Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister for Social Development, Malae Ola Church Hall, Māngere, Auckland, Thursday 17th May 2012 Talofa lava, kia orana, malo e lelei, fakaalofa lahi atu, bula vinaka, taloha ni, fakatalofa atu, tēnā tātou katoa. I want to firstly acknowledge : - Rev Fieta Faitala for the opening more ...

The contract for laying the 827-kilometre submarine fibre optic cable between Fiji and Tonga has been awarded to French telecommunications giant Alcatel Lucent this week, reports Matangi Tonga. The project is expected to be complete by June next year. Alcatel Lucent won the contract against international tend more ...

Tongan champions Loto Ha'apai United are putting the final touches on their preparations for the 2013 O-League Preliminary, a tournament that takes place in Tonga from May 1 to 8. The inaugural edition of the competition will be held at Loto-Tonga Centre - the home of the Tonga Football Association - in 'Atel more ...

The Diplomat is running a series of interviews with Washington DC-based ambassadors on defense, diplomacy, and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. In the seventh in the series, conducted by Washington correspondent Eddie Walsh, Ambassador Kim Beazley discusses Australia's strategic relationship with the United more ...

Wellington, 23 April 2012: A Ministry of Health working paper suggests that increasing the cost of a packet of cigarettes to $100 by 2020 would help achieve a smoke-free country. The paper includes Institute of Economic Research analysis of further use of excise tax increases as part of measures to achieve th more ...

At an impromptu Wellington dinner party, cold watermelon soup was on the menu. The baby boomer couple who thought of it, made and served it, former senior public servants, had recently holidayed in Tonga. The recipe was found on the internet. The soup – and drink idea it sparked - showed an option for Tonga, more ...