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Tongan opposition claims support for no confidence vote close to election
Prime Minister Hu'akavameliku Siaosi Sovaleni is facing a second vote of no confidence next week. Audio
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Pacific Waves for 28 November 2024
Audio 28 Nov 2024Tonga no confidence motion 'par for the course'- Kalafi Moala; Water tariff on Rarotonga breaches historic agreement - campaigner; A new generation of leaders emerge from New Caledonia violence; NZ… Audio
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Tonga no confidence motion 'par for the course'- Kalafi Moala
Audio 28 Nov 2024The Tonga Government of Hu'akavameliku Siaosi Sovaleni is facing a likely motion of no confiidence next week. Audio
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PINA president calls for freedom of expression
The Pacific Islands News Association or PINA is eching calls to uphold freedom of expression and press freedom across the Pacific. Audio
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PINA backs Palau newspaper amid defamation lawsuit
The association's president Kalafi Moala said the role of the media as defenders of democracy is more crucial now than ever before.
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What to expect at the Commonwealth leaders' meeting in Samoa
Samoa is days away from hosting 56 country representatives for CHOGM. But why is the summit "significant" and what do leaders aim to achieve?
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Tonga still to announce who is heading key ministries
Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala's presence with the Tonga delegation at last week's South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting in Auckland has further fuelled concerns over a ministerial row… Audio
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Crown Prince's attendance at SPDMM sparks concerns
Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukālala's presence at last week's South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting in Auckland has further fuelled concerns over a ministerial row.
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Pacific news in brief for 10 October
A round-up ofnews in brief from around the region, including Pacific island nations continuing to call for a mandatory universal levy on carbon emissions from shipping.
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CHOGM media restrictions concerning
Pacific media watchdogs say the broadcast media in Samoa fear govenment censorship at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia. Audio
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Pacific readies itself for cyclone season
While Hurricane Milton is about to smash parts of Florida, the Pacific cyclone season is shaping up to be a relative fizzer - Kalafi Moala reports from Tonga Audio
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New PINA boss to scrutinise foreign news funding bodies
The new head of the Pacific Islands News Association, or PINA, is concerned at international funding bodies encroaching on the region's journalists. Audio
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Pacific Islands News Association Summit in Nuie
Kalafi Moala joined First Up from Niue, where he's attending the Pacific Islands New Association Summit. Audio
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Campaign to remove Tonga's openly gay chief justice ongoing
A petition trying to oust the chief justice from his post because he is gay is still circulating around Tonga. Audio
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Petition to remove Tonga's first openly gay chief justice
Tonga Law Society president Lopeti Senituli has distanced himself from the petition, saying the lawyers who kicked the petition into motion were acting independently.
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The story of PINA - 50 years of Pacific media
Technology, the internet, and social media have changed the way that stories are delivered and told in the Pacific, a veteran Tongan journalist says.
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80 year old, gay Welshman becomes Chief Justice of Tonga
A controversial appointment in Tonga, Kalafi Moala reports on the new Chief Justice who is an 80 year old gay Welshsman Audio
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53rd Pacific Islands Forum wraps up in Tonga
Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala talks to Nathan Rarere about what happened at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Audio
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Tonga 'trying to put on a good impression' for Pacific leaders
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit is just days away from opening in Nuku'alofa in Tonga, and frantic efforts are still needed to ensure visitors are housed. Audio
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Tonga going down to the wire on PIF accommodation
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit is just days away from opening in Nuku'alofa in Tonga, and frantic efforts are still needed to ensure visitors are housed. Audio
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Tonga experiencing cold weather
Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala talks about notably low temperatures in Tonga and the pressure to find accomodation for a thousand visitors attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku'alofa Audio
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Hu'akavameiliku rejects foreign affairs standoff claims
"I'm heading down to the Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday in Suva to give them an update in my capacity as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs." Audio
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Pacific: light on medals, prep for leader's meeting in Tonga
The Pacific's only medal has been a silver in the men's Rugby 7s, Kalafi Moala tells us more. Audio
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Foreign Affairs stand off drags on in Tonga
Earlier this year, Tonga's King Tupou VI let it be known he was unhappy with the government appointing the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Audio
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Tonga Foreign Affairs stand off poses a threat for Forum summit
Earlier this year Tonga's King Tupou VI let it be known he was unhappy with the government appointing the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Audio
