How many times have you actually sat down and thought of your family: its composition or its beginnings or how often you meet your siblings? If you had to think about that question then the answer is most likely ‘not so much’. Regardless of how often you do interact… Read More
THE SUN SETS IN TONGA O my dear, schizophrenic are the words, For which brave soul would dare the abyss? Announcing to Tonga, the Sun sets; Winging home in eternal slumber a kiss. Northern fair-winds now speak easy, Southern breeze what would you say? Tonga is the poorer and nothing… Read More
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- Copyright Taimi Media Network ltd/photos by Melemanu Fiu Hon. Alaileula Tuku’aho Alonga Centre Workers & Students with Members of Red Cross Board Kainga ‘o Veikune mei Longoteme. ‘Ainise, Polotu pea mo Ma’ata Vainikolo and Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho with Ratu Epeli and Ratu Finau. Tupou College boys at Villa Women… Read More
- NewZealand Herald Editorial AUCKLAND (New Zealand Herald / Pacific Media Watch): Longevity is not always an accurate marker of the impact of a monarch’s reign. That much can be accomplished in a short time has rarely been better demonstrated than by King George Tupou V of Tonga. Between his… Read More
By Lloyd Spencer Davis NOUMEA, New Caledonia (Otago Daily Times / Pacific Media Watch): I have been in Noumea less than 24 hours when I am struck by a thought: tuna are the sheep of the sea. Not in the sense of what they look like, what they eat, or… Read More
IT seems like a small story — local politics in an island nation at the edge of the map. But it is typical of the sort of dynamics that are seriously undermining western security in a critical period, and in a geostrategic location. This particular story started over a year… Read More
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: HIS Royal Highness Prince ‘Ulukala (27), the eldest son of the Crown Prince Tupouto’a Lavaka and Crown Princess Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho and second in line to the Tongan throne, had engaged to the Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua (25) at an evening ceremony held at the Observatory Hotel on… Read More
The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga (FWCT), the country’s largest religious denomination in terms of population, held its Annual Prayer Week for 2012 from the 2nd to the 6th of January. Historically, it is a Week that the nation as a whole looked forward to with anticipation every year because… Read More
