http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:47:14 +0000 MyBB http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6297 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:21:25 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6297 Kuo 'oho hake ai 'a e ki'i minisita pa'anga 'o tukuaki'i 'a e hu ki he 'akauni personal 'a e 'atita 'a e pa'anga ka 'oku 'ikai ko ha public fund ka ko e overtime ia 'a e 'atita. Kuo nau 'ohake 'a e me'a kehe ke fakahifo'i'aki 'a e 'atita na'e lea totonu 'o 'ikai ke toe fakapulipuli.

Tau lotu pe ke lahi ke ongo hake 'etau tangi mo e mamahi ki he 'Otua ke ne fai hoatu fakamaau 'i he me'a na'a tau fai 'i mamani.]]> Kuo 'oho hake ai 'a e ki'i minisita pa'anga 'o tukuaki'i 'a e hu ki he 'akauni personal 'a e 'atita 'a e pa'anga ka 'oku 'ikai ko ha public fund ka ko e overtime ia 'a e 'atita. Kuo nau 'ohake 'a e me'a kehe ke fakahifo'i'aki 'a e 'atita na'e lea totonu 'o 'ikai ke toe fakapulipuli.

Tau lotu pe ke lahi ke ongo hake 'etau tangi mo e mamahi ki he 'Otua ke ne fai hoatu fakamaau 'i he me'a na'a tau fai 'i mamani.]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6296 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:25:13 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6296 Two great-grandchildren of the late Queen Salote will wed on May 5. Second-in-line to the throne, 27-year-old Siaosi Manumataongo 'Alaivahamama'o 'Aho'eitu Konstantin Tuku'aho – and now referred to as Prince 'Ulukalala – will marry 25-year-old Sinaitakala Fakafanua, a lesser member of the royal family.

"They want to keep the royal blood to their own family," veteran pro-democracy politician 'Akilisi Pohiva says.
"They are too close. I do not know about biological effects of two close bloods mixed together, but I think they need new blood from outside."
Tongan royal marriages are always arranged, with love only a part of it, and have to be approved by the monarch, King George Tupou IV. Successive monarchs have tried to keep marriages within the family, but that has proved difficult, with there being only nine marriageable women and seven single men – now reduced by one on either side.

They are all great-grandchildren of Salote (1900-1965). In 1969, a 21-year-old princess at Auckland University married a commoner policeman. When word got back to Nuku'alofa, she was hauled home, the marriage annulled and she was married off to a noble.
Of more concern than cousins marrying is the potential cost.

Pohiva, a parliamentary veteran of 25 years, is a member of an investigation committee trying to find out what happened to a $54 million loan a previous government took from China to pay for rebuilding Nuku'alofa after riots in 2006. There are concerns that Tonga is on the verge of default, unable to repay any of its international loans.

Previous royal weddings have been lavish affairs, with the state paying most of the cost.

"In the past, government and the members of the royal family spent huge amounts of money for wedding ceremonies," Pohiva says. "I am sure the coming wedding is going to be a big ceremony. In terms of cost, Tonga's economy is so bad that it is going down the drain."

He said the royal family has a large amount of money invested overseas and should pay for the wedding from its own funds.

"We have males and females from not so different extended families. Whether we call it two families or one family, the main thing is the cost of the wedding."

In the past five years, New Zealand has provided almost $41m in aid to Tonga.
Although the couple are cousins, the marriage is legal and would be legal in New Zealand.

The new bride will have a good chance of becoming a queen. The current king will turn 64 the day before the wedding. A bachelor with no legal heir, he has recently been treated for cancer.

The heir presumptive is the bridegroom's 52-year-old father and king's younger brother, 'Aho'eitu Tuku'aho. As a royal-appointed prime minister from 2000 to 2006, he was deeply unpopular and was eventually forced out of office.

'Ulukalala is ahead of his elder sister in succession, as the royal family favours male heirs.

Source: stuff.co.nz]]> Two great-grandchildren of the late Queen Salote will wed on May 5. Second-in-line to the throne, 27-year-old Siaosi Manumataongo 'Alaivahamama'o 'Aho'eitu Konstantin Tuku'aho – and now referred to as Prince 'Ulukalala – will marry 25-year-old Sinaitakala Fakafanua, a lesser member of the royal family.

"They want to keep the royal blood to their own family," veteran pro-democracy politician 'Akilisi Pohiva says.
"They are too close. I do not know about biological effects of two close bloods mixed together, but I think they need new blood from outside."
Tongan royal marriages are always arranged, with love only a part of it, and have to be approved by the monarch, King George Tupou IV. Successive monarchs have tried to keep marriages within the family, but that has proved difficult, with there being only nine marriageable women and seven single men – now reduced by one on either side.

They are all great-grandchildren of Salote (1900-1965). In 1969, a 21-year-old princess at Auckland University married a commoner policeman. When word got back to Nuku'alofa, she was hauled home, the marriage annulled and she was married off to a noble.
Of more concern than cousins marrying is the potential cost.

Pohiva, a parliamentary veteran of 25 years, is a member of an investigation committee trying to find out what happened to a $54 million loan a previous government took from China to pay for rebuilding Nuku'alofa after riots in 2006. There are concerns that Tonga is on the verge of default, unable to repay any of its international loans.

Previous royal weddings have been lavish affairs, with the state paying most of the cost.

"In the past, government and the members of the royal family spent huge amounts of money for wedding ceremonies," Pohiva says. "I am sure the coming wedding is going to be a big ceremony. In terms of cost, Tonga's economy is so bad that it is going down the drain."

He said the royal family has a large amount of money invested overseas and should pay for the wedding from its own funds.

"We have males and females from not so different extended families. Whether we call it two families or one family, the main thing is the cost of the wedding."

In the past five years, New Zealand has provided almost $41m in aid to Tonga.
Although the couple are cousins, the marriage is legal and would be legal in New Zealand.

The new bride will have a good chance of becoming a queen. The current king will turn 64 the day before the wedding. A bachelor with no legal heir, he has recently been treated for cancer.

The heir presumptive is the bridegroom's 52-year-old father and king's younger brother, 'Aho'eitu Tuku'aho. As a royal-appointed prime minister from 2000 to 2006, he was deeply unpopular and was eventually forced out of office.

'Ulukalala is ahead of his elder sister in succession, as the royal family favours male heirs.

Source: stuff.co.nz]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6295 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:09 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6295 January 28, 2012

Reverend Sione Pinomi ... fears for his ''poor church''. Photo: Wolter Peeters

SPORTING a black homburg and a silver-topped cane, the newly crowned King George Tupou V of Tonga looked every bit as grand as the $10 million church he had crossed the Pacific to open.
Three years later the grand Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Australia still stands in an estate of factories and warehouses near Rooty Hill in Sydney but the pride of the Polynesian community is cloaked in shame and debt. Owing $21 million, the Methodist church is set to collapse amid a confusion of parties, including 20,000 Tongans, Westpac and a Bankstown paint company with a sideline in short-term finance.

The church went into voluntary administration this month and into receivership this week, with the debt secured against church properties around the country.
The bulk of it - $18 million - is split between Westpac and an industrial paint business, Phoenix Lacquers & Paints, which lent the church $950,000 less than four years ago.
When the loan was not repaid after six months, during which time the interest rate was 5 per cent a month, a penalty was imposed and the interest rate increased to 6 per cent - or 72 per cent a year, the paint company said. The debt has now snowballed to more than $9 million. The church's plight is also a sensitive issue for Westpac, a major bank in Tonga. It has not received any payments on its loan of about $7 million for at least two years. The loan is now almost $9 million.

If the creditors and the Westpac-appointed administrator cannot agree on a way to restructure the debt, the building - modelled on a cathedral outside Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa - will be put up for sale. So too may other church properties in Victoria and Queensland.
''The poor church … is the one that's going to be really, really crucified,'' said its spokesman, the Reverend Sione Pinomi.
He hoped a trust fund registered in the Cayman Islands would donate $10 million to help the church stay afloat.
Mr Pinomi said the annual money-donating festival, known as Misinale, had not been enough to cover operating costs of $300,000 a year for the past two years.
But available funds have never really matched costs. Although the Tongan-Australian community of 20,000 raised $3 million to help fund the construction, the money ran out in the final weeks before its opening in 2008.

When Westpac refused to extend its loan to cover the cost of the interior, Mr Pinomi said the church turned to private finance. A mortgage broker in Sydney, overseen by the church's solicitor, approached Phoenix Lacquers & Paints for a short-term loan.
The owner of Phoenix, Desmond Lee, said the broker was paid $60,000 to $70,000 and the loan covered the church's fittings. Mr Lee denied the 72 per cent annual interest rate was predatory. He said this week he was willing to accept $1.4 million if the church could restructure its debt.
''They understood that the interest rate was high but they entered into it because they needed to have the church finished,'' he said.
Mr Pinomi said the 2000 Tongan-Australians who greeted the monarch in their traditional dress that October day knew about the loan from Phoenix.
But he said the members of the church's executive committee - who were signed on as personal guarantors - had not really considered the ramifications of the high monthly interest rate, or their inability to raise donations to pay it back quickly.

