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Tuesday 15 November 2005 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A group of about 20 people who marched to the Prime Minister's office in Nuku'alofa today waving Freedom banners were stopped outside the door, and asked to write a letter expressing their concerns.
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Monday 14 November 2005 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Melbourne 200 Queen's Baton, a symbol for the 2006 Commonwealth Games arrived in Tonga this morning to start its four-day relay throughout Tongatapu. Premium content -
Monday 14 November 2005 6:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Journalists from 10 Pacific Islands countries are participating in a three-day workshop focusing on the balanced reporting of news about women and children, and others outside the main stream of news. Premium content -
Saturday 12 November 2005 2:52am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Miss Cook Islands, Dorothea George (21) was crowned Miss South Pacific 2005 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga tonight. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Friday 11 November 2005 6:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Although a murder committed during a drunken fight was a horrible one, the death penalty was not appropriate in this case, Tonga's Chief Justice has decided in sentencing Tevita Siale Vola (27). Premium content -
Thursday 10 November 2005 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As the Miss South Pacific contestants prepare for the big night of their Pageant tomorrow, November 11, they received beautiful tailored dresses from Tonga's local designer, Tintin Fashion. Premium content -
Thursday 10 November 2005 5:25pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi beat an Italian A side 32-27 yesterday evening, according to the Nuku'alofa office of the Tonga Rugby Union. Premium content -
Thursday 10 November 2005 11:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's accession to the World Trade Organisation WTO is at the point of no return, Tonga's Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries Dr Feleti Sevele, told WTO critics at a Press Conference in Nuku'alofa on Tuesday, November 8, saying that retailing and wholesaling are two sectors that will remain protected for Tongans. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 November 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The seven contestants for the Miss South Pacific Pageant 2005 were guests last night of the Federal Pacific Insurance, who hosted a welcome cocktail and dinner in Nuku'alofa, where two 'Uvean girls discovered they had an old connection with Tonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 8 November 2005 5:15pm
UK : Dr 'Okusitino Mahina's political and economical insight seems way beyond his field of anthropology, which is basically analysing and comparing fossils and artifacts from the past Pacific history. His insight in Tongan politics today is irrelevant, he studies Past history! not present! Maybe soon, once the Monarchy will end, he can pick up the fossils and analyze them and give his students a lecture on post-Monarchy rule in the Pacific. - William Mariner -
Monday 7 November 2005 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 'Ikale Tahi squad has completed their tour of Britain by winning both of two test matches. Premium content -
Monday 7 November 2005 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 19th Miss South Pacific Pageant is set to begin in Nuku 'alofa with a Float Parade through the business centre on Wednesday, November 9. Premium content -
Monday 7 November 2005 11:20am
Christchurch,New Zealand : Tongans, Mafi Malanga XIII (Mr ‘Ilati Taungakava) and Maui ‘Ofamo‘oni, were two of the six Pacific artists across a range of art forms, who were honoured at the Arts Pasifika Awards 2005, held in Christchurch, New Zealand, on November 2. Premium content -
Friday 4 November 2005 10:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On today's public holiday to mark the 130th year of the Tongan Constitution, a political rally of about 200 people at Pangai Si'i in Nuku'alofa was told that the constitution deprives them of fundamental rights. Premium content -
Friday 4 November 2005 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Labour mobility for Pacific Islanders, and the trans-shipment of radioactive materials through the South Pacific, are two issues that Tonga's Minsiter for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Hon. Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou, said will keep appearing on the agenda of future Forum meetings until they have satisfactorily been dealt with. Premium content -
Thursday 3 November 2005 7:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two Indian nationals appeared in the Nuku‘alofa Magistrate's Court today, November 3, on separate charges of possession of marijuana and forgery of documents. Premium content -
Thursday 3 November 2005 7:09pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As Tonga enters the last stage of its accession to the World Trade Organisation this month, a workshop to help familiarize and educate Tongans on International Trade Policies was held in Nuku‘alofa on November 2-3. Premium content -
Thursday 3 November 2005 12:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Please do not get me wrong. I am all for both preservation and conservation of resources, both material and human. Not only is it a necessity that we preserve and conserve both material and human resources, it is in doing so that provides us with the very foundation of our co-existence (and of our common survival). My criticism of sustainable development is to do basically with its sense of human one-sidedness or social biasness, as it centres merely on people rather than both people and environment. The human resources, it must be pointed out, constitute but a very minute part of planet Earth. - Dr ‘Okusitino Mahina -
Wednesday 2 November 2005 5:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The monopoly of the Peau Vava‘u Airways on the domestic air service ended on November 1, when the Minsitry of Civil Aviation disregarded the monopoly agreement that it signed with the Peau Vava'u in May 2004 and advertised for a second airline to service the domestic airway. Premium content -
Wednesday 2 November 2005 5:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The fifth and the final shipment of Tongan squash is expected to leave Tonga for Japan on November 12. Premium content
