May 14, 2024, 9:21 am |Others |No comments
14 Me 2024. Kuo toe fili 'e he Konifelenisi 'a e Siasi 'o Tonga 'a Faifekau Dr. Tu'ipulotu Lofitu Kātoanga kene hoko atu he lakanga koe Palesiteni 'o e Siasi...
Read moreMay 14, 2024, 8:22 am |Pacific |No comments
14 May 2024. The domestic air market in Vanuatu is reeling from the fall-out at Air Vanuatu, which has also stranded international passengers.
Read moreMay 11, 2024, 12:43 pm |Government |No comments
11 May 2024. His Excellency Mr. Brek Batley, the newly appointed High Commissioner of Australia to the Kingdom of Tonga paid his first courtesy call on the Honourable Hu’akavameiliku, The...
Read moreMay 5, 2024, 10:15 pm |Sports |No comments
5 Me 2024. Na'e ikuna 'e he timi 'a e Highlanders mei he Otago 'aneafi 'a e timi Moana Pasifka 'i he hono fuofua fakahoko mai 'a e fe'uhi 'akapulu...
Read moreMay 3, 2024, 1:15 pm |Pacific |No comments
3 May 2024. Jeremiah Manele has been elected prime minister of Solomon Islands polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and former opposition leader Mathew Wale. One MP was...
Read moreApril 28, 2024, 9:41 pm |Pacific |No comments
28 April 2024. The two major opposition parties in the Solomon Islands have struck a coalition deal as they vie with former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare's party to form a...
Read moreApril 28, 2024, 3:39 pm |Pacific |No comments
28 'Epeleli 2024. Naʻe fakaʻosi ʻi he ʻaho Falaite 26 'o 'Epeleli ʻa e fakataha lahi ʻaho e 4 ʻa e ngaahi fonua memipa ʻe 11 ʻo e Kautaha Ngāue...
Read moreApril 24, 2024, 5:44 pm |Pacific |No comments
24 April 2024. The Pacific Tripartite High-Level Dialogue on Decent Work and the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent has opened in Suva, Fiji with a call for concerted...
Read moreApril 22, 2024, 6:07 pm |Pacific |No comments
22 April 2024. Solomon Islands incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected in the East Choiseul constituency.
Read moreApril 22, 2024, 5:53 pm |Others |No comments
21 April 2024. H.E. Mr. Liu Weimin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Kingdom of Tonga, presented the Letter of Credence to His Majesty King...
Read moreApril 16, 2024, 10:06 pm |Others |No comments
16 April 2024. Pasifika families in New Zealand are increasingly falling victim to loan sharks and unscrupulous pawn loan agreements, with invaluable traditional items such as tapa mats being lost...
Read moreApril 14, 2024, 8:52 pm |Others |No comments
14 April 2024. Understanding where culture and corruption needs to be separated will be the biggest challenge for Tonga's first anti-corruption commissioner.
Read moreApril 12, 2024, 9:58 pm |Government |No comments
12 'Epeleli, 2024. Na'e fakahoko 'a e polokalama lotu fakafeta'i 'a e famili mo e kainga 'o Hon. Dr. Viliami Uasike Latu 'i Fasi-Mo e-Afi he houa efiafi 'o e...
Read moreApril 9, 2024, 10:48 pm |Parliament |No comments
9 April 2024. Hon. Mo’ale ‘Otunuku in took his oath in office yesterday 8 April during Parliament session and swore to obey and abide by the Constitution of Tonga.
Read moreApril 9, 2024, 10:46 pm |Pacific |No comments
9 April 2024. A former ANZ Samoa bank manager has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to more than six years in jail, for theft of what the judge called...
Read moreApril 9, 2024, 10:33 pm |Others |No comments
9 April 2024. Tonga's prime minister says the government will always work with international partner governments on programs that will help the country provide the services her people need.
Read moreApril 6, 2024, 2:02 pm |Government |No comments
6 April 2024. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku has announced in Parliament the appointment of James Christopher LaHatte as the new anit-corruption Commissioner for Tonga.
Read moreApril 6, 2024, 1:43 pm |Government |No comments
6 'Epeleli 2024. Na'e lava lelei hono foaki atu 'e he 'Eiki Minisita Fefakatau'aki mo e Langa Fakalakalaka Faka'ikonomika mo e Minisita Takimamata Hon. Dr. Viliami Uasike Latu 'a e...