''We thought about it when we looked at it after but it was too late,'' he said. ''The loan has already been done.''
The honorary consul to Tonga, Louise Waterhouse, said the church was the cornerstone of the community in Australia. ''It would be an absolute tragedy if it were lost to the Tongan people.''
But it is unclear how much the community knows about its desperate situation, even now.
Tongan-born James Latu, a Uniting Church minister at Petersham, said the church was such a priority in Tongan culture the community would endure personal hardships to try to fund it.
''The talk is that the place is paid off by someone else but they're not too sure,'' he said.
The administrator, Stephen Parbery of PPB, said ''you'd have to say there must have been a degree of financial naivety'' on the part of the church's leadership in some of its dealings.
Accompanied by his representative, the former Wallaby Daniel Manu, Mr Parbery said he met 60 to 70 parishioners last week to outline the situation - and received a standing ovation. ''I think there was a relief from them … that someone independent had come in to try to assist'' in saving the church.
But the reception was far from warm last week at the first meeting of creditors.
Phoenix, which since late 2010 has delayed a Supreme Court action to wind up the church - is seeking to replace PPB, which it claims is not acting independently.
Westpac said the church's ability to service its loan was assessed before it was approved. A bank-appointed receiver would work with PPB to ensure the church stayed open during the administration process.

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/national/tongas-ch...z1kgSRBLJN]]> January 28, 2012

Reverend Sione Pinomi ... fears for his ''poor church''. Photo: Wolter Peeters

SPORTING a black homburg and a silver-topped cane, the newly crowned King George Tupou V of Tonga looked every bit as grand as the $10 million church he had crossed the Pacific to open.
Three years later the grand Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Australia still stands in an estate of factories and warehouses near Rooty Hill in Sydney but the pride of the Polynesian community is cloaked in shame and debt. Owing $21 million, the Methodist church is set to collapse amid a confusion of parties, including 20,000 Tongans, Westpac and a Bankstown paint company with a sideline in short-term finance.

The church went into voluntary administration this month and into receivership this week, with the debt secured against church properties around the country.
The bulk of it - $18 million - is split between Westpac and an industrial paint business, Phoenix Lacquers & Paints, which lent the church $950,000 less than four years ago.
When the loan was not repaid after six months, during which time the interest rate was 5 per cent a month, a penalty was imposed and the interest rate increased to 6 per cent - or 72 per cent a year, the paint company said. The debt has now snowballed to more than $9 million. The church's plight is also a sensitive issue for Westpac, a major bank in Tonga. It has not received any payments on its loan of about $7 million for at least two years. The loan is now almost $9 million.

If the creditors and the Westpac-appointed administrator cannot agree on a way to restructure the debt, the building - modelled on a cathedral outside Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa - will be put up for sale. So too may other church properties in Victoria and Queensland.
''The poor church … is the one that's going to be really, really crucified,'' said its spokesman, the Reverend Sione Pinomi.
He hoped a trust fund registered in the Cayman Islands would donate $10 million to help the church stay afloat.
Mr Pinomi said the annual money-donating festival, known as Misinale, had not been enough to cover operating costs of $300,000 a year for the past two years.
But available funds have never really matched costs. Although the Tongan-Australian community of 20,000 raised $3 million to help fund the construction, the money ran out in the final weeks before its opening in 2008.

When Westpac refused to extend its loan to cover the cost of the interior, Mr Pinomi said the church turned to private finance. A mortgage broker in Sydney, overseen by the church's solicitor, approached Phoenix Lacquers & Paints for a short-term loan.
The owner of Phoenix, Desmond Lee, said the broker was paid $60,000 to $70,000 and the loan covered the church's fittings. Mr Lee denied the 72 per cent annual interest rate was predatory. He said this week he was willing to accept $1.4 million if the church could restructure its debt.
''They understood that the interest rate was high but they entered into it because they needed to have the church finished,'' he said.
Mr Pinomi said the 2000 Tongan-Australians who greeted the monarch in their traditional dress that October day knew about the loan from Phoenix.
But he said the members of the church's executive committee - who were signed on as personal guarantors - had not really considered the ramifications of the high monthly interest rate, or their inability to raise donations to pay it back quickly.

''We thought about it when we looked at it after but it was too late,'' he said. ''The loan has already been done.''
The honorary consul to Tonga, Louise Waterhouse, said the church was the cornerstone of the community in Australia. ''It would be an absolute tragedy if it were lost to the Tongan people.''
But it is unclear how much the community knows about its desperate situation, even now.
Tongan-born James Latu, a Uniting Church minister at Petersham, said the church was such a priority in Tongan culture the community would endure personal hardships to try to fund it.
''The talk is that the place is paid off by someone else but they're not too sure,'' he said.
The administrator, Stephen Parbery of PPB, said ''you'd have to say there must have been a degree of financial naivety'' on the part of the church's leadership in some of its dealings.
Accompanied by his representative, the former Wallaby Daniel Manu, Mr Parbery said he met 60 to 70 parishioners last week to outline the situation - and received a standing ovation. ''I think there was a relief from them … that someone independent had come in to try to assist'' in saving the church.
But the reception was far from warm last week at the first meeting of creditors.
Phoenix, which since late 2010 has delayed a Supreme Court action to wind up the church - is seeking to replace PPB, which it claims is not acting independently.
Westpac said the church's ability to service its loan was assessed before it was approved. A bank-appointed receiver would work with PPB to ensure the church stayed open during the administration process.

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/national/tongas-ch...z1kgSRBLJN]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6293 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:38:44 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6293



Tonga's Auditor General has revealed NZ has requested Tonga return the missing aid money suggesting conflicts with recent media reports the missing money was just poor accounting. For a full report, watch the exclusive interview with TNEWS.

Open for comments....

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Tonga's Auditor General has revealed NZ has requested Tonga return the missing aid money suggesting conflicts with recent media reports the missing money was just poor accounting. For a full report, watch the exclusive interview with TNEWS.

Open for comments....

]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6292 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:05:54 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6292 Tonga's public servants have threatened to take industrial action if they are not allowed access to their retirement funds contributions.

Since last year the Public Service Association has been petitioning the board of their retirement fund to allow members to use the money they have contributed, arguing that the increased cost of living means the money is better being used to put food on the table rather than sitting in a bank.

So far the board has said no, and now they are asking the king to intervene.

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat...413936.htm]]> Tonga's public servants have threatened to take industrial action if they are not allowed access to their retirement funds contributions.

Since last year the Public Service Association has been petitioning the board of their retirement fund to allow members to use the money they have contributed, arguing that the increased cost of living means the money is better being used to put food on the table rather than sitting in a bank.

So far the board has said no, and now they are asking the king to intervene.

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat...413936.htm]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6291 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:03:31 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6291
A Tongan noble will re-appear in court in two weeks charged with the illegal possession of a firearm.

Matangi Tonga reports Lord Tu’iha’ateiho, a Ha’apai Noble’s Representative, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The case was adjourned to February the 6th to allow two weeks for papers to be handed over to the defence.

On February 6 the defendant will elect whether he prefers a Preliminary Inquiry at the lower court or to have his case submitted directly to the Supreme Court for trial.

He was represented by Sifa Tu’utafaiva, a People’s Representative to the Tonga Parliament, and the current Chairman of the Whole House Committee.
The noble was first charged in 2010, and his first court appearance was in December of that year.

Source: Radio New Zealand International]]>
A Tongan noble will re-appear in court in two weeks charged with the illegal possession of a firearm.

Matangi Tonga reports Lord Tu’iha’ateiho, a Ha’apai Noble’s Representative, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The case was adjourned to February the 6th to allow two weeks for papers to be handed over to the defence.

On February 6 the defendant will elect whether he prefers a Preliminary Inquiry at the lower court or to have his case submitted directly to the Supreme Court for trial.

He was represented by Sifa Tu’utafaiva, a People’s Representative to the Tonga Parliament, and the current Chairman of the Whole House Committee.
The noble was first charged in 2010, and his first court appearance was in December of that year.

Source: Radio New Zealand International]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6290 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:02:08 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6290
A man has been charged with attempted murder and causing grevious bodily harm over an armed hold up at the petrol station in Tonga.
A 53-year-old man was shot in the leg during the robbery, and is still recovering at Vaiola Hospital.

Matangi Tonga reports Sefo Moala appeared in court, charged with six counts of attempted murder, causing grevious bodily harm, possession of illegal firearms, possession of illegal ammunition and conspiracy to armed robbery.
Three co-offenders, Sione Angilau, Meli Moala and Fale’ofa Ta’ufo’ou, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
The four were remanded in police custody, will re-appear next week.

Source: Radio New Zealand International]]>
A man has been charged with attempted murder and causing grevious bodily harm over an armed hold up at the petrol station in Tonga.
A 53-year-old man was shot in the leg during the robbery, and is still recovering at Vaiola Hospital.

Matangi Tonga reports Sefo Moala appeared in court, charged with six counts of attempted murder, causing grevious bodily harm, possession of illegal firearms, possession of illegal ammunition and conspiracy to armed robbery.
Three co-offenders, Sione Angilau, Meli Moala and Fale’ofa Ta’ufo’ou, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
The four were remanded in police custody, will re-appear next week.

Source: Radio New Zealand International]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6289 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:00:59 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6289
NUKU’ALOFA. At its meeting on 28th November 2011, His Majesty in Council appointed Mr. Neil Adsett as Attorney General of Tonga, subject to execution of contract and letters of appointment issued.

Mr. Neil Adsett signed the contract of service on 11 January 2012 and His Majesty issued letters of appointment on same date. Therefore, Mr. Neil Adsett is the substantive Attorney General for 4 years effective as 16 January 2012.

He becomes the first Attorney General under the reformed Constitutions, with his duties and independence now specified in the Constitution.

The Attorney General will head the Attorney General’s Office that includes the law officers now at the Crown Law Office, he is the principal legal advisor to Cabinet and Government, and with the Solicitor General and other law officers will be responsible for prosecutions and legal cases for and against the government, the drafting of legislation for the Government and parliament, and generally for ensuring that the Constitution and laws of Tonga are understood and upheld by Government and individuals.

The Solicitor General, Mr. ‘Aminiasi Kefu will continue as the CEO of the Department and will report to the Attorney General.

