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Saturday 20 August 2005 4:15pm
Wellington, New Zealand : The New Zealand government is willing to help Tonga resolve its long-running public sector strike, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Phil Goff said.
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Saturday 20 August 2005 4:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tongan protesters were back outside their King's Auckland residence today, for a second day in support of a month-long public service strike in Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 20 August 2005 4:00pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tongans burned their national flag and smashed a lock to the gates of their King's Auckland residence on Friday in support of a widespread public service strike in their homeland. Premium content -
Saturday 20 August 2005 12:15pm
Sydney, Australia : It is so difficult to pick a conversation with people who would prefer to hide under a pseudonym while they attack others in a public forum. That is exactly the way of the terrorist. - Rev Dr Ma‘afu‘otu‘itonga Palu -
Friday 19 August 2005 11:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The home of a Shoreline executive, Joseph Ramanlal, located at 'Anana village near Nuku'alofa, came under an arson attack early this morning, and family members say that a small fire was started by something like a Molotov cocktail that was thrown over the fence and into their doorway. Premium content -
Thursday 18 August 2005 12:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : There were explosions in central Nuku'alofa early this morning as four government vehicles burned in the parking lot of the Revenue Services Division, in a suspected arson attack.6 comments Premium content -
Wednesday 17 August 2005 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Offices and cars at Tonga College were smashed this morning, in an outbreak of violence by students, reportedly angered over the government's removal yesterday of their principal and head tutor during Tonga's ongoing civil service strike. Removed, Principal of Tonga College, Tu'amelie Faaitu'a (left) and his head tutor Lopaki Fifita Premium content -
Wednesday 17 August 2005 9:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata asked for the Minister of Justice, Hon. Siaosi 'Aho, to tell the House about efforts that had been made to end the strike, and how each time it was turned down by the strikers, who had even refused to meet and discuss their grievances with the government delegation. He referred to the two who were standing (Prince Tu'ipelehake and 'Akilisi Pohiva) and said they were stirring up trouble in the land. From the House. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 23, Monday August 15, 2005. Premium content -
Wednesday 17 August 2005 9:30am
New Zealand : Please allow me to congratulate you on such a wonderful website! It is a fantastic way of staying in touch with news from Tonga. -
Wednesday 17 August 2005 9:30am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As Tonga's Public Servants' strike entered its fourth week, Nunia Mone of the government's Public Service Commission claimed that more public servants have returned to work. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 August 2005 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On August 1, before the House decided to go into recess due to the ongoing civil service strike, the Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, expressed his dismay with what Clive Edwards had been saying on television, calling on the strikers to do something about public servants who were not on strike but were still working for government. He thought it was unusual for a former Minister of Police to say things like that. He said that what Clive was doing was inciting people to riot. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 22, Monday August 1, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 August 2005 5:30pm
Wellington, New Zealand : NZPA -New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) members have rallied to support striking teachers, health workers and public servants in Tonga. Premium content -
Tuesday 16 August 2005 11:30am
UK : TCB failed and had to sell all assets and is now a back packers paradise and office of TASA. The secured lands for agricultural purposes is a question mark because we have cultivated land in Tonga, why overseas? Do local farmers have to purchase a return airline ticket to plant squash nowadays? - William Mariner -
Monday 15 August 2005 6:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A rumour of public servants being dismissed from the civil service and that new doctors and teachers were being recruited from overseas, was denied this morning by Kelepi Makakaufaki, the Secretary for the Tonga Government's Public Service Commission. Premium content -
Monday 15 August 2005 6:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After all efforts had failed to find a solution to a three week old strike by Tonga's civil service, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV joined over 5,000 people at the Teufaiva Stadium on Sunday evening to pray for a solution. Premium content -
Sunday 14 August 2005 8:45pm
San Jose,California, USA : I must thank you personally for a job well done on the continuous coverage on the strike of civil servants in Tonga. Premium content -
Saturday 13 August 2005 4:14pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan government was this afternoon ordered by the Chief Justice to refrain from removing the public from Pangai Si'i, where rallies have been held for the past three weeks during the national strike by civil servants.4 comments Premium content -
Saturday 13 August 2005 12:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A growing crowd, that was shut out of Pangai Si'i this morning, is gathering outside Tonga's parliament and court house, and singing loudly while they await a decision expected this afternoon from Tonga's Chief Justice - that may or may not allow them to return to their rallying point. Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2005 6:01pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's striking civil servants left Pangai Si‘i this afternoon, after agreeing to disperse at 2pm, while waiting for a judicial injunction they are seeking, against an order to leave Pangai Si‘i. Premium content -
Friday 12 August 2005 1:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An excited crowd of strikers and their families surged onto Pangai Si‘i this morning, defying a police cordon that was attempting to shut down the area at the heart of the civil servants strike. Premium content
