The Māori Electoral Option gives New Zealanders of Māori descent the opportunity to choose whether they want to be on the Māori Electoral Roll or the General Electoral Roll when they vote in the next two General Elections.

Updated 8 August, 9am NZ time: There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island just before midnight on 6 August, New Zealand time.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Tonga’s Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano have attended the opening of Tonga’s first solar power farm, officially opened by His Majesty King Tupou VI.
 

High Commissioner Dr Jonathan Austin visited GPS Matamaka in Vava’u on 21 June to handover TOP$11,246.99 worth of solar power equipment. The primary school now has solar power for lighting, computers and a photocopier.