Mr. Neil Adsett has been a Barrister and Solicitor for over 30 years and the Law Revision Commissioner in many countries throughout the world during his career. He is no stranger to Tonga – he lived in Tonga for 2 years from 1988 while he completed the revised edition for the laws still in use, and more lately he has been in Tonga updating the laws and responsible for the legal process involved in the constitutional and electoral reforms. He is joined in Tonga by his wife Jennifer.

Mr. Neil Adsett replaces Mr. Barrie Sweetman, eminent senior lawyers from Fiji, who has been the visiting interim Attorney General during the 6 months process of finding a permanent Attorney General.

Source: http://www.taimionline.com/articles/6468]]>
NUKU’ALOFA. At its meeting on 28th November 2011, His Majesty in Council appointed Mr. Neil Adsett as Attorney General of Tonga, subject to execution of contract and letters of appointment issued.

Mr. Neil Adsett signed the contract of service on 11 January 2012 and His Majesty issued letters of appointment on same date. Therefore, Mr. Neil Adsett is the substantive Attorney General for 4 years effective as 16 January 2012.

He becomes the first Attorney General under the reformed Constitutions, with his duties and independence now specified in the Constitution.

The Attorney General will head the Attorney General’s Office that includes the law officers now at the Crown Law Office, he is the principal legal advisor to Cabinet and Government, and with the Solicitor General and other law officers will be responsible for prosecutions and legal cases for and against the government, the drafting of legislation for the Government and parliament, and generally for ensuring that the Constitution and laws of Tonga are understood and upheld by Government and individuals.

The Solicitor General, Mr. ‘Aminiasi Kefu will continue as the CEO of the Department and will report to the Attorney General.

Mr. Neil Adsett has been a Barrister and Solicitor for over 30 years and the Law Revision Commissioner in many countries throughout the world during his career. He is no stranger to Tonga – he lived in Tonga for 2 years from 1988 while he completed the revised edition for the laws still in use, and more lately he has been in Tonga updating the laws and responsible for the legal process involved in the constitutional and electoral reforms. He is joined in Tonga by his wife Jennifer.

Mr. Neil Adsett replaces Mr. Barrie Sweetman, eminent senior lawyers from Fiji, who has been the visiting interim Attorney General during the 6 months process of finding a permanent Attorney General.

Source: http://www.taimionline.com/articles/6468]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6288 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:59:06 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6288 Press Release: Asian Development Bank

A NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (24 January, 2012) – The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank have launched a $34 million project which will allow Tonga to gain high-speed internet access by financing the development of a submarine cable system.

The Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Tu’ivakano delivered the keynote speech at the launch. Siosaia Faletau, focal person for ADB and the World Bank in Tonga, made an address, and Robert Bolouri, International Managing Director of Tonga Cable Limited (TCL), also spoke.

The project is being co-financed by the World Bank Group, ADB, and TCL.

The underwater fiber optic cable will connect Tonga to the Southern Cross Cable, the main trans-Pacific link between Australia and the United States. The establishment and operation of the 827-km submarine cable system, which will run from Tonga to the Republic of Fiji, will provide Tonga’s population of 100,000 with affordable, accessible, information and communication technology services.

The project is expected to bring significant economic and social benefits once the cable is in place by mid-2013. In addition to greater connectivity, it will help businesses to expand and create more jobs, and make it easier for Tongans living abroad to remit money home.

ADB and the World Bank are already supporting Tonga in the following areas: broadband cable; improved transport links: increased renewable energy production; climate change adaptation, telecommunications reform; urban infrastructure; and government reform

Source: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1201/S0...tivity.htm]]> Press Release: Asian Development Bank

A NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (24 January, 2012) – The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank have launched a $34 million project which will allow Tonga to gain high-speed internet access by financing the development of a submarine cable system.

The Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Tu’ivakano delivered the keynote speech at the launch. Siosaia Faletau, focal person for ADB and the World Bank in Tonga, made an address, and Robert Bolouri, International Managing Director of Tonga Cable Limited (TCL), also spoke.

The project is being co-financed by the World Bank Group, ADB, and TCL.

The underwater fiber optic cable will connect Tonga to the Southern Cross Cable, the main trans-Pacific link between Australia and the United States. The establishment and operation of the 827-km submarine cable system, which will run from Tonga to the Republic of Fiji, will provide Tonga’s population of 100,000 with affordable, accessible, information and communication technology services.

The project is expected to bring significant economic and social benefits once the cable is in place by mid-2013. In addition to greater connectivity, it will help businesses to expand and create more jobs, and make it easier for Tongans living abroad to remit money home.

ADB and the World Bank are already supporting Tonga in the following areas: broadband cable; improved transport links: increased renewable energy production; climate change adaptation, telecommunications reform; urban infrastructure; and government reform

Source: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1201/S0...tivity.htm]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6287 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:56:35 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6287
New Zealand’s Massey University has pledged its support to Tonga in the fields of education and health.
An exchange programme and training programme is in place, but Professor Setaleki Finau says there’s more to do and more talks to be had.
The professor says there are many Tongans living in New Zealand who are health and education experts and they need to share that expertise with people back home.

Source: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=65696]]>
New Zealand’s Massey University has pledged its support to Tonga in the fields of education and health.
An exchange programme and training programme is in place, but Professor Setaleki Finau says there’s more to do and more talks to be had.
The professor says there are many Tongans living in New Zealand who are health and education experts and they need to share that expertise with people back home.

Source: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=65696]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6286 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:27:53 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6286
Tongan police say they found cocaine and methamphetamine when they were searching for the suspects of an armed robbery.

Radio Tonga says the discovery was made in the village of Mataika and a 32-year old man living in the searched house has been charged with possession of illicit drugs and controlled substances.

The man, who’s originally from Kolonga, is in police custody and is due to appear in court on Monday.
One of the four men charged with the armed robbery was found at the same address in Mataika.

Source: Radio New Zealand International]]>
Tongan police say they found cocaine and methamphetamine when they were searching for the suspects of an armed robbery.

Radio Tonga says the discovery was made in the village of Mataika and a 32-year old man living in the searched house has been charged with possession of illicit drugs and controlled substances.

The man, who’s originally from Kolonga, is in police custody and is due to appear in court on Monday.
One of the four men charged with the armed robbery was found at the same address in Mataika.

Source: Radio New Zealand International]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6285 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:25:50 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6285
Tonga's Speaker of Parliament, Lord Lasike has arrived back in the country to face charges relating to the possession of ammunition.

Lord Lasike was charged and ordered to appear last year. But at the time he asked for an extension and permission to travel to Israel on an official visit. Permission was granted, but he was ordered to return by the middle of December for the court hearing. But instead of travelling to Israel, the Speaker went to the USA where he got married, and has remained ever since. But this morning he returned to the Kingdom.

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Tonga's Speaker of Parliament, Lord Lasike has arrived back in the country to face charges relating to the possession of ammunition.

Lord Lasike was charged and ordered to appear last year. But at the time he asked for an extension and permission to travel to Israel on an official visit. Permission was granted, but he was ordered to return by the middle of December for the court hearing. But instead of travelling to Israel, the Speaker went to the USA where he got married, and has remained ever since. But this morning he returned to the Kingdom.

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat...411635.htm]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6284 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:07:18 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6284 'Oku ho'ata mei he fokotu'u ni ne 'i ai e femahino'aki 'a e fakafofonga ko 'eni 'o e kakai mo e hou'eiki nopele kene fakahu e fo'i fokotu'u ko 'eni. 'Oku toe mahino foki ko e Nopele ko ia ko Lasike, Tu'i Ha'ateiho mo e Tu'i Lakepa 'oku lolotonga 'i ai 'enau ngaahi hopo 'oku felave'i tonu mo e kupu'i lao ko 'eni.
Ko e me'a 'oku ha mai mei he fo'i fokotu'u lao ko 'eni 'a Sangster, 'oku mahino ne kole 'e he kau nopele ni ki ai ke fokotu'u atu ki he Fale ke liliu 'a e lao ko 'eni ke holoki e tautea koe'uhi ka í ai ha'anau mo'ua pea ki'i mo'ua ma'ama'a pe.
Ka ko e fehu'i, ko e lelei ko aa 'a ha 'oku fakataumu'a ki ai e fo'i fokotu'u ko 'eni. Ko 'eku tali ki ai, ko e lelei pe 'a Sangster mo e kau nopele fai hia ko 'eni, mo kinautolu 'oku nau faka'amu ke muimui mai he kau faihia fakalilifu pehe ni. 'Ikai ko ia pe ka 'e lava 'e he fakama'ama'a 'o e tautea kene toe faka'ai'ai ke lahi ange hono humai mo tauhi ta'efakalao e me'atau.
Ko e fokotu'u 'oku anga pehe ni; Ne feongoongoi nai e Paati mo e memipa ko 'eni, Sangster kene fakahu e fokotu'u ko 'eni ki he Fale Alea? Kapau na'e 'ikai, koeha leva 'a e founga ngaue 'a e Paati ko 'eni? Hange 'oku 'ai'ai noa'ia pe. Hange nai ko ha toe ki'i kulupu pe 'eni ia ke vaka atu ai ha kakai ki he Fale Alea 'o toki takitaha fai pe hono loto?
Ko e fokotu'u hono ua: 'Oku taau ki he kakai 'o e vahenga 'o Sangster kenau tohi ki honau fakafofonga ni kene fakafisi leva ia he vavetaha pea fokotu'u atu ai e 'uhinga ko 'eni mo e ngaahi 'uhinga kehe ia teu toki fokotu'u atu 'e au kapau 'e fiema'u.
Mo e 'Ofa ki Tonga]]> 'Oku ho'ata mei he fokotu'u ni ne 'i ai e femahino'aki 'a e fakafofonga ko 'eni 'o e kakai mo e hou'eiki nopele kene fakahu e fo'i fokotu'u ko 'eni. 'Oku toe mahino foki ko e Nopele ko ia ko Lasike, Tu'i Ha'ateiho mo e Tu'i Lakepa 'oku lolotonga 'i ai 'enau ngaahi hopo 'oku felave'i tonu mo e kupu'i lao ko 'eni.
Ko e me'a 'oku ha mai mei he fo'i fokotu'u lao ko 'eni 'a Sangster, 'oku mahino ne kole 'e he kau nopele ni ki ai ke fokotu'u atu ki he Fale ke liliu 'a e lao ko 'eni ke holoki e tautea koe'uhi ka í ai ha'anau mo'ua pea ki'i mo'ua ma'ama'a pe.
Ka ko e fehu'i, ko e lelei ko aa 'a ha 'oku fakataumu'a ki ai e fo'i fokotu'u ko 'eni. Ko 'eku tali ki ai, ko e lelei pe 'a Sangster mo e kau nopele fai hia ko 'eni, mo kinautolu 'oku nau faka'amu ke muimui mai he kau faihia fakalilifu pehe ni. 'Ikai ko ia pe ka 'e lava 'e he fakama'ama'a 'o e tautea kene toe faka'ai'ai ke lahi ange hono humai mo tauhi ta'efakalao e me'atau.
Ko e fokotu'u 'oku anga pehe ni; Ne feongoongoi nai e Paati mo e memipa ko 'eni, Sangster kene fakahu e fokotu'u ko 'eni ki he Fale Alea? Kapau na'e 'ikai, koeha leva 'a e founga ngaue 'a e Paati ko 'eni? Hange 'oku 'ai'ai noa'ia pe. Hange nai ko ha toe ki'i kulupu pe 'eni ia ke vaka atu ai ha kakai ki he Fale Alea 'o toki takitaha fai pe hono loto?
Ko e fokotu'u hono ua: 'Oku taau ki he kakai 'o e vahenga 'o Sangster kenau tohi ki honau fakafofonga ni kene fakafisi leva ia he vavetaha pea fokotu'u atu ai e 'uhinga ko 'eni mo e ngaahi 'uhinga kehe ia teu toki fokotu'u atu 'e au kapau 'e fiema'u.
Mo e 'Ofa ki Tonga]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6283 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:19:12 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6283


