Tonga Local News

ALOFI, Niue - Climate change is wreaking havoc in the small island states of the South Pacific and assistance is needed for those already hit by rising seawater and severe storms, an islands leader said Wednesday.

Kahuku football player Jray Galeai gets the most out of his unique first name.

The condemnation of Fiji continues, following the interim government's decision not to take part in talks with 15 other Pacific leaders at Niue.

Pacific leaders opened a summit Tuesday on the tiny island nation of Niue at which they will focus on their response to the Fiji military regime's broken promise to hold elections by March next year.

Tonga Prime Minister Feleti Waka'uta Sevele called on the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) leaders on Tuesday to make concerted effort to bring about a resolution to counter the effects of rising fuel prices. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 39th Pacific Island Forum leaders summit here early afternoon, Sevele, the outgoing chair of the forum, said he suggested the forum leaders to direct the ...

NIUE (AFP) - Pacific leaders have opened a summit on the tiny island nation of Niue at which they will focus on their response to the Fiji military regime's broken promise to hold elections by March next year.

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations will create a climate change center to help Pacific island nations threatened by rising seas because of global warming, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

Early last month, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters, along with his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith and a group of senior Pacific ministers from Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Tuvalu, met the military dictator of Fiji, Frank Bainimarama, in Suva to test their concerns that he might renege on his year-long promise to hold elections next March.

MP for Te Tai Tonga Hon Mahara Okeroa has welcomed today’s signing of a Deed of Settlement between the Crown and Port Nicholson Block Claims Team to settle all historical Te Tiriti o Waitangi claims of Taranaki Whanui.

A remarkable 15-year-old girl who captured the heart of a King during a courageous three-year battle with cancer has died at her home in Tonga.