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Documents reveal how Tuipulotu Vi was allegedly murdered by US hitman Tanginoa Pahulu Tangi

Kaniva Staff - 21/05/2026

Alai Ahio killed in targeted Sydney shooting linked to gangland tensions

Kaniva Staff - 20/05/2026

Tonga budget allocates $3.2m to failing Lulutai Airline despite crisis warning

Kalino Latu - 20/05/2026

Tongan father of four earns MBA while pursuing mission to improve Pacific lives

Kaniva Staff - 20/05/2026

Globe‑trotting controversy resurfaces: Speaker concerned as Lands Minister misses oath for second time

Kalino Latu - 20/05/2026

Mother shot dead in Vava’u to be laid to rest

Kaniva Staff - 19/05/2026

‘Uncivil Servants’ at 40: How a Tongan poem still mirrors Tonga’s public service failures

Kalino Latu - 18/05/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

NZ, Australian police announce Colombian base to combat Pacific drug surge

Kaniva Staff - 20/05/2026 0

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist, and is republished with permission Australian and New Zealand police will fund a strike force in Colombia to fight...

Two arrested at Auckland airport with $2.2m cocaine haul

20/05/2026

Eleven Fijian police officers investigated for ties to Auckland drug trade links

18/05/2026

Appeal dismissed: Fetuʻu’s life sentence upheld in drug case with Comanchero links

18/05/2026

Tonga and Australia sign $10 million Tala Kei Kapa humanitarian partnership

18/05/2026

National

Mother shot dead in Vava’u to be laid to rest

Kaniva Staff - 19/05/2026 0

Vava’u. Tonga — The family of Taiana Oneone Koluse has announced that her funeral will take place on 20 May 2026, following her death...

‘Uncivil Servants’ at 40: How a Tongan poem still mirrors Tonga’s public service failures

18/05/2026

Tonga protects whistleblowers — But without an Information Act, who exposes the truth?

17/05/2026

Complaints allegedly lodged against former Chief Judge Lord Dalgety of Sikotilani

17/05/2026

‘Swift Wave Global’ emerges after BG Wealth collapse leaves Tongans reeling

17/05/2026

National

The long memory of migration: From the ‘Girmitiyas’ to Tonga’s Chinese passport era

Kalino Latu - 16/05/2026 0

Editorial - As communities across New Zealand commemorated Fiji Girmit Remembrance Day this week, reflections on migration, sacrifice, and national transformation once again entered...

Rock attack leaves teen with facial injuries and tooth loss in Kolovai assault

16/05/2026

Former MP Johnny Taione trial ends after witnesse fail to appear

16/05/2026

Judge’s ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ failure ends life sentence for ‘Anita Toutaiolepo

15/05/2026

Appeal crushed: Former MP Vātau Hui’s indecent assault jail sentence upheld

15/05/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

Justis Huni eyes blockbuster opportunity with potential spot on Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua card

Kaniva Staff - 17/05/2026 0

Australian-Tongan heavyweight boxer Justis Huni is reportedly set to headline a major pay-per-view boxing event on home soil this August, in what could become...

Drug courier jailed for smuggling 20kg of meth through Auckland airport

16/05/2026

Suspicions spark cannabis bust in Ōtāhuhu warehouse

16/05/2026

Digital driver licences are now legal: what you need to know

14/05/2026

Life-sentenced meth offender released after appeal in Tonga

13/05/2026

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

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Documents reveal how Tuipulotu Vi was allegedly murdered by US hitman...

Kaniva Staff - 21/05/2026 0

By Sam Sherwood, National Crime Correspondent, of RNZ and is republished with permission An Auckland courier driver was allegedly murdered by a US-based hitman after Customs intercepted 18kg...

Alai Ahio killed in targeted Sydney shooting linked to gangland tensions

20/05/2026

Tonga budget allocates $3.2m to failing Lulutai Airline despite crisis warning

20/05/2026

Tongan father of four earns MBA while pursuing mission to improve...

20/05/2026

Globe‑trotting controversy resurfaces: Speaker concerned as Lands Minister misses oath for...

20/05/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

Documents reveal how Tuipulotu Vi was allegedly murdered by US hitman...

Kaniva Staff - 21/05/2026 0

By Sam Sherwood, National Crime Correspondent, of RNZ and is republished with permission An Auckland courier driver was allegedly murdered by a US-based hitman after Customs intercepted 18kg...