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Tonga's first solar electricity farm on track for July completion

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 28 May 2012, 17:27 AEST

Tonga's first major renewable electricity generation plant, a solar farm on the main island of Tongatapu, will be ready for commissioning in late July.…

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Added by Stacey King on May 29, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Tonga to showcase power of the sun



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Added by Stacey King on March 24, 2011 at 4:33pm — No Comments

Residency ballot opens for Pacific Islanders

Published: 1:04PM Saturday May 01, 2010 Source: NZPA

Registrations to apply for New Zealand residency have opened for citizens of Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and Tuvalu.

From today until May 31, citizens can register with Immigration New Zealand under the Samoa Quota and Pacific Access Category ballots, from which applicants will be chosen and invited to apply…

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Added by Stacey King on May 1, 2010 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Pacific Officials’ Secondment To NZ Under SPP

Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 9:42 am Press Release: Department Of Labour Pacific Officials’ Secondment To New Zealand Under SPP Project



Kiribati and Tuvalu government officials have been in New Zealand for almost three weeks on their secondment with the New Zealand Department of Labour as part of the Recognised Seasonal Employer’s scheme project called the ‘Strengthening Partnership Programme’ (SPP).



The secondments were made possible when the New Zealand Department of Labour… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 14, 2010 at 6:24pm — No Comments

11:43 January 26, 2010 Fiji, Kiribati, NZ, Pacific Press Releases, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Vanuatu Press Release – Pacific Leprosy Social attitudes, rather than a lack of medicine, are the major r…

11:43 January 26, 2010 Fiji, Kiribati, NZ, Pacific Press Releases, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Vanuatu

Press Release – Pacific Leprosy



Social attitudes, rather than a lack of medicine, are the major reason leprosy continues to be a problem in the Pacific Islands and to a lesser extent in New Zealand according to Jill Tomlinson, General Manager of the Pacific Leprosy… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

We mix with the best, says Serevi

FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Tuesday, July 14, 2009



THE Pacific is not missing out on any international sports competitions, says Waisale Serevi, with Pacific teams fully participating in world-class competitions. He made the comment yesterday while speaking on the theme 'Sports the vehicle for health and identity in Pacific Island Countries' during the Pacific Youth Festival. Mr Serevi said weightlifers of Nauru, the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 15, 2009 at 11:41am — No Comments

Pacific Islands Bullied by Australian, NZ Trade Officials, Say Experts

By Diane Cordemans - Epoch Times May 30, 2009



AUCKLAND, N.Z.—Tactics employed by Australia and New Zealand to push Pacific Island countries into signing a free trade agreement are a form of “contemporary colonization,” said academic and respected analyst on Pacific Island affairs, Professor Jane Kelsey at a seminar in Auckland last week.



Pacific Island officials involved in the Pacific Agreement on Closer… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 2, 2009 at 11:27am — 1 Comment

Tongan almond pickers send home Aussie dollars

MATANGI TONGA ONLINE - 27 Apr 2009, 22:52

Tongan almond pickers under the Pacific Seasonal Pilot Workers scheme to Australia



TONGAN seasonal workers who are picking almonds in Robinvale, Victoria are earning good money and sending remittances back to their families in Tonga, reports Vava'u People's Representative 'Etuate… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 28, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

Eruptions continue in Tonga but not linked to earthquake

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

20 March 2009



Vulcanologists are dismissing any connection between an undersea earthquake near Tonga and the volcanic eruptions off the coast of the island nation's capital Nuku'alofa. On Friday morning an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale triggered a tsunami warning for all nations in the region. The warning was later lifted, but schools and Government offices… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 20, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Underwater volcano erupts in sight of Tongan capital

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA -Pacific Beat

18 March 2009



An underwater volcanic eruption has sent up spectacular clouds of smoke, steam and ash within sight of the Tonga capital, Nukualofa, and a team from the Tongan Ministry of Lands is heading to the area west of the main island of Tongatapu by boat on Thursday to investigate the phenomenon, which began with an earthquake on Monday. A similar undersea… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 18, 2009 at 7:13pm — No Comments

Pacific worker scheme 'teething problems'

ABC Radio Australia

26 Feb 2009



Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia says he wants closer communication between groups responsible for Pacific Island guest workers.





Fifty Tongans have been temporarily employed as fruit pickers in Australia, the first of more than 2,000 Pacific island farm labourers from Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati and… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 26, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Global financial crisis could affect seasonal workers

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

18 February 2009



When the guest worker scheme was finally approved last year, the Australian economy was travelling along quite well with little unemployment. Now with the global financial crisis beginning to bite, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says that it will have an effect on the guest workers scheme. Ms Gillard says the demand for workers from Vanuatu,… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 18, 2009 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Tongan guest workers settle in to south-eastern Australia

AUSTRALIA NETWORK NEWS

18 Feb 2009



Training of the first group of Pacific Island guest workers in Australia continues as their employers finalise the paperwork required for the scheme to start.



Fifty Tongans who are the first of possibly 2,500 workers from Kiribati, Tonga, PNG and Vanautu are in Robinvale in country Victoria preparing to help in harvesting almonds.



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Added by Stacey King on February 18, 2009 at 4:49pm — No Comments

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