WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, June 8, 2015) – A Tongan community leader in New Zealand says the Tonga government's decision to raise departure tax by almost 50 US dollars is an unreasonable burden on overseas-based Tongans.

Nuku’alofa
13 May, 2015

One of the subjects of conversation between Tonga’s Prime Minister, ‘Akilisi Pohiva, and Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Voreqe Bainimarama, during their meeting last week in Fiji, had to do with Fiji Airways and possible international scheduled flights between Nadi and Vava’u.