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Tuesday 14 June 2022 11:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The remote island of Niuafo'ou has received 168 water tanks that were shipped on the MV Taka ‘i Pomana and the Ports Authority barge on June 11. The NZD$565,000 MFAT and Tindall Foundation funded project aims to ensure the community has access to safe drinking water.
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Tuesday 14 June 2022 7:49pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Tongan community leaders in Auckland are organising a Talanoa this Friday to make a public call for peace in relation to the recent spate of gang violence including shootings that have occurred in the city over the last three weeks. It comes ahead of next week's rugby league international between Mate Ma'a Tonga and the Kiwis, with concerns that rival gang members may rub shoulders during Mate Ma'a Tonga festivities. “We must draw the line so our youth know where we stand," said Rev. Ikilifi Pope. Premium content -
Tuesday 14 June 2022 7:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Giving blood could save someone's life, says Tonga Red Cross, encouraging Tongans to come forward to support the replenishment of the blood bank at Vaiola Hospital this week. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2022 7:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s National Netball Team will go into the Oceania World Cup Qualifiers next month in Fiji, with a new name that has been bestowed by Queen Nanasipau’u. Premium content -
Monday 13 June 2022 6:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala and Crown Princess Sinaitakala with their children are expected to return to Tonga on this week's repatriation flight from Australia. The prince has completed his post-graduate studies in Canberra. They were received by Australia's Governor-General Hon. David Hurley and Mrs Hurley at Government House in Canberra at the weekend. Premium content -
Saturday 11 June 2022 8:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The receipt of relief funds from the government’s development partners to support Tonga’s recovery from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami has boosted Tonga’s foreign reserves. The official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tongavin April 2022, had increased considerably by $22.6 million to (from March) to $884.0 million, and by over $204 million since April last year. Premium content -
Saturday 11 June 2022 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A Tongan Cabinet Minister, Hon. Viliami Manuopangai Hingano, passed away yesterday, 10 June 2022, at the Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand, the Prime Minister’s Office announced today. Premium content -
Saturday 11 June 2022 1:23am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A donation of 30 farm tractors from China’s Dongguan City, Guangdong Province was handed over to the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku this afternoon, 10 June. Premium content -
Saturday 11 June 2022 1:19am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Prolific drug offender Sosefo Langi Moala (53) got one year suspended from his eight years imprisonment sentence for substantial drug related offences by the Appeal Court. In 2019, he was busted with 41.82 grams of cocaine. Premium content -
Saturday 11 June 2022 1:11am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Hotili Saafi (27) was sentenced to 20-months imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft of goods valued at $4,860 pa’anga, at a home he broke into numerous times in Fua'amotu. He entered the home through the ceiling causing major damage. Premium content -
Saturday 11 June 2022 12:55am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u are leading a ‘Paletu’a Project’ to build a new neighbourhood near Matatoa for the resettlement of hundreds of Kanokupolu people whose homes were destroyed by the Hunga tsunamis in January. Newly released plans estimate the development will about $24 million pa'anga, to be raised from various sources, including donor funding. While Mango islanders' will be resettled to Ta'anga in 'Eua. Premium content -
Thursday 9 June 2022 11:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Two men were arrested and charged with possession of cannabis and a utensil, during a routine police road-stop on 6 June. Premium content -
Thursday 9 June 2022 12:00am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 41-year-old man who attempted suicide at ‘Utungake in Vava’u is in a stable condition at Vaiola Hospital, after being transported to Tongatapu on an emergency medical flight. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 June 2022 11:57pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Afimeimo’unga Hola (40) received a suspended sentence of 11 months imprisonment for two counts of using a service to abuse and causing harm by posting an electronic communication. This is the first conviction made under an Electronic Abuse Offences Act in Tonga. Hola broadcasted offences on Facebook and enticed others to commit arson against the plaintiffs and caused them fear and anxiety. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 June 2022 11:47pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 28-year-old man was charged with causing grievous bodily harm in relation to the stabbing of another man with a knife at Ha’ateiho on Friday night, 3 June. Premium content -
Wednesday 8 June 2022 11:39pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's prime minister has called for a collective effort to tackle the leading cause of death and disability in Tonga - heart disease, diabetes and some cancers - in a National Non-Communicable Diseases Strategy for 2021-25 launched on 7 June. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 June 2022 7:37pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will host a trade adviser for the Polynesian sub-region, covering Tonga, Niue, Tuvalu, Samoa and the Cook Islands, and employed by Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), under a new multi-million Euro programme called “SPIRIT”. Premium content -
Tuesday 7 June 2022 3:30pm
Auckland, New Zealand : Oceania Rugby confirmed today that two regional competitions will be held in Auckland over the June/July period - the Oceania Rugby Super Sevens on 24-26 June and the annual Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship on 9-17 July. Six men’s and six women’s teams will participate in the Oceania Rugby Super Sevens, with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga to be joined by an invitational Oceania side, with the events hosted by Counties Manukau Rugby. Premium content -
Monday 6 June 2022 11:32pm
NUku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga’s economy is in trouble. The economic contraction during two years of border restrictions, has been accelerated by January’s devastating Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunamis, followed by the arrival of COVID-19 in February and further job losses. In tabling his 2022-23 budget, the Minister of Finance warned of a continuing contraction of the economy, the likes of which we have not experienced before. From the House, by Pesi Fonua. Premium content -
Sunday 5 June 2022 10:49pm
Brisbane, Australia : Tonga’s qualification battle for a place at Rugby World Cup 2023 in France will continue at Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland, next month with the Asia/Pacific Play off. It will be the first time Tonga have played in Australia in almost 20 years (since 2003). Premium content
