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Tuesday 25 October 2005 1:58pm
Tallahassee, Florida,USA : Congratulations! I may be overly optimistic, but I believe that the Constitutional reform committee will be a major success in the long journey started by the Human Rights and Democracy Movement in 1986. I have recently been spending my time studying some of the history of your Constitution, and I would like to say that as you begin this difficult process, it is important to remember all that you have achieved so far by courage, and persistence. - John Maloney -
Tuesday 25 October 2005 1:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Speaking from the confines of a young Tongan's view, at best a blurred snap-shot of what is essentially just another politically biased perspective of a few Laki Niu supporters. We would like to point out to the small portion of the public sphere that doubt Mr Laki Niu's stance or intentions, following his recent pleas to catalyse reformation, that he has every right to be where he is today. - Ka Polu -
Tuesday 25 October 2005 10:13am
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : The Pacific Civil Society Forum Meeting yesterday evening (October 24) called on Forum Leaders to redraft the controversial Pacific Plan.
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Monday 24 October 2005 6:00pm
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : Killing two birds with one stone, Rt Hon Helen Clark, over breakfast this morning, October 24, briefed the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Commerce over the Pacific Plan and then announced the first South Pacific Expo to be held in Auckland, New Zealand next year. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2005 6:00pm
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : A "Regional Family" approach was the best way for Pacific Forum countries to address the many challenges that are facing the region, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rt Hon Helen Clark, told a PNG Chamber of Commerce breakfast gathering this morning, October 24 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port Moresby. by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2005 5:48pm
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : After the announcement by the Chairman of South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), Hon. David Basua (PNG), on October 21 that the SPTO had rejected Taiwan's application for membership after China pledged annual funding, there was a feeling among Pacific journalists that the division among Pacific Island governments over China's 'One China Policy' was going to take centre stage at the 2005 Forum Meeting scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 25 in Papua New Guinea. - Editors Comment by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2005 5:11pm
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : The offer by China of an annual contribution of USD$100,000 to the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) during the next five years 2006-10, finalised the regional organisation's decision to reject Taiwan's application for a membership with SPTO. by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2005 3:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Although the US is free of the avian flu presently, they may have to look a little closer at your correspondent and our fellow pilgrim Tama Foa. He may have fallen victim. I say this as I was surprised at his recent outburst over Laki Niu's constitutional proposal. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2005 10:13am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Three Tongan women, Lu‘isa Matele Uata, Mele Taumoepeau and Talaivosa Ueleni, have won this year's Tonga Women in Business awards run by the Westpac Bank of Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 24 October 2005 9:35am
London, UK : I feel I have to write in support of Laki Niu's constitutional protest. Living in the UK where we are blessed with a centuries old democracy I feel we owe it to any nation to support their drive towards democracy. - Ruth Teasdale -
Monday 24 October 2005 9:30am
Sydney, Australia : I refer to Tama Foa's previous article "Negotiations can save heartache of violence... in which the writer criticized Laki Niu's recent political campaign. Perhaps, Tama Foa is a little misguided but let me see if I can illustrate the point more clearly. -Jason Faletau Premium content -
Friday 21 October 2005 7:06pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mr Gaddi Vasquez, the World Wide Director for the United States Peace Corps, visited Tonga for the first time on October 18 and witnessed the work of his Peace Corps volunteers as well as reconfirming its ties with Tonga. by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Sixth Pasifiki Trade Fair was opened this morning with over 70 businesses displaying various products at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku‘alofa. Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2005 5:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's underground water supply is being threatened by the careless disposal of waste that may pollute the clean water supply, warns Sione Faka...osi of Tonga's Department of Environment. by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 20 October 2005 12:25pm
Sydney, Australia : Pacific Island countries at some point in history were exploited because they own some of the most important commodities demanded by outsiders yet deemed useless to us because we didn't have the investment, resources and expertise to process them in our backyard. This is particularly true in Fiji (when companies conscripted Indians from abroad to work as slaves at sugar farms), and in PNG and the Solomons where acres and acres of forests were mowed down for export. - Jason Faletau -
Thursday 20 October 2005 12:15pm
USA : I give credit to Mr. Laki Niu and others for their call for change in the constitution. These proposals are indeed commendable but I beg to differ from Mr. Niu's approach. I have not seen his total proposal, but based on the little information I have, I believe a monster is in the making. - Tamafoa -
Wednesday 19 October 2005 6:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After two days of camping at Pangai Si'i in central Nuku'alofa, without receiving a response from Cabinet, Tonga's Constitutional change campaigner, Laki Niu, stepped up his call for democratic changes to the Tongan Constitution today by marching with 30 supporters to the parliament house. Premium content -
Tuesday 18 October 2005 4:15pm
Re : What Laki Niu is doing, is what a lot of Tongans have been talking about in Faikava's!! Expressing their frustrations and anger towards a government's way of rule but not taking action. Premium content -
Monday 17 October 2005 5:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan judokas dominated Fiji and American Samoa to win seven of the eight categories in the first Tri-Nations Judo Tournament held at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku'alofa on October 15. Premium content -
Sunday 16 October 2005 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan people must be set free from a 1,000-year-old bondage, says Laki Niu, a Tongan lawyer, who will camp at Pangai Si'i with a loud speaker tomorrow morning demanding that the Tongan government agree to a new proposal for constitutional change. Premium content
