Tonga

The report was submitted to parliament by La Trobe University's Helen Lee.

Professor Lee says overseas Tongans often struggle culturally, are sometimes ridiculed and encounter violence more frequently than they might at home.

This is part of the assistance of the Government of Japan to the people of Tonga through the bilateral relations.

Government officials including the CEO for Infrastructure and the Minister for Public Enterprises were in Japan last month to exchange signatory with the construction group that will be working on building the new wharf for Tonga.

The Governor of the Bank, Dr Ngongo Kioa said the loan scheme will enable government to save between $5 to $10 million pa’anga annually. 

The funds will be used as securities for small medium enterprises loan. 

This, Dr Kioa said, is an incentive to encourage small business enterprises to enhance their business opportunities.

The funds will not be given directly to the small business; however it will be managed by a separate financial unit. 

36-year-old Lipine Fakatene was allegedly stabbed to death at the scene before he was taken to hospital.

A teen age boy, 19, has been charged with murder in connection to Fakatene’s death.

Police told Kaniva News the incident was linked to “youth fight” that has been in the village for some time.

This is Finau’s second tour with the official organizer, PGA Tour, in its first full-field event for 2016.

Government officials from more than 150 countries and representatives from 140 international organisations gathered in Abu Dhabi at the weekend for the opening ceremonies.

Hannah Blake opened the scoring for New Zealand in the 5th minute. The second goal came when Maggie Jenkins broke through the Tonga defence and scored.

Jenkins went on to score a hat trick in the first half. Blake scored another and the other goals came from Samantha Tawhuru and Emma main to take New Zealand a 9-0 lead in the first half.

There a few good saves from Mele Akolo.

New Zealand was being pressured hard at the back by Tonga in the second half.

With a stern expression crossing her face, 82-year-old Papiloa Bloomfield Foliaki almost leaps from her seat to show me something she says, will help me understand.

She comes back into the sitting room of her small hotel in Nuku'alofa, Tonga's capital, brandishing a large model of an ancient wooden boat.

"We Tongans rowed here, across thousands and thousands of miles of sea, in boats like these. Then we flipped them over and used the old boats as houses."

Lord Chief Justice Owen Paulsen ruled on November 24, 2015 that the government must compensate Mr Tapueluelu (who is referred to in the court documents as Palu) for damages caused by his wrongful dismissal and loss of salary from October 11, 2001 to December 8, 2002.

The system, which has sustained winds of 150 kilometres an hour at its centre, has moved south between Niue and the Cook Islands but is now turning westward.

On its current trajectory, the cyclone is expected to pass about 300 south of Niue and be within about 400 kilometres of Tonga's main island by Friday.