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New Tongan medical dictionary helps patients and professionals connect (Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs of New Zealand)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
) New Tongan medical dictionary helps patients and professionals connect ... A new app is helping Tongan patients, families and medical professionals better understand each other ... The first Tongan medical ...
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'Anything is possible': New Zealand-born Tongan to play in Super Bowl LX

RNZ 08 Feb 2026
A New Zealand-born Tongan will be making his Super Bowl debut on Monday, the pinnacle of the American Football season ... Saia said George has always been proud of his Tongan culture and plans to wear a ...
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Winter Olympics 2026: Tongan flag bearer Pita Taufatofua is back, but this time he's wearing a shirt

Yahoo Daily News 06 Feb 2026
It just wouldn't be the Olympics without Pita Taufatofua, also known as the shirtless Tongan ... wearing nothing but a taʻovala, a traditional Tongan dress made of a mat wrapped around the waist.
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Winter Olympics 2026: Tongan flag-bearer Pita Taufatofua is back, but this time he's wearing a shirt

Yahoo Daily News 06 Feb 2026
It just wouldn't be the Olympics without Pita Taufatofua, also known as the shirtless Tongan ... wearing nothing but a taʻovala, a traditional Tongan dress made of a mat wrapped around the waist.
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Iconic Tongan Olympian to carry flag once again at Milano Cortina Games

Yahoo Daily News 04 Feb 2026
The flag-bearers for each country were officially announced on Tuesday, Feb ... Advertisement ... ET ... Pita Taufatofua, shirtless Tongan Olympian, will carry flag again ... .
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Tongans frustrated with Trump's 'collective punishment' of foreign nationals

RNZ 29 Jan 2026
Tongan citizen Lionel Funaki fears a United States policy of "collective punishment" has ended his dream of studying in Hawaii ... The ABC approached newly elected Tongan Prime Minister Lord Fakafanua, but he declined to comment.
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Tongans frustrated at 'extreme' restrictions on entering US

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 28 Jan 2026
The United States bars Tongans from short-term visits or travel for tourism and business purposes, saying too many are overstaying their visas ... .
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‘Pillars of faith’: North Texas pastor, wife killed in Colleyville house fire

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 27 Jan 2026
Two of the couple’s adult children were hospitalized after being injured in the blaze. A GoFundMe is set up to support the Havea family ... .
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'It was like something out of a movie': Tongans remember massive volcanic eruption, four years on

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Jan 2026
Three people lost their lives in the disaster, and major damage was caused to infrastructure and crops in the surrounding islands ... .
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Tongans Still 'Broken' Four Years On From Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano Eruption

Scoop 15 Jan 2026
Four years on, Tongans are suffering ongoing trauma after the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption ....
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US$9 Million Grant To Support Tongan Women In Business

Scoop 24 Dec 2025
The money is expected to help boost the growth of women-owned and women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises ....
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US imposes new entry restrictions on Tongan citizens

RNZ 17 Dec 2025
Tongan citizens will see further entry restrictions into the United States ... There are more than 48,000 people who identify as Tongan "alone" living in the US, according to the 2020 US Census ... The Tongan ...
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1st LD: Lord Fakafanua elected as new Tongan PM

China.dot.org 15 Dec 2025
SUVA, Dec ... Fakafanua has served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly since 2017 ... Enditem .
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