Tonga News

The New Zealander taking over Tonga's police force, Chris Kelley, is expected to be consulted before the Tongan government decides whether to extend its emergency powers.

Nuku'alofa , Tonga: THE Tonga government has yet to make a decision on whether to further extend the Emergency Powers Regulation 2007, the Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet Mrs 'Eseta Fusitu'a said ...

Mafua Kiokata and Paumolevuka Tu'i THE two young players for Tonga's National Aussie Rules team, who were hit by a vehicle while training in Nuku'alofa on August 20, will never be able to walk again due to ...

Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 12:47 pm Press Release: Maritime New Zealand DATE: 3 SEPTEMBER 2008 TIME : 11.30AM RCCNZ coordinates search off Tongan coast A Royal New Zealand Defence Force Orion was this morning ...

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Nuku'alofa , Tonga: TAU'A'ALO Kavaliku of Vaini was given an 18 months suspended sentence by Chief Justice Anthony Ford at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Friday, August 22.

Nuku'alofa , Tonga: By Pesi Fonua THE nine Nobles' Representatives to the Tongan parliament showed their united opposition to a Bill that will allow Tongans to take the first constructive step towards the ...

Nuku'alofa , Tonga: THE names of five candidates for the Constitution and Electoral Commission should be made known by next week, said the Acting Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Paula Ma'u yesterday, ...

Nuku'alofa , Tonga: AIRLINE Tonga, one of the two airlines operating Tonga's domestic air service has suspended its operation indefinitely since Saturday, August 23.

Janet Samewell, 8, who is Micronesian, dances with Tere Graham, left, and Kerra Bower, behind Samewell, and dancers of various ethnicities while doing the "Electric Slide" at the Unity in the Community festival ...

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THE Forum countries' relationship with the interim Government of Fiji has now deteriorated after Fiji's decision to withdraw from the meeting in Niue.

THE new guest worker scheme announced by the Australian Government on Monday is being billed by many Pacific governments, aid organisations and the World Bank as a development policy to displace the ...

Leaders from around the Pacific arrived on Niue last night - with one notable face absent as Fiji interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama saw through his pledge to boycott the Forum.

Nuku'alofa , Tonga: THE Australian Government is introducing a new three-year Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme to four Pacific Island countries to work in the horticulture industry in regional Australia.

Nuku'alofa , Tonga: TONGA'S fourth contingent of 55 soldiers for Iraq, left Tonga on Tuesday, August 12, going first to Kuwait.

Nothing like a good old-fashioned coronation. Photos of the New King of Tonga . Even better: Over 100 slaughtered pigs are offered to King George Tupou V during the taumafa kava ritual and coronation ceremony ...

A TONGA Coronation Fellowship was the New Zealand government's coronation gift for Tonga.

HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a Lavaka has been appointed as Tonga's first High Commissioner to Australia, and will take up the post at the end of August.

The Pacific is mourning the passing away of the immediate past Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Greg Urwin.