カテゴリー: Tonga
Exclusive: Pacific island’s new leader Lord Fakafānua discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impacts of seabed explorationThe recently elected leader of Tonga has described a deal to partner with the US on deep-sea mineral exploration as a…
Samoa and Tonga raise supply concerns with foreign partners as businesses and residents in Papua New Guinea grapple with higher fuel prices amid the Iran warThe leaders of some Pacific countries have appealed for help with oil supplies while others urg…
Community leaders raise alarm over study links and Polynesian ties, with Tonga to face restrictions from January as US says too many overstayThe small Pacific nation of Tonga is one of more than a dozen countries to be hit with visa and entry restricti…
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warmsThe climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say, a…
Nicknamed ‘Moana’, Charlene Erasito is the only female Pacific Islander on the expedition to document unexplored parts of the oceanOn the island of Rotuma in Fiji, Christmas is a time of joy, a celebration bursting with song, dance and laughter. Charle…
Analyst says while USAid supports hundreds of jobs, the most significant damage from Donald Trump’s cuts will be to US relations with the PacificThe dismantling of USAid by president Donald Trump is having a ripple effect across the Pacific as people w…
The new leader was chosen by secret ballot two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly amid a power struggle with the Pacific nation’s royal familyTonga’s government elected a new leader on Tuesday, two weeks after the previous premier resig…
Women are only permitted to lease land in the Pacific country as advocacy groups call for reform to the systemOfa Ki Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki was attending a workshop on gender issues in Tonga many years ago when she came to a striking realisation: “…
China’s representative demanded the scrapping of language about Taiwan in the final communique; Pacific countries will get a new multinational police unitPacific leaders gathered in Tonga this week to discuss the most pressing issues in the region. The…
Anthony Albanese told journalists to ‘chill out’ over the comments filmed in the wings of the Pacific Islands ForumFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian prime min…
The Tongan prime minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, and the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, after Pacific island leaders agreed to back a regional policing plan that will see…
First female Fijian sail master on traditional vessel Uto ni Yalo led a difficult week-long voyage to the Pacific leaders’ summit in TongaIn the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles from Tonga, the winds began to intensify. Sail master Ivananc…
António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levelsPacific island nations are in “grave danger” from rising sea levels and the world must “answer the SOS before it is too late”, …
António Guterres to attend Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga with climate crisis and unrest in New Caledonia among issues to watchThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, will attend a Pacific leaders’ summit this week in Tonga with a focus on cl…
The island networks of Vava’u and Haʻapai were cut more than two weeks ago following damage to the undersea cableParts of Tonga have been without internet for more than two weeks after an undersea cable was damaged in an earthquake, leaving a third of …