘a lalahi ko ‘eni: ‘oku mahino lelei ko a ‘etau konisitutone mo e lao kiate kitautolu? - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai Premium content -
Monday 19 June 2006 7:32pm
Long Beach, California, USA : What an embarrassment for Clive Edwards as a legal counsel and the other 7 PRs and the "lone ranger" Noble Representative as lawmakers, to have even pursued such a frivolous case in the courts! What a waste of public time and energy in this needless legal exercise! - ‘Ofa ki Tonga Premium content -
Monday 19 June 2006 7:29pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's parliament will reopen tomorrow, June 20, following a Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Robin Webster this morning that the opening of Parliament by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolevu Tuita on June 1 was lawful. Premium content -
Sunday 18 June 2006 8:20am
Long Beach, California, USA : HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita opened Parliament on June 1st and the Legislative Assembly (LA) proceeded to meet and began to conduct business in the order that has been followed for over a hundred years. As reported, all the plaintiffs drew their weekly allowances for two successive weeks. - ‘Ofa ki Tonga Premium content -
Saturday 17 June 2006 5:36pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Chief Justice Robin Webster will announce his decision next week, after this morning hearing submissions in a case that is challenging the legality of the opening of the 2006 session on June 1 by the Princess Regent. Premium content -
Saturday 17 June 2006 9:08am
New Zealand : Kimu'a pea kamata e laka ne tu'u mai e PSA 'o uki e laka, peau pehe koe sulu ia. 'Osi pe ngaahi 'aho kuo pavaki mai 'enau fokotu'utu'u minisita...ko kinautolu pe ia 'o taki mai ai e sekelitali fakataimi. 'I he mahino hono fokihi 'e he felafoaki moe media ne nau holomui kae hu mai e kau sulu 'a e Temo 'oku taki ai e kau fakafofonga 'o liu ki ai e lakaa, neu pehe mahalo ko e kau sulu e 'oku fai ki ai e faiva. - Pola Loiti Premium content -
Friday 16 June 2006 7:16pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Ikale Tahi has a new line-up for their June 17 game against the Junior All Blacks at the Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Premium content -
Friday 16 June 2006 7:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A hearing to decide the fate of the Tongan Parliament's 2006 session will start at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court tomorrow, June 17. Premium content -
Friday 16 June 2006 3:40pm
: First of all, I wish to thank the PRs, the PSA, and the so called Tonga National Business Association (TNBA) for help crippling our small economy. Only if we sit down and think carefully of who we are, what we are doing, and how it would affect others and our very small economy, some light would have been came through to save us all time, money, and especially our beautiful faces. - Sione Maile -
Friday 16 June 2006 3:17pm
Tofoa,Tongatapu : I would like to set the record straight for Sione and for any others who share this misconception. From the beginning, Afeaki intended that his Democratic Monarchy (DM) proposal should be made available to the public for discussion and review. Careful plans were made to ensure Afeaki...s DM proposal would get distributed as widely as possible to the people of Tonga. - Pousima AT Afeaki -
Friday 16 June 2006 8:47am
USA : I am sure the major topic of discussion these days is the partial opening and the indefinite closing or suspension of the Parliament. This is not good for us who were looking forward for our annual comic relief. There is no better situation comedy than that coming out of Parliament. I do miss Dr. Lavulavu and his mano-a-mano (man to man) fist fight challenges. Siuhu! - Tama Foa -
Friday 16 June 2006 6:10am
Long Beach, California, USA : The latest development on the legal action brought by Lasike and the People Representatives truly deserves a vote of "No Confidence" in the House and the plaintiffs should be booted out of the Legislative Assembly. With a real experienced lawyer like Clive Edwards to take part in a frivolous case of this nature is totally absurd. - ‘Ofa-ki-Tonga -
Thursday 15 June 2006 6:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Rev. Dr ‘Alifeleti Malakai Mone has been re-elected for his ninth term as the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga during the 83rd Annual Church Conference that was opened this morning, by the Princess Regent, HRH Pilolevu Tuita. Premium content -
Thursday 15 June 2006 5:04pm
Broome, Western,Australia : As a follow on from my last letter, which was a reply to Mr Haouli's earlier diatribe about the Court action that was filed by Mr Edwards. I would like to state a common saying that is part of the lingo of Indigenous Australians what now? - James Tapueluelu -
Thursday 15 June 2006 4:50pm
New Zealand : I did challenge the fragility of Tonga at this transitional period of political reform, to put together your resources and streamline your budgets for the betterment of the public services, the economic development and the people of Tonga while formulating the most practical political approaches to apply with an ultimate objective: Peace, Unity, Solidarity and Prosperity must be maintained. - Henry Alexandra Tonga -
Thursday 15 June 2006 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The eight members of parliament who forced the Tongan Legislature to close this week changed their minds yesterday afternoon, and now, in an abrupt turnaround, they want the House to reopen, fearing that they have given the government a free-rein on the new Budget. Withdrawal is not going to be easy or cheap for the plaintiffs who, after claiming that the opening of Parliament on June 1 was illegal, have applied to the Supreme Court for their Civil Case, to be "discontinued". Premium content -
Wednesday 14 June 2006 4:31pm
New York, United States : The Tonga National Day June 4 2006 was celebrated in New York City on June 3 and 4. Premium content -
Wednesday 14 June 2006 11:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The indefinite adjournment of the Tongan Legislature on Monday, June 12, enters its third day today without a sign that any decision to resume the 2006 session may be made soon. Premium content