TNEWS Special from Tonga - Broadcast 10.01.12

* The King of Tonga withheld his sanction from the Ammendment put forward by Government to the Arms and Ammunition Act 2011 claiming it was "inimical to the welfare, wellbeing and safety of his subjects."

* Claims arise Hon. Clive Edwards house and others are built on illegal land allocation.

All this and more.....

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TNEWS Special from Tonga - Broadcast 10.01.12

* The King of Tonga withheld his sanction from the Ammendment put forward by Government to the Arms and Ammunition Act 2011 claiming it was "inimical to the welfare, wellbeing and safety of his subjects."

* Claims arise Hon. Clive Edwards house and others are built on illegal land allocation.

All this and more.....

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29 Dec 2011, 13:36



Nuku'alofa, Tonga:

Tonga's king is looking for funding to establish a private university in Tonga, with a focus on renewable energy and the environment.

King George Tupou V has made it known that in the New Year he would like to make a definite move to establish a private university that can take in up to 320 students a year, and up to 1,320 students over four-year programmes.

The king envisaged that such a project could be funded by private foundations, and that Tonga could anticipate support from the US State Department. It is understood that a private university project in Tonga might possibly be supported through military cooperation with the United States, with the military assisting in the field of education and training in return for Tonga's participation in US military operations abroad.

Tonga might also tap into the Copenhagen Environmental Fund for such an education project, the king believed.

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29 Dec 2011, 13:36



Nuku'alofa, Tonga:

Tonga's king is looking for funding to establish a private university in Tonga, with a focus on renewable energy and the environment.

King George Tupou V has made it known that in the New Year he would like to make a definite move to establish a private university that can take in up to 320 students a year, and up to 1,320 students over four-year programmes.

The king envisaged that such a project could be funded by private foundations, and that Tonga could anticipate support from the US State Department. It is understood that a private university project in Tonga might possibly be supported through military cooperation with the United States, with the military assisting in the field of education and training in return for Tonga's participation in US military operations abroad.

Tonga might also tap into the Copenhagen Environmental Fund for such an education project, the king believed.

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kO 'ETE SIO KI HE FO'I 'ALIAKI KO 'ENI 'A KASERE PEA 'OKU TE TU'UTU'UKINA HE'E FAI AI PE 'ENE MAHAKI KAKAA.]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6281 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:49:51 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6281 http://www.matangitonga.to)

From the Courts
Chief Justice orders warrant of arrest for Speaker of Parliament
23 Dec 2011, 17:45

Nuku'alofa, Tonga:

Tonga's Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott has ordered a warrant of arrest for Lord Lasike the Speaker of Parliament, after he defied the conditions of a court order and breached his bail when he travelled to the USA in November and has not returned to Tonga.

Chief Justice Scott held a hearing in his chamber at 9:00am today, December 23 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa with Lord Lasike's counsel William Edwards and the Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu.

Matangi Tonga understands from the Supreme Court, that after hearing submissions from counsel, the Chief Justice ordered a warrant of arrest for the Speaker upon his return to Tonga, and that the order for the warrant was also released to the Tonga Police.

The Crown Law sought the order for the Speaker's breach of bail with the Supreme Court on December 22, which resulted in the special hearing this morning, after Government offices closed yesterday.

Ammunition charge

On November 10, Lasike filed an application Notice for Variation of Bail and for permission to travel overseas on a parliamentary trip to Israel from November 14 to December 17, 2011. The application was granted by Justice Robert Shuster with the consent of the Crown Law. His passport was released to him, to be returned to the court upon his return to Tonga.

Under the order, his local bail was also extended to January 20, 2012, when he was to appear at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa, for arraignment before Justice Shuster.

However, the Speaker has not returned to Tonga.

It is understood that he did not go to Israel with the parliamentary delegation and instead went to the United States.

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Me'a namu feke momoa mo'oni koe faikehekehe 'o e to'onga koena 'oku 'asi 'i 'olunga moe fo'i loi'elo koena 'oku fai e Nopeule Lasike he video koeni i lalo. Ko fe leva e fai fatongia ke paotoloaki ki he maa'imoa? Me'a ni ko hono lelei taha eni koe LOI lahi ki he falealea moe kaakaa'i e pule'anga hangee koia 'oku tau toutou lau ai he media moe talanoa koena 'i 'olunga? Kuo mahino lelei mai pe mei he'ene to'onga ko 'ene LOI lahi kumi excuse 'aki e folau fakafalealea ke tukuange mai 'ene passport 'ehe fakamaau'anga kae hola ki 'Amelika. Forget about the trip to Israel he kuo mahino pe mei he'ene to'onga na'e ikai ke palani pehee ia he koena ne 'alu ia 'o mali, pea koe mali na'e palani. Ko e me'a ni 'e 'ikai lava e pule'anga Tonga ke kole ki he pule'anga 'Amelika ke fa'ala hono ki'i 'alunga i USA feitu'u kotoa 'oku tuku ai hono fu'u mui lahi 'o puke atu ki Tonga? 'Oua toe talamai 'oku 'ikai ha pa'anga he koena 'oku 'ikai ke toe ha fonua kilukulua mama'o mei Tonga he folau fakalangilangi first class ki ai e kau memipa falealea moe kau taki e pule'anga mo 'enau kau folau. 'Oku 'ikai ko ha to'onga ia 'aha masiva. Mou sio atu ki hono fu'u mata he video 'i lalo. 'Oku hangee mai ha fu'u mata'i pulufaloo fiekaia.

Na'e totonu nai hono tukuange mai 'e he fakamaau 'a 'ene passport? Kiate au ia na'e totonu ke 'oua tukuange mai 'e he fakamaau he koe criminal e masi'i ia pea lolotonga 'i ai 'ene pending criminal case. Pea koe toe mio'i ke puke 'e he kau polisi .. o fakafefee koena 'oku 'ikai ke foki ki Tonga pea kuo tapuni e pule'anga ki ha toe ngaue fakafakamaau'anga? 'Oku namunamu kumaa faka'ero'ero pe fo'i tukuange 'o e passport mo fakangofua a Lasike ke folau. Mou vakai angee kakai pe ko hai tu ia 'e lava folau ki 'Isileli pea foki ki Tonga he 'aho pe 'e 4 (Dec. 14 - Dec. 17) let alone a Tongan 'oku 'ikai ke 'i ai hano paku'i vakapuna seti ke folau ai? 'Ai ai moe fakangofua ke folau he fakamole 'ae pule'anga? 'Oku fu'u fakamahaki 'aupito e to'onga 'ae kau nopele 'oku fai. Koe pehee ai ke 'i ai ha lelei 'e ma'u 'e he fonua, kuo toe takimu'a pe kau taki he tila drugs moe to'ome'atau moe loi lahi, kaakaa lahi .. mou 'ofa mai 'o puke atu e kau nopele ta'eako koena 'o li ki kasele ke nau ngaue ai moe fakamahaki ki he fonua.

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From the Courts
Chief Justice orders warrant of arrest for Speaker of Parliament
23 Dec 2011, 17:45

Nuku'alofa, Tonga:

Tonga's Chief Justice Hon Michael Dishington Scott has ordered a warrant of arrest for Lord Lasike the Speaker of Parliament, after he defied the conditions of a court order and breached his bail when he travelled to the USA in November and has not returned to Tonga.

Chief Justice Scott held a hearing in his chamber at 9:00am today, December 23 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa with Lord Lasike's counsel William Edwards and the Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu.