Read moreMarch 29, 2024, 7:00 pm |Parliament |No comments
29 Ma'asi 2024. Kuo ikuna 'e Dr. Mo'ale 'Otunuku 'o Longomapu 'a e Fili Si'i 'a e Vahenga Fili Vava'u 14 hili ia hano fakaha faka'ofisiale mei he Komisoni Fili...
Read moreMarch 27, 2024, 9:01 pm |Sports |No comments
27 March 2024. Two current rugby stars of Samoan origin will be awarded as the first-ever Pasifika Rugby Hall of Fame's Most Influential Players in the World.
Read moreMarch 24, 2024, 7:46 pm |Pacific |No comments
24 March 2024. The former deputy prime minister of the Cook Islands and two others in his administration have been sent to prison for a range of fraud charges.
Read moreMarch 24, 2024, 12:42 pm |Others |No comments
24 March 2024. The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, was paid a courtesy call by the Representative and Country Director the United Nations World Food Programme...
Read moreMarch 22, 2024, 12:58 pm |Pacific |No comments
22 March 2024. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, will embark on official visits to Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga from 25 March 2024.
Read moreMarch 19, 2024, 3:40 pm |Pacific |No comments
19 March 2024. Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has reportedly revealed he stopped an official travel for his Women's Minister Lynda Tabuya due to undisclosed "pending issues", just days after...
Read moreMarch 17, 2024, 10:16 pm |Government |No comments
17 Ma'asi 2024. ‘I he fengaue’aki fakataha ‘a e MTED - Labour Tonga mo e International Labour Organization (ILO) – Pacific Island Countries, pehe ki he Tonga Chamber of Commerce...
Read moreMarch 17, 2024, 10:02 pm |Others |No comments
17 March 2024. The UN Women Multi-Country Offices (MCOs) for the Caribbean and the Pacific jointly organised the side event, “Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and Gender Equality—Charting the course...
Read moreMarch 13, 2024, 11:31 am |Court & Crime |No comments
13 Ma'asi 2024. Kuo tautea 'i he Fakamaau'anga Lahi 'i he uike kuo maliua atu 'a e ongo 'ofisa polisi ka na'e 'osi fakamalōlō'i kinaua ko Taliai Tapueluelu (36) pea...
Read moreMarch 13, 2024, 8:47 am |Pacific |No comments
13 March 2024. All Samoan citizens, including those who reside overseas, can be prosecuted once they enter the country if they do not undergo a compulsory election registration.
Read moreMarch 10, 2024, 9:42 pm |Government |No comments
10 Ma'asi 2024. Na'e me'a atu 'a e 'Eiki Palēmia Hon. Hu'akavameiliku mo e toko 5 'ene Kapineti ke fakahoko 'a e fakataufolofola ki he Tama Tu'i 'i he Funga...
Read moreMarch 5, 2024, 11:32 pm |Pacific |No comments
5 March 2024. The MP representing Goroka in the Papua New Guinea national parliament, Aiye Tambua, has been charged with 26 sexual offences.
Read moreMarch 4, 2024, 7:19 pm |Government |No comments
4 March 2024. The Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku, held a bilateral meeting with His Excellency, David Adeang, President of the Republic of Nauru on March 1, 2024.
Read moreMarch 3, 2024, 10:55 pm |Pacific |No comments
3 March 2024. A fractious meeting of world trade ministers in Abu Dhabi ended with little to show for the time and money spent early Saturday morning New Zealand time.
Read moreMarch 2, 2024, 4:36 am |Pacific |No comments
1 March 2023. As the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) nears its conclusion, Pacific Island countries have been calling on the biggest subsidisers to halt subsidies to overcapacity and overfishing...
Read moreFebruary 28, 2024, 8:52 pm |Pacific |No comments
28 February 2024. Tuvalu's new prime minister Feleti Teo has named his deputy, a former senior government official, Panapasi Nelesone as the minister of finance and development.
Read moreFebruary 27, 2024, 11:10 pm |Others |No comments
27 February 2024. Women in Tonga are prepared to move away from the Kingdom due to the adverse Pacific climate challenges impacting their communities, according to new research.
Read moreFebruary 27, 2024, 7:12 am |Government |No comments
26 Fepueli, 2024. 'Oku taki atu 'ehe 'Eiki Minisitā Fefakatau'aki mo e Langa Fakalakalaka Faka'ikonomika Hon. Dr. Viliami Uasike Latu 'a e kau folau 'a Tonga ke kau atu ki...
Read more