DUNEDIN, 04 JUNE 2020 (STUFF NZ) — Two Tongan orchard workers who laughed as they sexually violated a woman near a Central Otago lake have been jailed. Suliasi Fangatua, 30, and Taniela Siale, 22, who were in New Zealand as part of a seasonal working scheme, appeared for sentencing on charges of abduction and sexual […]
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Volcanic eruption creates new island in Tongan archipelago
NUKU’ALOFA, 07 NOVEMBER 2019 (AFP via PacNews)—An undersea volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago has sunk one island and created another three times larger, according to a report by geologists released Thursday. Taaniela Kula, of the Tonga Geological Service, said the new Lateiki island is estimated to be about 100 metres wide and 400 metres […]
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Rugby league’s Pacific revolution goes global after Tongan triumph
SYDNEY, 06 NOVEMBER 2019 (THE GUARDIAN/PACNEWS)–As Australia worked through the seven stages of grief (with heavy doses of anger and denial) following Saturday’s defeat at Eden Park, Tonga experienced rugby league deliverance – a seminal, life-changing moment of shared hope in which the giant killing team had for the first time defeated Tier 1 heavyweights […]
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ADB helps relocate Tonga’s Ha’apai Hospital as part of Project to manage Climate risks
HA’APAI, 06 NOVEMBER 2019 (ADB)— The Asian Development Bank (ADB) joined the Government of Tonga and other development partners in an inauguration ceremony today to officially open the Niu’ui Hospital in its new location in Ha’apai. The hospital was relocated to higher ground, as part of the ADB-supported Climate Resilience Sector Project. The King of […]
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Australian High Commissioner accused of ‘meddling’ in Tongan affairs
NUKU’ALOFA, 01 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — The Australian High Commissioner to Tonga has come under fire after calling for the death penalty to be abolished during a speech in Nuku’alofa. No-one has been executed in the Kingdom since 1982, and a de facto moratorium has been maintained since then. But it still remains an […]
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Caution in Cook Islands as measles spreads like rash across the Pacific
RAROTONGA, 01 NOVEMBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — Cook Islands Ministry of Health is on high alert as Tonga and Samoa report a spread of potentially fatal measles. More than 100 cases of suspected measles have been identified in Tonga, while Samoa waits for test results to confirm at least three diagnoses. This comes after […]