Matangi Tonga understands from the Supreme Court, that after hearing submissions from counsel, the Chief Justice ordered a warrant of arrest for the Speaker upon his return to Tonga, and that the order for the warrant was also released to the Tonga Police.

The Crown Law sought the order for the Speaker's breach of bail with the Supreme Court on December 22, which resulted in the special hearing this morning, after Government offices closed yesterday.

Ammunition charge

On November 10, Lasike filed an application Notice for Variation of Bail and for permission to travel overseas on a parliamentary trip to Israel from November 14 to December 17, 2011. The application was granted by Justice Robert Shuster with the consent of the Crown Law. His passport was released to him, to be returned to the court upon his return to Tonga.

Under the order, his local bail was also extended to January 20, 2012, when he was to appear at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa, for arraignment before Justice Shuster.

However, the Speaker has not returned to Tonga.

It is understood that he did not go to Israel with the parliamentary delegation and instead went to the United States.

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Me'a namu feke momoa mo'oni koe faikehekehe 'o e to'onga koena 'oku 'asi 'i 'olunga moe fo'i loi'elo koena 'oku fai e Nopeule Lasike he video koeni i lalo. Ko fe leva e fai fatongia ke paotoloaki ki he maa'imoa? Me'a ni ko hono lelei taha eni koe LOI lahi ki he falealea moe kaakaa'i e pule'anga hangee koia 'oku tau toutou lau ai he media moe talanoa koena 'i 'olunga? Kuo mahino lelei mai pe mei he'ene to'onga ko 'ene LOI lahi kumi excuse 'aki e folau fakafalealea ke tukuange mai 'ene passport 'ehe fakamaau'anga kae hola ki 'Amelika. Forget about the trip to Israel he kuo mahino pe mei he'ene to'onga na'e ikai ke palani pehee ia he koena ne 'alu ia 'o mali, pea koe mali na'e palani. Ko e me'a ni 'e 'ikai lava e pule'anga Tonga ke kole ki he pule'anga 'Amelika ke fa'ala hono ki'i 'alunga i USA feitu'u kotoa 'oku tuku ai hono fu'u mui lahi 'o puke atu ki Tonga? 'Oua toe talamai 'oku 'ikai ha pa'anga he koena 'oku 'ikai ke toe ha fonua kilukulua mama'o mei Tonga he folau fakalangilangi first class ki ai e kau memipa falealea moe kau taki e pule'anga mo 'enau kau folau. 'Oku 'ikai ko ha to'onga ia 'aha masiva. Mou sio atu ki hono fu'u mata he video 'i lalo. 'Oku hangee mai ha fu'u mata'i pulufaloo fiekaia.

Na'e totonu nai hono tukuange mai 'e he fakamaau 'a 'ene passport? Kiate au ia na'e totonu ke 'oua tukuange mai 'e he fakamaau he koe criminal e masi'i ia pea lolotonga 'i ai 'ene pending criminal case. Pea koe toe mio'i ke puke 'e he kau polisi .. o fakafefee koena 'oku 'ikai ke foki ki Tonga pea kuo tapuni e pule'anga ki ha toe ngaue fakafakamaau'anga? 'Oku namunamu kumaa faka'ero'ero pe fo'i tukuange 'o e passport mo fakangofua a Lasike ke folau. Mou vakai angee kakai pe ko hai tu ia 'e lava folau ki 'Isileli pea foki ki Tonga he 'aho pe 'e 4 (Dec. 14 - Dec. 17) let alone a Tongan 'oku 'ikai ke 'i ai hano paku'i vakapuna seti ke folau ai? 'Ai ai moe fakangofua ke folau he fakamole 'ae pule'anga? 'Oku fu'u fakamahaki 'aupito e to'onga 'ae kau nopele 'oku fai. Koe pehee ai ke 'i ai ha lelei 'e ma'u 'e he fonua, kuo toe takimu'a pe kau taki he tila drugs moe to'ome'atau moe loi lahi, kaakaa lahi .. mou 'ofa mai 'o puke atu e kau nopele ta'eako koena 'o li ki kasele ke nau ngaue ai moe fakamahaki ki he fonua.

]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6280 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:01:15 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6280
Naʻe ʻikai ko ha fatongia maʻamaʻa eni ʻi ha sosaieti ʻoku fakatuʻutuʻunga ai e nofo ʻa e kakaí pea ne anga fakafonua ʻaki ʻa e tauhi ʻaitoli ki hono kau taki tuʻufonuá pea pouaki ʻe he lotu kalisitiane kuo fakafaʻunga fakatonga.

Naʻe kamata ʻa e Keleʻá ko e kiʻi nusipepa A4 size pē hangē ha laʻi pepa akó. Naʻe ʻikai ha tuʻuaki ai, ka ko e ʻuhí naʻe kei taupuipui ʻa e nofó pea mūnoa e kakai e fonuá ki he founga ʻoku fakamoleki ʻaki ʻenau paʻangá ʻe he Fale Aleá pea mo e puleʻangá foki naʻe hangē ai e ngaahi ongoongo ʻi he pepa ako ko ení ha “siʻi ʻa maʻanga ngakó.” Naʻe ngatū ai ʻa e kau takí ko ʻenau foʻouʻia hono paaki ha meʻa kau ki he Fale Aleá mo e lotoʻi puleʻangá ʻo hangē ia ʻoku toputapu, angatuʻu pea talisone ke tuku mai e fakamatala kau ki he paʻanga ʻa e kakaí ʻoku tānaki he tukuhaú mo e founga ʻoku puleʻi ʻaki kinautolú.

Ko hono foaʻi ha faʻahinga sosaieti fakapōpōʻuli pehé ni, ʻa ia kuo ʻosi femahinoʻaki mo fepoupouaki ai pē ʻa e kau takí hangē ha kau māfiá, ko e fatongia faingataʻa. Ko e fuofua ʻEtita he nusipepá ni ko ʻAkilisi Pohiva pē – pea ko ia pē mo ʻene fānaú ne nau tufa ʻa e pepá. Ko e ʻuhí ko ʻene foʻou ki he kakaí hono poleʻi ʻa e fakahoko fatongia ʻa e kau takí, naʻe aʻu ki he tuʻunga ne fiu uki mo kole ʻene fānaú ke nau tufa ʻa e Keleʻá. ʻIo, ko e vevela ia ʻo e fatongiá, ka naʻe tuiaki mai ia ʻe he tokotaha naʻe mālohi ʻene vīsoné ki ha Tonga ʻe tauʻatāina angé pea kau ki ai e kakaí hono fakalelé – ʻa ia eni kuo tau kamata tūʻuta ki aí ʻo lave monū ai ʻa e kau tui mo e kau fakafepaki.

Kuo tō mo hopo mai e Keleʻá ʻi he fihi ʻo e hopo hokohokó pea ʻoku kei toe ʻa e tolu mo Clive Edwards – he ʻoku moʻoni ʻa e leá ko hono lea ʻaki e totonú mo ʻete fakakaukaú ʻi ha sosaieti ʻoku pukenimā ʻe ha tokosiʻi mafaí, ʻe lau ia ko e talisone.

Neongo hono ngaahi koná mo e hopohopokiá ka naʻe fuʻu maʻa mo mahino ʻa e vīsoné – ke tauʻatāina ʻa e kakaí ke nau kau hono langa e fonuá kau ai hono tatakí he ko kinautolu foki ʻoku nau fakapaʻangá. Naʻe maliuliu meihe taimi ki he taimi ʻa e kau ʻEtita ʻo e Keleʻá, ʻo fakamoʻoni pē ia ki he faingataʻa ʻo e misiona kuo poleʻí pea meia ʻAkilisi Pohiva kia Viliami Fukofuka, pea mei ai ki he Kautaha Totonu ʻa e Tangatá mo e Temokālatí, mei ai kia Poʻoi Pohiva pea hili ʻa e fakatamaki ʻo e 16/11 naʻe paasi kia Tavake Fusimālohi. Hili e pekia ʻa e toʻá ni ʻi he 2008 naʻe paasi mei ai ki he ʻEtita lolotongá, Māteni Tapueluelu.

ʻOku mau manatu mo e loto māfana ki he kau tangata ʻo ʻaneafí mo ʻenau kalusefai kuo pāpaasi mo tātānaki mai ʻi he ngaahi taʻú ke fangumalingi mei ai ha lelei fakalukufua maʻa Tonga.

Ko e kau ngāue hoʻomou Nusipepa Keleʻá ko e efu! Pea ʻe foki ʻa e efú ʻo efu – ka ko e misiona ʻoku ngāueʻí ʻe tuʻuloa pea ko ia ʻoku ne puleʻi kimautolu mo ʻemau fakahoko fatongiá ni – mei he kamata ki he lolotongá ni pea ʻe mafao atu ki he kahaʻú na.

Naʻe ʻi ai e fakaʻutoʻuta ʻo pehē ʻe hili ʻa e liliú he taʻu ní ʻe faingofua ʻe mau ngāué. Ka ʻoku hala ia. Kuo toe hiki ia ke faingataʻa ange he kuo pau ke mau fakahoko tatau ʻa e fatongia “taulama mo fakapalanisí” ki he puleʻangá kae pehē ki he kau fakafofongá tautautefito ki he kau fakafofonga foʻoú ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku tauhi ʻa e tukupā ki he lelei fakalukufuá.

Talu ʻeku fakahoko fatongia mo ʻeku fetaulaki mo e ngaahi fakamana natula kehekehe. ʻOku ʻikai ke u tokaʻi ʻa e fakamaná ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā, ka ʻoku ne fakaʻilongaʻi mai ʻa e kei lahi e taʻemahinó mo e fihi kuo pau ke kei tā ke maʻalaʻalá fekauʻaki mo e fakahoko fatongia taʻefilifilimānako homou nusipepá ni.

