Parliament House is a well-preserved 19th Century wooden, single room structure, that reminds many, of the old picturesque English houses of yesteryears.  It has significant heritage value and carries much of Tonga's modern history, but does have some restrictions in-terms of size, making it too small to provide public access.  The interior and exterior of the building has been renovated many times, the last time being 2003.  With the induction of the 4 new Ministers into the House, making a total of 34 members, instead of the traditional 30, plan is underway to extend the House, and work is likely to commence in late 2005.  (Above - Parliament House as taken in 2004).

Also in 2003, ceiling fans (although, perhaps air-conditioning maybe introduce to combat the enduring heat - especially when members are required to wear a neck-tie and jacket), new lights, new curtains, microphones and new tables were installed.  Each member has a set of the Laws of Tonga to assist them with their Parliamentary duties.  The amendments of the Acts are also distributed to members on a regular basis.  Parliament also provided funds for the installation of its own broadcasting equipment (before equipment was borrowed from the Tonga Broadcasting Corporation).  This means that parliament can now televise its own television programmes and keep video and audio files of all the proceedings of the House.

In 2003, the Legislative Assembly acquired the adjourning premises, picture left, which was to that point used as the Statistics Department of the government of Tonga.  They have since moved to the top floor of the Si'i Kae Ola Building, located on Taufa'ahau road in Nuku'alofa.  This meant that the Legislative Assembly acquired new offices to be used by the Speaker, the Chairman of the Whole and its members.  It was also able to set-up a parliamentary library to aide members, a new Hansards office, a printing office, and a members computer room (see, map of the premises). Computers are available in all offices of the Parliament, including the conference rooms of the Representatives.  The parliament conference room is equipped with air-conditioning and copies of all the Laws of Tonga.  

Furthermore, recognizing the amount of pressure and stress that members experience in their parliamentary duties, a members common room was built in 2003.  It is equipped with television, stereo, snooker table, tea facilities, book shelves and a bar.