Sydney, Australia: Australia is preparing for a nationwide festival of rugby as seven host cities are confirmed by World Rugby. The Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia will feature 24 teams. With 12 already qualified after RWC 2023, 12 more teams will qualify in 2025. For the Pacific, in August-September 2025 the best three teams of the Pacific Nations Cup 2025, other than already ...

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Sydney, Australia: Australia is preparing for a nationwide festival of rugby as seven host cities are confirmed by World Rugby. The Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia will feature 24 teams. With 12 already qualified after RWC 2023, 12 more teams will qualify in 2025. For the Pacific, in August-September 2025 the best three teams of the Pacific Nations Cup 2025, other than already ...

1 day ago · Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Seven people were found guilty for various charges including possession of 1.62 grams of methamphetamine, 8.27 grams of cannabis as well as arms and ammunition without a license seized during a police operation at a tax allotment in Vaini.

2 days ago · Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Kisina Neiufi (33) is serving four and a half years imprisonment for possession of 3.51 grams of methamphetamine, seized with $2,800 cash in Vaotu’u. This included the activation of a one year suspended sentence …

2 days ago · Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Falakiko Uatahausi (40) was jailed for six months for possession of 1.33 grams of methamphetamine, seized on him at the Tonga Institute of Higher Education in Pahu, where he was working as a security guard.

Sydney, Australia: Australia is preparing for a nationwide festival of rugby as seven host cities are confirmed by World Rugby. The Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia will feature 24 teams. With 12 already qualified after RWC 2023, 12 more teams will qualify in 2025. For the Pacific, in August-September 2025 the best three teams of the Pacific Nations Cup 2025, other than already ...

Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Motor vehicle registrations on Tongatapu have increased by 15 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, with 3307 vehicles registered at the end of 2024, according to figures released to Matangi Tonga by the Ministry of Infrastructure. However, the number of registrations appear small when compared to the 17,745 vehicles declared by households on Tongatapu during the ...

Nuku'alofa, Tonga: A widower, Anthony Wilson, successfully regained possession of his home, in a court action, after he was forcefully locked out of his house on a plot of land in Mataika, he initially leased with his late wife. This was after the Court ordered that the heir, his brother-in-law, vacate the property, that he had taken over when the plaintiff had left the property for a short trip.

Jan 3, 2025 · Thermal volcanic activity at the Home Reef Volcano is continuing into the New Year. “The island continues to grow along the northeastern side. The newly formed lava lobe, as of 2 January, 2025, is ~67,000 square meters, covering about 42% of the island’s total area,” Tonga Geological Services advised today, and issued a hazard alert …