Ka mei he 1986 ʻa ia naʻe kei mālohi ai e laumālie fakataputapui hono tuku e fakamatalá ki tuʻá ki he taʻú ni, kuo fokotuʻutuʻu ai ʻe he puleʻanga fakatemokālatí ʻa e lao ki he totonu ʻa e kakaí ki he fakamatalá. ʻIo, neongo e lahi ʻa e filí ka ʻoku malama mei hē ʻa e ʻamanakí.

ʻOku lahi e kakai ʻoku mau moʻua ke fakamālōʻia ʻi he taʻu mahuʻingá ni, ka ʻoku mau fakatulou atu, kae tuku muʻa ke hū-mata-niu atu ʻemau fakamālō ki he kupu ʻoku mau tui ko e tamaʻimata ia ʻemau fua fatongiá pea ko e poupou ia ki homau vaivaiʻangá. Ko e kakaí! Ko kimoutolu kakaí ʻoku mou ʻomi ʻa e ʻuhinga ki heʻemau fua fatongiá ni. ʻOku mau fakaʻamu ke aʻu atu kiate kimoutolu ʻemau fakamālō loto hounga mo loto maʻulalo moʻoni he poupou mo e fakaloto lahi kuo mou fakahoko mai ki hoʻomou kau ngāué he founga kehekehe. ʻOku hoko ia ko e fakaloto lahi ki he fua fatongia ʻoku mau faí.

Fakaʻosí, ʻoku mau kei tangata ai pē, pea ʻoku mau kole fakamolemole ki ha kakai kuo hala haʻamau fakahoko fatongia ki ai. Ko e anga pē ia hono mamahiʻi ʻo e fatongiá ni kae fakatauange mo e laumālie ʻo e kilisimasí ke ne tapuakiʻi kotoa kitautolu ʻaki ha loto ʻoku fonu melino mo fiefia foki.

ʻOfa ke mou maʻu ha ngaahi ʻaho kilisimasi fonu fiefia mo ha taʻu ʻe kei talamuka ai ʻa e ʻamanakí pea ke toka lingolingoa ʻa e melinó ʻi Tonga ʻi he langa fonua ʻoku tau faí ni.

Tuʻa ʻofa atu moe loto fakaʻapaʻapa moʻoni

ʻEtita mo e kau Ngāue ʻa e Keleʻá

SOURCE: KELE'A NEWSPAPER]]>
Naʻe ʻikai ko ha fatongia maʻamaʻa eni ʻi ha sosaieti ʻoku fakatuʻutuʻunga ai e nofo ʻa e kakaí pea ne anga fakafonua ʻaki ʻa e tauhi ʻaitoli ki hono kau taki tuʻufonuá pea pouaki ʻe he lotu kalisitiane kuo fakafaʻunga fakatonga.

Naʻe kamata ʻa e Keleʻá ko e kiʻi nusipepa A4 size pē hangē ha laʻi pepa akó. Naʻe ʻikai ha tuʻuaki ai, ka ko e ʻuhí naʻe kei taupuipui ʻa e nofó pea mūnoa e kakai e fonuá ki he founga ʻoku fakamoleki ʻaki ʻenau paʻangá ʻe he Fale Aleá pea mo e puleʻangá foki naʻe hangē ai e ngaahi ongoongo ʻi he pepa ako ko ení ha “siʻi ʻa maʻanga ngakó.” Naʻe ngatū ai ʻa e kau takí ko ʻenau foʻouʻia hono paaki ha meʻa kau ki he Fale Aleá mo e lotoʻi puleʻangá ʻo hangē ia ʻoku toputapu, angatuʻu pea talisone ke tuku mai e fakamatala kau ki he paʻanga ʻa e kakaí ʻoku tānaki he tukuhaú mo e founga ʻoku puleʻi ʻaki kinautolú.

Ko hono foaʻi ha faʻahinga sosaieti fakapōpōʻuli pehé ni, ʻa ia kuo ʻosi femahinoʻaki mo fepoupouaki ai pē ʻa e kau takí hangē ha kau māfiá, ko e fatongia faingataʻa. Ko e fuofua ʻEtita he nusipepá ni ko ʻAkilisi Pohiva pē – pea ko ia pē mo ʻene fānaú ne nau tufa ʻa e pepá. Ko e ʻuhí ko ʻene foʻou ki he kakaí hono poleʻi ʻa e fakahoko fatongia ʻa e kau takí, naʻe aʻu ki he tuʻunga ne fiu uki mo kole ʻene fānaú ke nau tufa ʻa e Keleʻá. ʻIo, ko e vevela ia ʻo e fatongiá, ka naʻe tuiaki mai ia ʻe he tokotaha naʻe mālohi ʻene vīsoné ki ha Tonga ʻe tauʻatāina angé pea kau ki ai e kakaí hono fakalelé – ʻa ia eni kuo tau kamata tūʻuta ki aí ʻo lave monū ai ʻa e kau tui mo e kau fakafepaki.

Kuo tō mo hopo mai e Keleʻá ʻi he fihi ʻo e hopo hokohokó pea ʻoku kei toe ʻa e tolu mo Clive Edwards – he ʻoku moʻoni ʻa e leá ko hono lea ʻaki e totonú mo ʻete fakakaukaú ʻi ha sosaieti ʻoku pukenimā ʻe ha tokosiʻi mafaí, ʻe lau ia ko e talisone.

Neongo hono ngaahi koná mo e hopohopokiá ka naʻe fuʻu maʻa mo mahino ʻa e vīsoné – ke tauʻatāina ʻa e kakaí ke nau kau hono langa e fonuá kau ai hono tatakí he ko kinautolu foki ʻoku nau fakapaʻangá. Naʻe maliuliu meihe taimi ki he taimi ʻa e kau ʻEtita ʻo e Keleʻá, ʻo fakamoʻoni pē ia ki he faingataʻa ʻo e misiona kuo poleʻí pea meia ʻAkilisi Pohiva kia Viliami Fukofuka, pea mei ai ki he Kautaha Totonu ʻa e Tangatá mo e Temokālatí, mei ai kia Poʻoi Pohiva pea hili ʻa e fakatamaki ʻo e 16/11 naʻe paasi kia Tavake Fusimālohi. Hili e pekia ʻa e toʻá ni ʻi he 2008 naʻe paasi mei ai ki he ʻEtita lolotongá, Māteni Tapueluelu.

ʻOku mau manatu mo e loto māfana ki he kau tangata ʻo ʻaneafí mo ʻenau kalusefai kuo pāpaasi mo tātānaki mai ʻi he ngaahi taʻú ke fangumalingi mei ai ha lelei fakalukufua maʻa Tonga.

Ko e kau ngāue hoʻomou Nusipepa Keleʻá ko e efu! Pea ʻe foki ʻa e efú ʻo efu – ka ko e misiona ʻoku ngāueʻí ʻe tuʻuloa pea ko ia ʻoku ne puleʻi kimautolu mo ʻemau fakahoko fatongiá ni – mei he kamata ki he lolotongá ni pea ʻe mafao atu ki he kahaʻú na.

Naʻe ʻi ai e fakaʻutoʻuta ʻo pehē ʻe hili ʻa e liliú he taʻu ní ʻe faingofua ʻe mau ngāué. Ka ʻoku hala ia. Kuo toe hiki ia ke faingataʻa ange he kuo pau ke mau fakahoko tatau ʻa e fatongia “taulama mo fakapalanisí” ki he puleʻangá kae pehē ki he kau fakafofongá tautautefito ki he kau fakafofonga foʻoú ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku tauhi ʻa e tukupā ki he lelei fakalukufuá.

Talu ʻeku fakahoko fatongia mo ʻeku fetaulaki mo e ngaahi fakamana natula kehekehe. ʻOku ʻikai ke u tokaʻi ʻa e fakamaná ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā, ka ʻoku ne fakaʻilongaʻi mai ʻa e kei lahi e taʻemahinó mo e fihi kuo pau ke kei tā ke maʻalaʻalá fekauʻaki mo e fakahoko fatongia taʻefilifilimānako homou nusipepá ni.

Ka mei he 1986 ʻa ia naʻe kei mālohi ai e laumālie fakataputapui hono tuku e fakamatalá ki tuʻá ki he taʻú ni, kuo fokotuʻutuʻu ai ʻe he puleʻanga fakatemokālatí ʻa e lao ki he totonu ʻa e kakaí ki he fakamatalá. ʻIo, neongo e lahi ʻa e filí ka ʻoku malama mei hē ʻa e ʻamanakí.

ʻOku lahi e kakai ʻoku mau moʻua ke fakamālōʻia ʻi he taʻu mahuʻingá ni, ka ʻoku mau fakatulou atu, kae tuku muʻa ke hū-mata-niu atu ʻemau fakamālō ki he kupu ʻoku mau tui ko e tamaʻimata ia ʻemau fua fatongiá pea ko e poupou ia ki homau vaivaiʻangá. Ko e kakaí! Ko kimoutolu kakaí ʻoku mou ʻomi ʻa e ʻuhinga ki heʻemau fua fatongiá ni. ʻOku mau fakaʻamu ke aʻu atu kiate kimoutolu ʻemau fakamālō loto hounga mo loto maʻulalo moʻoni he poupou mo e fakaloto lahi kuo mou fakahoko mai ki hoʻomou kau ngāué he founga kehekehe. ʻOku hoko ia ko e fakaloto lahi ki he fua fatongia ʻoku mau faí.

Fakaʻosí, ʻoku mau kei tangata ai pē, pea ʻoku mau kole fakamolemole ki ha kakai kuo hala haʻamau fakahoko fatongia ki ai. Ko e anga pē ia hono mamahiʻi ʻo e fatongiá ni kae fakatauange mo e laumālie ʻo e kilisimasí ke ne tapuakiʻi kotoa kitautolu ʻaki ha loto ʻoku fonu melino mo fiefia foki.

