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

Kalino Latu - 03/09/2026

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

Kalino Latu - 03/09/2026

Woman reportedly dies after boat overturns in Tonga

Kalino Latu - 02/09/2026

Father accused of giving gun to teenage son before fatal Utah funeral shooting appears in court

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026

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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026

Tongan courts should make verification of medical certificates standard practice

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026

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

Kaniva Staff - 01/09/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

Two New Zealanders caught with meth-soaked clothing after flights from Malaysia

Kaniva Staff - 03/09/2026 0

Two New Zealanders have been intercepted at Auckland International Airport after Customs officers discovered clothing allegedly saturated with methamphetamine in their luggage.New Zealand Customs...

Van crashes into power pole in Tonga

03/09/2026

Crown alleges minor traffic accident led to murder as Lok Fung Lorrence Li trial begins

03/09/2026

NSW Police appeal for public help to find Siaosi Finau over alleged assault offences

03/09/2026

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

02/09/2026

National

Tongan courts should make verification of medical certificates standard practice

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026 0

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

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

Kaniva Staff - 01/09/2026 0

Construction company director Soakimi Misiuata has been banned from managing companies for seven years after authorities found his mismanagement contributed to the failure of...

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

31/08/2026

Police continue hunt for those behind Wattle Downs suspected double homicide

28/08/2026

Two dead, schools locked down in ‘unfolding serious’ south Auckland incident

27/08/2026

‘One of the largest’: Vietnamese cannabis syndicate shut down

25/08/2026

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

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

Kalino Latu - 03/09/2026 0

A Tongan missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has made a heartbreaking final journey home after reportedly dying while serving...

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

03/09/2026

Woman reportedly dies after boat overturns in Tonga

02/09/2026

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

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

Kalino Latu - 03/09/2026 0

A Tongan missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has made a heartbreaking final journey home after reportedly dying while serving...