2 June 1953. Coronation Day. Two schoolboys, making the most of our day off from classes, joined the thousands lining the processional route hoping to get a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II on her way to Westminster Abbey. We waved our Union Jacks like windmills and were proud when an elegant carriage stopped briefly near Read more
King George Tupou V of Tonga has died, in Hong Kong. No cause of death has been given but Tupou was know to have suffered from diabetes and gout for years and last year had a cancerous tumour removed from his kidney. On February 24 he had an audience with Pope Benedict in the Vatican Read more
The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, LDS, has more schools in Tonga than anywhere else in the world. The LDS Church has 17 middle and high schools throughout the world, and 15 of those schools are in the Pacific, in Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati, and seven of the 15 schools Read more
Tonga’s director of women’s affairs, Polotu Paunga says the island kingdom has made a lot of commitment towards women empowerment and gender equality.
Speaking from the 9th Meeting of the Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action Monitoring Group (CGPMG) in New York, she told Radio Tonga News a major outcome of the annual consultation this year was the confirmation of the Framework of Monitoring and Evaluation of the implementation of the revised1995 – 2015 Commonwealth Plan of Action on Gender and Development.
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A controversial book revealing a suppressed report into the reconstruction of the Nuku’alofa central business district in Tonga following the 2006 riots has been launched at AUT University. The author, Dr Teena Brown Pulu, is a lecturer at AUT and launched the book, Shoot the Messenger, at the Manukau Campus. Brown Pulu, who with Melino Read more
Marlborough Rural Women yesterday accepted a gift of a large tapa cloth made by women in Tonga.
Rural Women Marlborough provincial branch international officer Melva Robb said each year the group focused on a different country. Last year the theme was Tonga and Marlborough woman Theresa Veikoso spoke to the group about her Tongan homeland’s culture.
Miss Robb said that after Mrs Veikoso spoke to them the Marlborough women were inspired to help the Tongan community in some way. Mrs Veikoso suggested money they raised could go to a group making traditional tapa cloth, led by her aunt.
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Le roi de Tonga, George (Siosi) V, a été reçu vendredi 24 février 2012 en audience avec le Pape Benoît XVI, lors d’une visite officielle au Vatican, ont annoncé les services officiels de cet État. Au menu de cet entretien, selon ces sources : des questions d’ordre international et un « accent » sur les Read more
Tongan Bishop, Paini Mafi, says church leaders need to open their eyes and look beyond the bible in order to understand and combat a “huge problem” of gender based violence. “As leaders of our churches we ought to be at the forefront of current issues such as violence against women and children, which are affecting not Read more
Fr. Paulo Amato, a Tongan priest working in Jamaica, is in not only in charge of two parishes but is also working with the wider community. Father Paulo says the church has organised a programme for the youth which involves preparing school leavers for the job market. “We know there are lots of young people looking for jobs and we Read more
A diplomatic incident standoff between Tonga and New Zealand has been bubbling away about some unaccounted for aid money. The Tongan Auditor General was the first to raise the issue in November when he discovered after the elections, that around $250,000 of the donor money could not be accounted for. The money had been transferred from Treasury to Read more