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Wednesday 6 July 2005 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's first Driving Golf Range was officially opened on Saturday June 25 by Crown Prince Tupouto‘a at the grounds of Lopaukamea II, ‘Atele, on Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 6 July 2005 10:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Ikale Tahi rugby team was beaten by the Manu Samoa 50 - 28 at Apia Park, in Samoa on Saturday July 2. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 July 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and 13 fellow alumni who attended Law School at University of Sydney over 60 years ago came together for their own celebration yesterday evening July 6, at a special reception hosted at the Australian High Commissioner's residence in Nuku'alofa. Premium content -
Tuesday 5 July 2005 9:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On a bright sunny day on July 4, thousands of people gathered in near the Royal Palace in Nuku‘alofa, to watch the celebrations held in honor of HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV's 87th birthday. Photos by Linny Folau and Adrienne L. Kaeppler Premium content -
Tuesday 5 July 2005 3:45pm
Nagoya, Japan : While Tonga celebrated the 87th birthday of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV in Tonga on July 4, at the same time 10,000 kilometers away in the city of Nagoya, in southern Japan, the king`s birthday was also celebrated with a special ceremony at the 2005 World Exposition. Photos and story by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 6:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : All 14 contestants in Tonga's 2005 Miss Heilala Pageant looked radiant today, July 4, as they paraded on colourful floats through the Nuku'alofa central business area. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 6:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It was time for celebration, feasting and dancing, when HM King Taufa...ahau Tupou IV officially opened Tonga High School's beautiful new buildings in Nuku'alofa on Saturday July 2. With photos by Linny Folau and Adrienne L. Kaeppler Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 6:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ex-students of Tonga High School, going all the way back to its foundation year of 1947, joined in a happy parade through Nuku'alofa to the Royal Palace on the morning of Friday July 1, at the start of celebrations for the opening of the new Tonga High School Campus. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 1:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Air New Zealand will start a weekly Airbus A320 daytime service to Tonga in October, according a marketing manager, Norm Thompson, in Nuku'alofa on June 29. Premium content -
Monday 4 July 2005 12:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : After Clive Edwards's proposal for a deduction of $6 million from the total government budget for the next financial year to be set aside "to do something for the people" was supported by the Minister of Finance, other People's Representatives tried to extract funds for public relations handouts and support in various sectors. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 13, Wednesday June 22, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Wednesday 29 June 2005 8:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A professional heavy weight boxing fight between the Heavy Weight Champion of Fiji, Fatu Tuimaono (Honey Boy) and Walter Pupu'a (Ikahui) of Tonga in Nuku'alofa on Friday, July 1, kick starts professional boxing in Tonga after it has declined to a tiring amateur status during the past few years. Premium content -
Wednesday 29 June 2005 7:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Piveni Piukala, who was arrested in Tonga on Monday afternoon, June 27, and detained for questioning on charges of illegally retrieving information from the computer system of his former employer, the Shoreline Group of Companies, was released on bail after mid-day today, June 29. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 5:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's tourism industry has replaced all the top executives of the Tonga Tourist Association (TTA) at its bi-annual executive meeting on June 16. Premium content -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 3:15pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Please allow me to join Viliami Afeaki in congratulating you Pesi and your news media for showing good balanced news and information to the public and I think there is not much difference from listening to the BBC and the Matangi Tonga. The balanced news and articles should constructively assist the overall development. Keep up! with the good work and I am looking forward for a revolution in all the news media in Tonga, and your country will certainly reap optimum benefits from media rather than more destruction to the public. -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 2:45pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : I've been closely watching your web on a daily basis in the last couple of months. Very intensive and full of info I would like to read. -
Tuesday 28 June 2005 12:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan police are currently holding in custody the Shoreline whistleblower Piveni Piukala after he was arrested in Nuku‘alofa yesterday, June 27. Premium content -
Monday 27 June 2005 4:45pm
Houma, Tongatapu : Tonga's 2005 Miss Heilala Pageant began on Saturday June 25 with the inauguration ceremony of the 14 Miss Heilala contestants at the scenic Blow Holes in Houma, Tongatapu. Photos and story by Linny Folau Premium content -
Monday 27 June 2005 3:30pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Clive Edwards wanted to know if government was taking Shoreline to court for abusing its Development Licence. Clive Edwards also said that the Trust Fund had not been audited during the past seven years. He wanted to know when it was going to be presented to the House, and also the USA court decision relating to the missing Trust Fund. Tonga Legislative Assembly, Minute No. 12, Tuesday June 21, 2005. From the House, by Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Sunday 26 June 2005 9:45pm
Texas, USA : To His Majesty- I know this may seem a bit bold and far against the established royal protocol for me, a non-Tongan and a West Texan, to write a letter to you and with a small degree of hope. That not only wills it reach you, but that you will find it in your heart to read it. -Larry Norton1 comment -
Sunday 26 June 2005 4:30pm
USA : I fully realize that it takes a lot of work to summarize each daily Minutes and translate it from the Tongan language. Your balanced coverage of local news is also greatly appreciated. Premium content
