17 August, 2015. More than one hundred trade and customs officials, the private sector, parliamentarians, non state actors and development partners from the Pacific region will converge at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sigatoka this week for a series of trade related meetings from 17 – 21 August.

Nuku'alofa, 16 'Aokosi 2015. Na’e fā’ele’i ‘a Lavemai Kitone Takitau ‘a ia na’e ‘iloa ko Kitione Lave ‘i he ‘aho 16 ‘o ‘Epeleli ta’u 1934 ‘i he motu ko Hunga ‘i Vava’u.

16 August, 2015. A frosty Marlborough vineyard in winter is a world away from an aqua blue Tongan atoll for seasonal worker Atu Ala.

For Ala it is "home away from home."

Nuku'alofa, 15 'Aokosi 2015. ‘Oku kau ‘a e kaveinga ko’eni he taha ‘o e ngaahi talanoa manakoa ‘o e ngaahi ‘aho ni ‘a e fokotu’utu’u fo’ou ko’eni ‘a e Pule’anga ke holoki ‘a e lahi ‘o e ngaahi Poate. Ko e konga foki ‘eni ‘o e ngaahi misiona ‘a e Pule’anga ko’eni ke fakasi’isi’i ‘a e fakamole.