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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

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

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026

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

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026

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

Kaniva Staff - 31/08/2026

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

Kalino Latu - 31/08/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026 0

A former New Zealand police officer has been found guilty of 14 charges involving violence against three women known to him, including indecent assault,...

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

Police continue hunt for those behind Wattle Downs suspected double homicide

28/08/2026

National

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

Kaniva Staff - 31/08/2026 0

Tonga Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the death of a 42-year-old man in Tofoa.Police said the suspect was originally from...

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

31/08/2026

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

National

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

Kaniva Staff - 28/08/2026 0

Tongan-American Utah lawmaker Doug Fiefia has expressed his condolences following the fatal shooting outside a Tongan funeral in Kearns that killed one teenage twin...

Second potential candidate withdraws to back Koloamatangi under apparent democratic-reform deal

28/08/2026

Two more arrested after Tongan twin killed in funeral shooting

28/08/2026

Students paid, passed—but PSC rejected their TNU qualifications, Parliament told

27/08/2026

PM’s Office breaks silence, denies planned hū louifi to King

27/08/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

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

Kaniva Staff - 25/08/2026 0

By 1News ReportersAn alleged Vietnamese cannabis syndicate in Auckland has been shut down, with 12 people being arrested.Police described the organisation as "one of...

Nearly 70 arrested for drink-driving after Tonga Police test more than 2,800 motorists

25/08/2026

National goes it alone on social media ban for under-16s

25/08/2026

Australia announces AUD$20 million investment in gender and disability inclusion in Tonga

25/08/2026

Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s

24/08/2026

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

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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026 0

Several Tongan pickleball players were unable to compete in an international tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, after their United States visa applications were...

Tongan courts should make verification of medical certificates standard practice

01/09/2026

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...

01/09/2026

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

01/09/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026 0

Several Tongan pickleball players were unable to compete in an international tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, after their United States visa applications were...