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Moderate Quake Hits Pacific Island Nation of Tonga
Experts: Tonga Volcano Eruption Triggers Unprecedented Climate Impacts
Trade, Industry and Competition partners with Nkomazi Local Municipality to empower entrepreneurs

Trade, Industry and Competition partners with Nkomazi Local Municipality to empower entrepreneurs

The dtic partners with Nkomazi Local Municipality to empower entrepreneurs The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), in partnership with the Nkomazi Local Municipality and Siboshwa Traditional Council will host an interactive...

Owner:  South African Government
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Pacific countries turn to gold in search of economic sovereignty

Pacific countries turn to gold in search of economic sovereignty

As record gold prices and shifting global reserves drive countries to diversify away from traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar, some Pacific nations are joining the modern gold rush. With gold breaking the USD $4,000 (around NZD $7,000)...

Owner:  New Zealand Government
The Tongan Constitution and elections - a work in progress

The Tongan Constitution and elections - a work in progress

On the 150th anniversary of the Tonga Constitution, political scientist, Dr Malakai Koloamatangi, writes that Tonga’s electoral system and constitutional arrangement might need attention in the future. He asks if a decision was made to further...

Owner:  Fonua Family
What are the main issues for Tonga's election?

What are the main issues for Tonga's election?

With just three weeks to go before Tongans head to the polls, the debate over election issues is heating up. Under the spotlight are the role of the palace in the country's democratic process and calls for voting rights for overseas-based Tongans....

Owner:  Australian Government

Former Fiji Ambassador to UN calls for real Climate Finance, not empty promises

As the world gears up for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, Pacific Island nations are demanding action, not words, to address what they describe as a climate-induced infrastructure and finance crisis threatening...

Owner:  The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
Solomon Island and Tonga Roadshows seats selling fast

Solomon Island and Tonga Roadshows seats selling fast

Solomon Islands and Tonga Roadshows have announced that seats are filling fast for the events in Auckland (17 November), Sydney (18 November), and Brisbane (19 November). Travel agents who haven’t yet registered can secure a seat and discover two...

Owner:  David Hovenden & Dan Uglow
COP30: NZ’s lack of climate ambition undermines global goals and free-trade agreements

COP30: NZ’s lack of climate ambition undermines global goals and free-trade agreements

As nations prepare to gather in Brazil next week for this year’s United Nations climate summit COP30, only a third have so far submitted the required update on their emissions-reduction commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions...

Owner:  The Conversation Media Group
The Tongan Constitution and elections: Part 2

The Tongan Constitution and elections: Part 2

This is the final part of a two-part article. Continue reading below or click here to read Part 1 Representation in this context is a necessary process for forming a representative parliament, more or less, depending on the degree of...

Owner:  Kalafi Moala
The Tongan Constitution and elections: Part 1

The Tongan Constitution and elections: Part 1

In criticising the English people’s claim in the eighteenth century that they were free, the Swiss philosopher and social contract theorist, Jean Jacques Rousseau, retorted with sarcasm that the English were only free during election time – when...

Owner:  Kalafi Moala

Tonga joins call for fossil fuel non – proliferation treaty

Today, the Kingdom of Tonga formally joined a group of nations calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Prime Minister of Tonga, Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, made the official announcement at the Fifth Pacific Regional Energy...

Owner:  The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
New Zealand 'underwhelming' heading into COP30

New Zealand 'underwhelming' heading into COP30

China, the world’s largest emitter, and major fossil fuel exporters such as Iran, Russia and Australia, are among states that have updated their NDCs, but they have been criticised for lack of ambition. Likewise, New Zealand, which announced in...

Owner:  David Chaston
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