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Editorial - A Supreme Court judge’s recent decision to scrutinise a medical certificate and seek clarification from the doctor who issued it raises an...

Police investigate suspected suicide of 17-year-old boy in Fuaʻamotu

01/09/2026

Tributes flow as friends and kāinga identify man who died in Tonga

01/09/2026

Audit exposes $277.9m asset-record gap and ‘major malpractice’ involving $6.1m in Infrastructure Ministry procurement

01/09/2026

Man, 23, arrested following death of 42-year-old in Tonga

31/08/2026

National

Worsening government audits could alarm Tonga’s overseas funding partners, former PM warns

Kalino Latu - 31/08/2026 0

Tongatapu 5 MP Dr ʻAisake Eke has warned that Tonga’s worsening government audit performance could undermine the confidence of overseas partners providing budgetary support...

Tongan national charged in Australia after police seize 125kg of kava and more than $100,000 cash

30/08/2026

PM accepted Hū Louifi proposal before Palace directed it not to proceed; office says leaked memo was not final

30/08/2026

Investigation underway after Lulutai-operated Saab encounters landing difficulty in Vavaʻu

29/08/2026

Tongan-American Utah lawmaker Doug Fiefia speaks after fatal funeral shooting

28/08/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

Woman reportedly dies after boat overturns in Tonga

Kalino Latu - 02/09/2026 0

A woman has reportedly died after a boat overturned in Tonga, according to preliminary reports circulating alongside a video apparently taken at the scene.The...

Former NZ police officer found guilty of assaulting three women, strangulation and blackmail

02/09/2026

Tongan heritage candidate Te Whatanui Leka Taumalolo Skipwith to contest Ōtāhuhu for Greens

01/09/2026

Director Soakimi Misiuata banned for seven years after company collapsed owing IRD more than $318,000

01/09/2026

New Zealand visa centre to open in Nukuʻalofa; all RSE applications must be submitted there

31/08/2026

Queen Sālote’s ‘fisherman’s net’ marks 78 years of shaping Tongan church leaders

Kalino Latu - 25/08/2026 0

For 78 years, Siaʻatoutai Theological College has been weaving what its name symbolises—a spiritual “fisherman’s net” designed to prepare generations of ministers and lay...

Lord Afeaki back on bench after lawyers alleged ‘cronyism’ and conflict

24/08/2026

US-China diplomatic row erupts over alleged trafficking of Tongan women through arranged marriages

23/08/2026

Two Tongan men named over alleged roles in drug and money-laundering ring exposed by FBI sting

19/08/2026

Pentagon revises religious codes, reclassifies LDS after backlash

09/06/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

PM says Attorney General’s Office has faced years of challenges following...

Kalino Latu - 04/09/2026 0

Tonga’s Attorney General’s Office has been hit by years of staffing difficulties, with professional lawyers resigning from positions ranging from senior leadership and mid-management...

His mission continues’: Heartfelt tributes for Elder Vave after tragic final...

03/09/2026

Tributes flow for Vaiola Hospital nurse after reported death in boating...

03/09/2026

Father accused of giving gun to teenage son before fatal Utah...

02/09/2026

US visa crackdown on Tongans bites harder as players denied entry...

02/09/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

PM says Attorney General’s Office has faced years of challenges following...

Kalino Latu - 04/09/2026 0

Tonga’s Attorney General’s Office has been hit by years of staffing difficulties, with professional lawyers resigning from positions ranging from senior leadership and mid-management...