Tonga

Tonga, a remote chain of 176 lush islands spread over 500 miles of the Pacific Ocean, faces potentially devastating effects from climate change ...
Magnitude 4.9 - TONGA
195 km (120 miles) NNW of Neiafu, Tonga 475 km (295 miles) N of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 2460 km (1530 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand. Location Uncertainty, horizontal +/- 31.8 km (19.8 miles); depth +/- 1.7 km (1.1 miles) ...
Democracy in Tonga | Kiwiblog
Audrey Young reports on the first elections in Tonga where the people elected the majority of Parliament: The figure probably given least credit for the new.
Pacific.scoop.co.nz » Labour congratulates Tonga on democratic ...
The Labour Party congratulates Tonga on its elections and pays tribute to all parties, including the King, for their efforts at moving their constitutional processes towards a truly representative democratic structure, says Labour's ...
Magnitude 5.1 - TONGA
200 km (125 miles) S of Neiafu, Tonga 490 km (305 miles) E of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2115 km (1320 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand. Location Uncertainty, horizontal +/- 11.7 km (7.3 miles); depth fixed by location program ...
Magnitude 5.0 - TONGA
225 km (140 miles) S of Neiafu, Tonga 480 km (295 miles) E of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2085 km (1300 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand. Location Uncertainty, horizontal +/- 18.9 km (11.7 miles); depth fixed by location program ...
Pacific.scoop.co.nz » Tonga elections: Clear majority won by Pro ...
Of the 10 seats on Tonga's largest island Tongatapu, the pro democracy team won nine seats. The results from other outer islands indicate pro democracy candidates winning three of the seven remaining seats. ...
Royal World: Tonga embraces Democracy
One of the world's last "absolute" monarchies has given way to "Progress," as King George Tupou V welcomes Tonga's first popularly elected, "commoner" Prime Minister. While I'm glad that there does not appear to be any significant ...
Pacific.scoop.co.nz » Tonga elections: Independent power brokers ...
We can say that “a battle is over but the war has started” and this is probably the best way to describe the outcome of the first round of Tonga's Parliamentary Election yesterday. Tongans are now preparing for the second round of ...
Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Tonga Votes Today
Following the pro-democracy riots in Tonga in 2006, troops from New Zealand and Australia were sent to quell the rebellion and restore Monarchical order. This documentary was filmed in the week after the troops arrived detailing the ...
Babasiga: Tonga at the polls
Enthusiasm for the kingdom's first democratic elections was everywhere on Thursday, not least at the Lapaha polling station, the site of the old capital of Tonga, where National MP John Hayes was an official observer. ...