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BG Wealth: US freezes $41m in crypto Ponzi collapse as Tonga, NZ, US warnings echo

Kalino Latu - 07/05/2026

Police continue probe into gunpoint threat against Kele‘a journalist, no arrests yet

Kalino Latu - 06/05/2026

Court finds Tourism Minister Sēmisi Sika guilty of electoral breaches

Kalino Latu - 06/05/2026

‘Bye-bye my little son’: Mother’s heartbreak after seven-year-old dies in fall from vehicle in Tonga

Kalino Latu - 05/05/2026

Prayers on Bay of Islands beach as Tongan man rescued from sea

Kalino Latu - 05/05/2026

22 arrested in Tonga Police DUI operation

Kalino Latu - 04/05/2026

Journalist threatened at gunpoint after radio report on Comanchero-linked figure in Tonga

Kalino Latu - 04/05/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

Bystander, officer among injured in two Auckland stabbings

Kalino Latu - 05/05/2026 0

Two people have been arrested after a shocking pair of unrelated stabbings in Auckland's Rānui left multiple injured, including a bystander and a police...

Injuries after car crashes into Auckland house during 21st party

03/05/2026

Cracks found inside giant ‘fishhooks’ of famous Whangārei bridge

03/05/2026

ACT’s plan to toughen immigration rules announced

03/05/2026

The ‘vicious cycle’ driving Tauranga families to Waikato for cheaper cremations

02/05/2026

National

22 arrested in Tonga Police DUI operation

Kalino Latu - 04/05/2026 0

Tonga Police have arrested 22 people during a week-long Driving Under the Influence (DUI) operation aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm on the country’s roads. The...

Journalist threatened at gunpoint after radio report on Comanchero-linked figure in Tonga

04/05/2026

170,000-year comet return sheds light on ‘fetu‘u fuka’ symbolism honouring Queen Sālote

03/05/2026

Power cut disrupts Fakamē day, children forced to speak without mics

03/05/2026

Reforms showing results as Lands Ministry’s call centre delivers early gains

02/05/2026

National

Tonga’s media freedom squeezed as watchdog role meets political pressure

Kalino Latu - 02/05/2026 0

Nuku’alofa — Tonga’s media is under growing strain, with the country slipping further down global press freedom rankings as political pressure, restrictive laws and...

Young man jailed for $53,000 TCC break-in and theft

02/05/2026

Japan rugby strips full domestic status from citizen player Lomano Lemeki

02/05/2026

Tatakamotonga man jailed after breaking into homes and attacking women as they slept

01/05/2026

Court clears MP of electoral bribery, finds ‘innocent explanation’ — Tukunga considers appeal

01/05/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

Court rules Reopoamo Darklie Tufunga a registered sex offender after 64,000 abuse files discovered

Kaniva Staff - 01/05/2026 0

Reader discretion advised: This report includes details of child sexual abuse material A guilty plea in Auckland, coupled with the discovery that Reopoamo Darklie Tufunga...

Nearly 200,000 misled by City Fitness membership prices – Comm Comm

01/05/2026

One NZ issue causing widespread internet outage across entire South, parts of North Island

01/05/2026

New leadership appointed to Tonga electoral commission

30/04/2026

New mobile alert system rolled out by Tonga Met

30/04/2026

Locked up 24 hours ‘for Carrying Books’: Man denied entry to New Zealand removed to Fiji instead of Tonga

Kalino Latu - 30/04/2026 0

A Tongan national was denied entry into New Zealand, detained for about 24 hours at Auckland International Airport, and then removed to Fiji instead...

Samoan lawyer in Miss Pacific Islands pageant Tonga dispute suspended in undisclosed case

29/03/2026

Tilila Siola’a Walker’s ponzi scheme trial set for March 2027, U.S. prosecutors confirm

20/02/2026

UK row over China’s ‘Super Embassy’ rekindles questions long absent in Tonga

07/02/2026

Lo‘au controversial university’s bluff unravels: From Police threats to publishing plans

15/01/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

BG Wealth: US freezes $41m in crypto Ponzi collapse as Tonga,...

Kalino Latu - 07/05/2026 0

U.S. authorities have frozen more than $41 million in cryptocurrency and seized the website of BG Wealth Sharing, a suspected $150 million Ponzi scheme,...

Police continue probe into gunpoint threat against Kele‘a journalist, no arrests...

06/05/2026

Court finds Tourism Minister Sēmisi Sika guilty of electoral breaches

06/05/2026

‘Bye-bye my little son’: Mother’s heartbreak after seven-year-old dies in fall...

05/05/2026

Prayers on Bay of Islands beach as Tongan man rescued from...

05/05/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

BG Wealth: US freezes $41m in crypto Ponzi collapse as Tonga,...

Kalino Latu - 07/05/2026 0

U.S. authorities have frozen more than $41 million in cryptocurrency and seized the website of BG Wealth Sharing, a suspected $150 million Ponzi scheme,...