ʻOfa ke mou maʻu ha ngaahi ʻaho kilisimasi fonu fiefia mo ha taʻu ʻe kei talamuka ai ʻa e ʻamanakí pea ke toka lingolingoa ʻa e melinó ʻi Tonga ʻi he langa fonua ʻoku tau faí ni.

Tuʻa ʻofa atu moe loto fakaʻapaʻapa moʻoni

ʻEtita mo e kau Ngāue ʻa e Keleʻá

SOURCE: KELE'A NEWSPAPER]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6279 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:47:36 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6279
Nōpele Tuʻilakepa

ʻI he ʻaho Tūsite uike ní naʻe ʻi Fale Alea ai ʻa Nōpele Tuʻilakepa, ʻi ha Fakataha Makehe ʻa e Fale Aleá ke fakahū ai ʻe he Komiti Tauʻatāina naʻe fakatotolo ki he paʻanga nō 'a Tonga mei Siaina ki hono langa fo'ou 'o Nuku'alofa, ʻene lipooti kau ki he fakatotolo ko iá. Ko e komiti eni naʻe fili ki ai ʻa ʻAkilisi Pohiva mo Sitiveni Halapuá.

Lolotonga ko ení kuo tuku atu ʻi he mitiá ʻi Tonga mo muli ʻa e ongoongo ʻa e Sydney Morning Herald, ʻa ia ne nau pehē kuo nau ʻilo ki he foʻi fakatotolo ʻa e Polisi Fakafonua ʻa ʻAositeleliá ko e Operation Stair, ʻoku tukuakiʻi ai naʻe totongi fufuuʻi ʻe ha kulupu fetuku faitoʻokonatapu Kolomupia ʻa e Sea Fale Alea Mālōlō ʻa Tongá, Nōpele Tuʻilakepa, ko e konga e palani ke fetuku ʻiote mai e faitoʻokonatapu mei Peru ki Tonga – pea mei ai ki ʻAositelelia mo Siaina.

Ko e lipooti ko eni ʻa e Sydney Morning Herald naʻe tukuange ia ʻi he ʻinitanetí ʻi he ʻaho Tokonaki uike kuo ʻosí.

Naʻe ʻosi puke foki ʻae Tuʻilakepá ʻi he taʻú ni ʻo fakaʻilo kihe tauhi e meʻatau taʻefakalao pea mo e faitoʻokonatapu.

ʻI ha fetuʻutaki ʻa e Keleʻá ki he Komisiona Polisi Leʻoleʻo ʻa Tongá, Taniela Faletau, ʻi he hoʻatā Tūsite uike ní, naʻá ne fakahā ʻoku toloi ʻa e hopo ko eni ʻa e Tuʻilakepá ki he taʻu foʻoú, ka ko e lipooti kuo tukuange he mitiá ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ʻa e kau polisí ki he tauʻatāina ʻa e ongoongó he ʻoku kei lipooti pē ko e tukuakiʻi.

“Pea kapau ko e lipooti ko iá ko e maʻu ia mei he fakamaauʻangá, ʻi hono fua ʻave ʻa e keisí ki he fakamaauʻangá pea ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ia ki ai ʻa e kau polisí,” ko e lau ia ʻa Taniela Faletaú.

Naʻe ʻikai lava ha feinga fetuʻutaki mo e Tuʻilakepá ʻi he Tusité lolotonga ʻene kau atu ki he Fale Alea Makehé.

Ka ko e tukuakiʻí ʻoku fekefeka he ʻoku pehē naʻe hiki tepiʻi ha fetelefoni ʻaki ʻo mahino mei ai naʻe kumi ʻa e kau Kolomupiá ke tokoniʻi ʻe Tuʻilakepa honau takí Obeil Antonio Zuluaga Gomez, ke maʻu haʻane visa ʻeveʻeva ki Tonga.

Naʻe teʻeki ke fetaulaki ʻa e Tuʻilakepá mo Obeil Antonio Zuluaga Gomez ka ʻoku tukuakiʻi naʻá ne fakahoko ha tohi maluʻi ʻo Obeil Antonio ʻo pehē ko e tokotaha faitotonu pea te ne tokangaʻi ia lolotonga ʻene taimi ʻaʻahi ʻi Tongá.

Naʻe ʻikai ha misi ʻa e niʻihi ko ení ʻoku lele ʻa e fakatotolo Operation Stairs pea naʻe puke ai ʻa Nōpele Tuʻilakepa ʻi he taʻú ni ʻo fakaʻilo ki he tauhi e meʻatau taʻefakalao kae pehē ki he maʻu mo e faitoʻokonatapu.

ʻOku kei tolotoloí ni ai ʻa e hopo ko iá. Ka naʻe ʻi ai e muhu ʻa e fonuá ko e ʻuhí ko hono fokotuʻu ʻe Sengster Saulala ʻene foʻi lao fakataautaha ke tuʻusi e tautea ʻo e maʻu mo ha meʻatau taʻefakalaó mei he ngāue pōpula taʻu ʻe 5 ki he taʻu ʻe 1 pea mei he paʻanga ʻe $5000 ki he $1000. Naʻe tali eni ʻe he Fale Aleá ka ʻoku teʻeki fakamoʻoni huafa ki ai e Tuʻí.

ʻOku tānaki atu ki he fihi ko ení ʻa e huʻuhuʻu ʻa e kakaí ko e ʻuhí ko e puke mo e fakaʻilo ko ení naʻe fakahoko ia lolotonga e taki ʻa e Komisiona Nuʻusila ko Chris Kelly. Ka ʻi he taʻú ni ai pē naʻe ʻi ai mo e longoaʻa ko e ʻuhí ko e ʻikai tali ʻe he Kapineti ʻo Nōpele Tuʻivakanoó ke fakalōloa ʻa e konituleki ʻo Komisiona Kelly ka nau talaange ʻe fakangata ʻene ngāué. Naʻe muimui atu ai hono tala ʻe he Minisitā Polisi he taimi ko iá, Viliami Lātū, ko ia ia ʻe Komisiona Polisi Leʻoleʻo hili e mavahe ʻa Chris Kelly.

Naʻe toki ʻilo ia ki mui, tā ko e mafai ki he konituleki ʻo e Komisiona Polisí ʻoku ʻi he Tuʻí ia he Fakataha Tokoní. ʻI he konga loto e taʻu ní ai pē naʻe fakahā ʻe he Palēmiá, Nōpele Tuʻivakanō, ʻi Nuʻusila ʻe fili ʻa e Komisiona Polisi ʻa Tongá mei Nuʻusila pe ʻAositelelia. Hili pē mahina ʻe ua mei ai kuo fakahā ʻe he Minisitā Polisí, Lisiate ʻAkolo, ʻa ia naʻá ne fetongi ʻa Viliami Lātuú, ko hono lotó ke fili pē Komisiona Polisí ʻi Tongá ni pē. Talu mei ai mo e lolongo ʻa e lau kau ki he Komisiona Polisí.

Kae fakatatau kihe lipooti ko eni ʻa Sydney Morning Herald, ko e kulupu fakakolope ko eni ʻoku nau feʻaveʻaki ʻa e faitoʻokoná ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa Tonga, ʻAfilika Hihifo, Peru, ʻAositelelia, Kolomupia mo e kau ngāue ki he vaʻa tahí ʻoku nau matuʻaki faihala.

Source: Kele'a Newspaper.]]>
Nōpele Tuʻilakepa

ʻI he ʻaho Tūsite uike ní naʻe ʻi Fale Alea ai ʻa Nōpele Tuʻilakepa, ʻi ha Fakataha Makehe ʻa e Fale Aleá ke fakahū ai ʻe he Komiti Tauʻatāina naʻe fakatotolo ki he paʻanga nō 'a Tonga mei Siaina ki hono langa fo'ou 'o Nuku'alofa, ʻene lipooti kau ki he fakatotolo ko iá. Ko e komiti eni naʻe fili ki ai ʻa ʻAkilisi Pohiva mo Sitiveni Halapuá.

Lolotonga ko ení kuo tuku atu ʻi he mitiá ʻi Tonga mo muli ʻa e ongoongo ʻa e Sydney Morning Herald, ʻa ia ne nau pehē kuo nau ʻilo ki he foʻi fakatotolo ʻa e Polisi Fakafonua ʻa ʻAositeleliá ko e Operation Stair, ʻoku tukuakiʻi ai naʻe totongi fufuuʻi ʻe ha kulupu fetuku faitoʻokonatapu Kolomupia ʻa e Sea Fale Alea Mālōlō ʻa Tongá, Nōpele Tuʻilakepa, ko e konga e palani ke fetuku ʻiote mai e faitoʻokonatapu mei Peru ki Tonga – pea mei ai ki ʻAositelelia mo Siaina.

Ko e lipooti ko eni ʻa e Sydney Morning Herald naʻe tukuange ia ʻi he ʻinitanetí ʻi he ʻaho Tokonaki uike kuo ʻosí.

Naʻe ʻosi puke foki ʻae Tuʻilakepá ʻi he taʻú ni ʻo fakaʻilo kihe tauhi e meʻatau taʻefakalao pea mo e faitoʻokonatapu.

ʻI ha fetuʻutaki ʻa e Keleʻá ki he Komisiona Polisi Leʻoleʻo ʻa Tongá, Taniela Faletau, ʻi he hoʻatā Tūsite uike ní, naʻá ne fakahā ʻoku toloi ʻa e hopo ko eni ʻa e Tuʻilakepá ki he taʻu foʻoú, ka ko e lipooti kuo tukuange he mitiá ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ʻa e kau polisí ki he tauʻatāina ʻa e ongoongó he ʻoku kei lipooti pē ko e tukuakiʻi.

