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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 yet

06/05/2026

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

05/05/2026

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

05/05/2026

22 arrested in Tonga Police DUI operation

04/05/2026

National

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

Kalino Latu - 04/05/2026 0

Nuku’alofa - A journalist with Kele’a Publications in Tonga was allegedly threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a radio news report about a...

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

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

02/05/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

What is the English Language Bill and what would it actually do?

Kaniva Staff - 07/05/2026 0

By Nik Dirga of RNZ and is republished with permission You're reading this in English right now – but should English be an official language?...

Pasifika unemployment rate remains highest in New Zealand

07/05/2026

Grand Tonga Hotel aims to raise hospitality standards in Tonga

07/05/2026

‘Aisiena Taumoepeau appointed to Tonga Rugby Union board

07/05/2026

Two arrested in Police drug operation in Te’ekiu

07/05/2026

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

Dame Valerie Adams: ‘Losing your mum is one of the worst...

Kaniva Staff - 10/05/2026 0

By RNZ and is republished with permission Inspired by her late mother Lilika, the Olympian activist is raising awareness about preventable illness. Caption:Dame Valerie Adams...

‘I tried to stop him’: Daughter cries out after her mother...

10/05/2026

Tributes pour in after Vava‘u mother shot dead, daughter injured

09/05/2026

Sika calls for calm after guilty verdict, faces possible fine or...

08/05/2026

Teen spared jail after knife attack on cousin in Matahau

07/05/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

Dame Valerie Adams: ‘Losing your mum is one of the worst...

Kaniva Staff - 10/05/2026 0

By RNZ and is republished with permission Inspired by her late mother Lilika, the Olympian activist is raising awareness about preventable illness. Caption:Dame Valerie Adams...