Tonga News

Ko Sione Heinave Vailea kuo fakahā 'i Nu'u Sila na'a ne fakahoko e ngāue fakatoketā nifo ka 'oku 'ikai ke lesisita pe ma'u ha'ane ngofua ke fakahoko eni

Unregistered Dentist Operating In South Auckland

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Counties Manukau District Health Board (Counties Manukau Health) are urging people who have had dental treatment from a Mr Sione Heinave Vailea (Nave) from his home in Mangere to contact the Dental Department at Middlemore Hospital as soon as possible. Mr Vailea is not… Read More

Tukuange kau Polisi ‘e toko tolu ‘ikai ha fakamo’oni fe’unga hopo tamate tangata ‘o Kali Fungavaka

Telesia Adams NUKU’ALOFA: KUO tu’utu’uni ‘a Fakamaau Salesi Mafi ‘i he Fakamaau’anga Polisi Fasí ‘i he ho’ataa ni, ke tukuange ‘a e kau faka’iloa ‘e toko tolu ko e kau ‘Ofisa Polisi koe’uhī ko e ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha fakamo’oni fe’unga ke makatu’unga ai hano fakahū ‘o ‘enau hopó… Read More

Ko e Palemia Malolo Lord Sevele mo 'ene Fakafofonga Lao Colin R. Pidgeon, QC, mei Nu'u Sila 'i he 'ena hu mai ki tu'a mei he Fakamaau'anga Lahi hili 'enau fakamalanga faka'osi fekau'aki mo e Hopo ni.

Tatali ki ha Tu’utu’uni aofangatuku e Tu’i Fakamaau Lahí

Pe ‘e vakai’i faka-Fakamaau’anga Lipooti Komiti Fale Alea fekau’aki mo Nuku’alofá  Telesia Adams   NUKU’ALOFA: ‘OKU lolotonga fakaongoongo pea mo tu’u telinga ‘a e tokolahi ki ha Tu’utu’uni Aofangatuku mei he Tu’i Fakamaau Lahí Michael Scott, felāve’i mo e Hopo ‘eke ‘a e Palemia Mālōlō Lord Sevele mo Paul Karalus… Read More

Fakatotolo’i kau Polisí tāmate ‘i Vava’u

Telesia Adams   NUKU’ALOFA: ‘OKU kei hoko atu ‘a hono fakatotolo’i ‘e he kau Polisi ‘i Vava’ú ‘a e mate ha talavou ta’u 23 mei Tu’anuku ‘i he ‘aho tolu ‘o e mahina ni. Ko e mate ‘a e matāpule ko ‘ení mei hano ‘ohofi ‘e ha tangata ta’u 40… Read More

Lāunga’i ko e fu’u longoa’a ‘enau lotú

Totongi $1, 000 ka ‘ikai ‘e ngāue popula Faifekau Mikaela Vaka NUKU’ALOFA: NA’E hoko ‘a hono lāunga‘i ‘o e Siasi Christian Outreach Centre (COC) ‘o Pili´ ‘i ‘Okatopa ‘o e ta‘u kuo‘osi´ko e me‘a ke a‘u ai ki he Fakamaau‘anga ‘a e lotu´. Ko e lāunga ko ení na‘e fakahoko… Read More

Hangē ha fa’u kolotau ke nau toi holo ai – ‘Akilisi

Fehu’ia monomono ki he Lao Fili Ta’efalala’anga   Fa’u ‘e Telesia Adams NUKU’ALOFA: KUO fakahā ‘e he Fakafofonga Fale Alea Fika ‘Uluaki ‘a e Kakaí ki Fale Aleá ‘Akilisi Pōhiva, ‘a ‘ene tokanga ki he hangē ‘oku fu’u pongipongia ‘o e ‘ai ke liliu ‘a e Konisitūtoné felāve’i ‘eni mo e… Read More

Dignitaries at the opening ceremony including Lord Tu'ivakano (fourth from left)

Government of Tonga Gives More Than 70 Homes to Tsunami-Hit Community

Niua Community Rebuilds under Post-Tsunami Reconstruction Project NUKU’ALOFA, December 1, 2012— Today the Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Tu’ivakano handed over the remaining 34 of 73 new houses to the people of Niuatoputapu who lost their homes during the 2009 tsunami. Supported by the World Bank, the houses were constructed… Read More

Pacific nations join forces in sharing knowledge on the healthy fight against climate change

Pacific nations join forces in sharing knowledge on the healthy fight against climate change

[27 November – Pacific islands] Community members and experts are being quizzed on how climate change is adding to the Pacific’s increasing rate of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, diabetes and obesity. The knowledge-sharing forum of the Pacific Solution Exchange (PSE) is making this deadly issue its number-one… Read More

Dr. ‘Ana Maui Taufe’ulungaki Speech at Openning of National Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

21-23 November 2012  Anglican Church Hall, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga[1]   Dr. Susan Vize, Officer-in-Charge, UNESCO Office for the Pacific States, Father Joe Leota, Vicar, St. Paul’s Anglican Church.Mrs. Lucy Mafi and Mr. Pone Taunisila of the Ministry of Education and Training.Workshop Participants. Honoured Guests.Ladies and Gentlemen. I first of all acknowledge… Read More

Drugs seized from the Yacht 'JeReve which ran aground on the Island of Luatatifo in the Northern Vava'u Province of Tonga. Photo AFP

200 kilograms of cocaine seized biggest haul in South Pacific

Murray Taylor, Superintendent of the Australia Federal Police, has called the seizure of over 200 kilos of cocaine on a wrecked yacht in Tongan waters, as “In terms of the Pacific [islands] it is probably one of the largest, if not the largest in the Pacific itself.” The drugs worth… Read More