“Pea kapau ko e lipooti ko iá ko e maʻu ia mei he fakamaauʻangá, ʻi hono fua ʻave ʻa e keisí ki he fakamaauʻangá pea ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ia ki ai ʻa e kau polisí,” ko e lau ia ʻa Taniela Faletaú.

Naʻe ʻikai lava ha feinga fetuʻutaki mo e Tuʻilakepá ʻi he Tusité lolotonga ʻene kau atu ki he Fale Alea Makehé.

Ka ko e tukuakiʻí ʻoku fekefeka he ʻoku pehē naʻe hiki tepiʻi ha fetelefoni ʻaki ʻo mahino mei ai naʻe kumi ʻa e kau Kolomupiá ke tokoniʻi ʻe Tuʻilakepa honau takí Obeil Antonio Zuluaga Gomez, ke maʻu haʻane visa ʻeveʻeva ki Tonga.

Naʻe teʻeki ke fetaulaki ʻa e Tuʻilakepá mo Obeil Antonio Zuluaga Gomez ka ʻoku tukuakiʻi naʻá ne fakahoko ha tohi maluʻi ʻo Obeil Antonio ʻo pehē ko e tokotaha faitotonu pea te ne tokangaʻi ia lolotonga ʻene taimi ʻaʻahi ʻi Tongá.

Naʻe ʻikai ha misi ʻa e niʻihi ko ení ʻoku lele ʻa e fakatotolo Operation Stairs pea naʻe puke ai ʻa Nōpele Tuʻilakepa ʻi he taʻú ni ʻo fakaʻilo ki he tauhi e meʻatau taʻefakalao kae pehē ki he maʻu mo e faitoʻokonatapu.

ʻOku kei tolotoloí ni ai ʻa e hopo ko iá. Ka naʻe ʻi ai e muhu ʻa e fonuá ko e ʻuhí ko hono fokotuʻu ʻe Sengster Saulala ʻene foʻi lao fakataautaha ke tuʻusi e tautea ʻo e maʻu mo ha meʻatau taʻefakalaó mei he ngāue pōpula taʻu ʻe 5 ki he taʻu ʻe 1 pea mei he paʻanga ʻe $5000 ki he $1000. Naʻe tali eni ʻe he Fale Aleá ka ʻoku teʻeki fakamoʻoni huafa ki ai e Tuʻí.

ʻOku tānaki atu ki he fihi ko ení ʻa e huʻuhuʻu ʻa e kakaí ko e ʻuhí ko e puke mo e fakaʻilo ko ení naʻe fakahoko ia lolotonga e taki ʻa e Komisiona Nuʻusila ko Chris Kelly. Ka ʻi he taʻú ni ai pē naʻe ʻi ai mo e longoaʻa ko e ʻuhí ko e ʻikai tali ʻe he Kapineti ʻo Nōpele Tuʻivakanoó ke fakalōloa ʻa e konituleki ʻo Komisiona Kelly ka nau talaange ʻe fakangata ʻene ngāué. Naʻe muimui atu ai hono tala ʻe he Minisitā Polisi he taimi ko iá, Viliami Lātū, ko ia ia ʻe Komisiona Polisi Leʻoleʻo hili e mavahe ʻa Chris Kelly.

Naʻe toki ʻilo ia ki mui, tā ko e mafai ki he konituleki ʻo e Komisiona Polisí ʻoku ʻi he Tuʻí ia he Fakataha Tokoní. ʻI he konga loto e taʻu ní ai pē naʻe fakahā ʻe he Palēmiá, Nōpele Tuʻivakanō, ʻi Nuʻusila ʻe fili ʻa e Komisiona Polisi ʻa Tongá mei Nuʻusila pe ʻAositelelia. Hili pē mahina ʻe ua mei ai kuo fakahā ʻe he Minisitā Polisí, Lisiate ʻAkolo, ʻa ia naʻá ne fetongi ʻa Viliami Lātuú, ko hono lotó ke fili pē Komisiona Polisí ʻi Tongá ni pē. Talu mei ai mo e lolongo ʻa e lau kau ki he Komisiona Polisí.

Kae fakatatau kihe lipooti ko eni ʻa Sydney Morning Herald, ko e kulupu fakakolope ko eni ʻoku nau feʻaveʻaki ʻa e faitoʻokoná ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa Tonga, ʻAfilika Hihifo, Peru, ʻAositelelia, Kolomupia mo e kau ngāue ki he vaʻa tahí ʻoku nau matuʻaki faihala.

Source: Kele'a Newspaper.]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6278 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:56:18 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6278
The Auditor general speaks out against the previous government's handling of Tonga's Finances in the wake of the $400,000 dollar missing Aid money investigation, all this and more....

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The Auditor general speaks out against the previous government's handling of Tonga's Finances in the wake of the $400,000 dollar missing Aid money investigation, all this and more....

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]]> http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6277 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:46:37 +0000 http://www.tnews.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?tid=6277 By Chris Foley

WELLINGTON, November 27, 2011 (AFP) -- Prime Minister John Key on Sunday claimed the right to sell state assets to prop up a struggling economy after securing an overwhelming election victory to round off a turbulent year in New Zealand.

Key said the priorities for his centre-right administration were the partial sale of state-owned energy companies, welfare reform and rebuilding the earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch.

A partial sale of the government's shareholding in the national flag carrier Air New Zealand is also in the offing.

Saturday's general election was held at the end of a tumultuous year for New Zealand with the Christchurch devastation in February claiming 181 lives and an earlier coal mine explosion that killed 29.

Key, who won plaudits for the way he handled the crises, led his National Party to win 48 percent of the vote -- the best result by any party in New Zealand since 1951 and up from 45 percent in the last election in 2008.

Although the 60 seats it produced left him one short of an outright majority Key crossed the threshold with the continued support of previous coalition partners ACT and United Future which won a seat each.

The Maori Party, which also supported the last National-led administration, returns to parliament with three MPs and is likely to remain aligned with the government, further boosting Key's majority.

Key said he would meet ACT, United Future and Maori Party officials on Monday to discuss how they would support National in some policy areas and "agree to disagree" in others.

Although the planned asset sales were a contentious issue in the election, National's campaign manager Steven Joyce said the convincing election outcome showed there is a mandate to proceed.

"I think the reality is, with a 48 percent party vote, that's a pretty strong endorsement of where the government sits. We are confident we will be able to build the relationships needed to go ahead with the programme," he said.

Key said he would also have discussions with the Greens, the third-largest party which returned a party record 13 MPs to parliament, but he did not consider them relevant to his coalition.

"I remain of the view that it's likely to be a more policy-based agreement with the Greens rather than a formal confidence and supply agreement as we are likely to have with the other parties," he said.

The prime minister is faced with an economy growing just 1.5 percent in the year to June, and is committed to reining in a record NZ$18.4 billion ($13.6 billion) deficit which led to sovereign ratings downgrades in September.

Throughout the election campaign he heavily promoted asset sales as a way of retiring debt but opposition parties said that should be considered in isolation to the election outcome.

"People vote for a lot of different reasons," said Labour's campaign spokesman Grant Robertson, claiming "opposition to asset sales is still out there".

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, who led his party from political oblivion in the last election to win eight seats this time, also said he believed the majority of people remained opposed to the sales.

Source: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/66987]]> By Chris Foley

WELLINGTON, November 27, 2011 (AFP) -- Prime Minister John Key on Sunday claimed the right to sell state assets to prop up a struggling economy after securing an overwhelming election victory to round off a turbulent year in New Zealand.

Key said the priorities for his centre-right administration were the partial sale of state-owned energy companies, welfare reform and rebuilding the earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch.

A partial sale of the government's shareholding in the national flag carrier Air New Zealand is also in the offing.

Saturday's general election was held at the end of a tumultuous year for New Zealand with the Christchurch devastation in February claiming 181 lives and an earlier coal mine explosion that killed 29.

Key, who won plaudits for the way he handled the crises, led his National Party to win 48 percent of the vote -- the best result by any party in New Zealand since 1951 and up from 45 percent in the last election in 2008.

Although the 60 seats it produced left him one short of an outright majority Key crossed the threshold with the continued support of previous coalition partners ACT and United Future which won a seat each.

The Maori Party, which also supported the last National-led administration, returns to parliament with three MPs and is likely to remain aligned with the government, further boosting Key's majority.

Key said he would meet ACT, United Future and Maori Party officials on Monday to discuss how they would support National in some policy areas and "agree to disagree" in others.

Although the planned asset sales were a contentious issue in the election, National's campaign manager Steven Joyce said the convincing election outcome showed there is a mandate to proceed.

"I think the reality is, with a 48 percent party vote, that's a pretty strong endorsement of where the government sits. We are confident we will be able to build the relationships needed to go ahead with the programme," he said.

Key said he would also have discussions with the Greens, the third-largest party which returned a party record 13 MPs to parliament, but he did not consider them relevant to his coalition.

"I remain of the view that it's likely to be a more policy-based agreement with the Greens rather than a formal confidence and supply agreement as we are likely to have with the other parties," he said.

The prime minister is faced with an economy growing just 1.5 percent in the year to June, and is committed to reining in a record NZ$18.4 billion ($13.6 billion) deficit which led to sovereign ratings downgrades in September.

Throughout the election campaign he heavily promoted asset sales as a way of retiring debt but opposition parties said that should be considered in isolation to the election outcome.

"People vote for a lot of different reasons," said Labour's campaign spokesman Grant Robertson, claiming "opposition to asset sales is still out there".

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, who led his party from political oblivion in the last election to win eight seats this time, also said he believed the majority of people remained opposed to the sales.

Source: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/66987]]>