THS was nominated as one of two finalists in the NZ Primary Healthcare Awards in 2019 and won the award of General Practice of the Year 2020.

Mālō e Laumalie 'a hou'eiki mo e lelei 'a e Tonga kotoa pe 'oku mou me'a mai ki he polokalama 'Ta e Lango kei Mama'o - Ko e polokalama' 'i he lea fakaTonga ke vahevahe atu ai e ngaahi me'a lelei mo mahu'inga fekau'aki mo e mahaki Kolonavailasi

This programme developed in the Tongan language shares key information that is important and critical for us to know and understand about the Coronavirus. #PreparePacific

Ko ‘eni ia ‘a e ngaahi me’a ‘e hoko ‘I ha’o a’u atu ke fai hao sivi ‘I he ngaahi fai’anga sivi Kolonavailasi?

What happens at a community testing site when I need to get tested for Coronavirus?

The Tongan Health Society Inc (THS) will be closing its Panmure Clinic from Wednesday 18th of March for medical and nursing consultations.

Mele Vaka and Deepika Sonia recently completed a course on Primary Care Quality Improvement Facilitator from Ko Awatea.

Recently, Deepika and Mele attended a day Learning Session in Wellington to learn new tools to improve their specialist skills in quality healthcare, specifically for this project. They presented at the Learning Session and received positive feedback for their exceptional motivation, high level of understanding and being so far ahead of the game. 

Tongan Health Society assists with impacts of Cyclone Gita in Tongatapu and Eua

Samantha is a Māori medical student who has just completed her fifth year of medical school culminating in a 4-week placement at the Langimalie Clinic in Onehunga. 

College Fellows Dr Glenn Doherty and Dr Glennis Mafi were key players in the opening of the Tongan Health Society's new Kelston Mall Medical Centre in Auckland last Saturday. 

The Board of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) has approved the conferral of the honour of the Community Service Medal to Dr Glenn Doherty (CEO and Medical Director) and Dr Glennis Mafi (Tasilisili Manager). Few doctors in New Zealand are offered these awards.

A NZ based organisation called Friends of Toloa, which includes Her Royal Highness Princess Mele Siu’ilikutapu, Dr Glenn Doherty, Fifita McCready, Ika Vea, Malu Vea, Lady Ma’asi and Mele Vaka, fundraised $NZD25000 to set up a medical centre at Tupou Methodist College at Toloa in Tonga.

The Tongan Health Society has received a new contract from the National Hauora Coalition for the provision of five new school based clinics in South Auckland and is now partnering with Mana Kidz, which is a free, nurse-led, school based programme that provides comprehensive healthcare for children in the Counties Manukau Health region. The programme is led by the National Hauora Coalition and contracts with local providers.

Concerns at the high suicide rate of Tongan youth living in New Zealand has prompted Doctors Siale Foliaki and Staverton Kautoke to provide counselling sessions for patients at the Tongan Health Society as part of its Mental Health Service.

Tongan Health Society (THS) Board will open a new Medical Centre in Kelston Mall – West Auckland in April.

The 2015 Alliance Health Achievement Awards saw The Tongan Health Society again feature with it being chosen for the Consistent High Performance and Service to the Community Award.

Tongan youth at Onehunga High School, Kelston Boys High School and Toko Collaboration with pharyngeal Group A Streptococcus will benefit from a smartphone application (app) called a Memory Angel. It will remind them to take their penicillin medication on time over the 10-day course. The initiative, between the Tongan Health Society and Healthstat NZ, which developed the app, will remind patients through their smartphones as part of the Ministry of Health National Rheumatic Fever Campaign funded by the PES Innovations Project which the Tongan Health Society will run.

Rising demands on the Tongan Health Society’s mental health service have resulted in an innovative way to meet those demands within budget.