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Tuesday 6 July 2004 11:04am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A highlight of the Miss Heilala Pageant is the colourful float parade of the contestants, going through Nuku'alofa's business centre and along the seafront, attracting thousands of spectators on the public holiday July 5.
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Friday 2 July 2004 5:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Chief Justice, Mr Justice Gordon Ward left Tonga at the end of June to take up a position as the chairman of the Court of Appeal in Fiji. Mr Justice Ward was interviewed by Pesi Fonua on 25 June 2004 a few days before leaving for Fiji. In this interview the Chief Justice notes that Tonga's law is quite clear on the exercise of the king's prerogative power; he also comments on the loss of Tonga's Statutes of Application to British law that has left Tonga with serious gaps in its laws that are only now being identified. Premium content -
Friday 2 July 2004 4:42pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : Twelve months after the launching of the Regional Assistance Mission (RAMSI) to the Solomon Islands, Nick Warner, its Special Coordinator was in Nuku‘alofa on 28 June to thank the Tongan government for its participation in making ‘Operation Helpthem Friend" a great success. Premium content -
Friday 2 July 2004 4:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Steve Cantlon, the Service Manager of the New Zealand Immigration Service in Suva, Fiji, and Nicola Ngawati, the Policy Officer of the Pacific Division, Wellington, New Zealand arrived in Tonga on July 1 for a one day visit. Premium content -
Friday 2 July 2004 2:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Eight primary schools today performed traditional dances at the Teufaiva Stadium at the beginning of the official program to celebrate the 86th birthday of HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV. Photos by Linny Folau Premium content -
Thursday 1 July 2004 5:15pm
Nadi, Fiji : Representatives from the Pacific Islands Forum have ended another round of talks with Japan, France and the United Kingdom over the transport of radioactive materials in the Pacific region. Premium content -
Thursday 1 July 2004 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The $300,000 that was passed by the House to pay for the allowances of students at the Teachers Training College, was spent by the Minister of Education to send the Tongan contingent to the South Pacific Games last year, some members argued that he was disobeying a decision that was passed by the House. From the House, Minute No. 15 and Minute No. 16. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Thursday 1 July 2004 2:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Member questions how heads of departments can sign working contracts on July 1, when their salaries have yet to be confirmed. From the House, Minute No. 14, Tuesday June 22. By Pesi Fonua Premium content -
Thursday 1 July 2004 1:12pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The government investment on public and private companies amounted to $110 million, and the total loss on these investments is about $51 million. From the House, Minute No. 13, Monday 21 June 2004. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 June 2004 4:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Editor's note: the Budget statement and Budget have not been released to the press, so all the figures presented here are sourced from the minutes of the debate and cannot be verified. Likewise, the comparative year figures cannot be clarified or verified without sight of the Budget columns. Debate continued, on Thursday June 17 Premium content -
Wednesday 23 June 2004 4:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Budget statement and Budget have not been released to the press, so all the figures presented here are sourced from the minutes of the debate and cannot be verified. (Likewise, the comparative year figures cannot be clarified or verified without sight of the Budget columns.) Premium content -
Wednesday 23 June 2004 4:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The legality of the Wet Lease Agreement that was signed by the former Chief Executive Officer of Royal Tongan Airlines, Logan Appu, with the Royal Brunei Airlines on 25 November 2002 was questioned by 'Akilisi Pohiva in the Tongan Parliament on June 17. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 June 2004 4:18pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Privy Council of Tonga has appointed Justice Robin M. Webster, currently a part - time Employment Tribunal Chairman, Edinburgh, as the new Chief Justice of Tonga replacing Justice Gordon Ward who has accepted a post with the Court of Appeal of Fiji. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 June 2004 3:15pm
Nuku‘alofa, Tonga : As a small developing country with a depressed economy Tonga, is making a massive contribution to restoring peace and stability in Iraq and the Solomons. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 June 2004 2:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : In light of the Government’s success in adding "the cultural traditions of the Kingdom,"as a new conditionality on the freedom of speech and expression in Tonga, one can be forgiven for jumping to the conclusion that perhaps the Government wants the media and the Tongan people in general to revert to pre-Constitution Tongan standards in which back-chatting the chiefs was punishable by a serious flogging if not death. By Lopeti Senituli. Premium content -
Tuesday 22 June 2004 5:15pm
Canberra, Australia : Australia's engagement with the countries of the Pacific has intensified dramatically over the past year. Premium content -
Saturday 19 June 2004 5:15pm
Honiara, Solomon Islands : The Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean came into force on Saturday 19 June 2004. Premium content -
Saturday 19 June 2004 9:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet 'Eseta Fusitu'a has ignored a request by Tonga's Complaints Commissioner to apologise to a Tongan magazine publisher for failing to respond to the publisher's serious complaints about her office.1 comment Premium content -
Friday 18 June 2004 4:20pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two prisoners who suffered abuse in Tonga's Hu'atolitoli Prison had escaped under duress a Judge has declared, after accepting unchallenged evidence that the two had been tortured by the Prison authorities. Premium content -
Thursday 17 June 2004 2:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A misunderstanding may have led Tonga's acting secretary for finance, Meleseni Lomu, to think she required a visa to attend an official meeting in Rotorua last weekend, says Immigration Minister Paul Swain. Premium content
