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Tongan weaver accused of lying after thousands paid for precious ta’ovala she failed to deliver

Kalino Latu - 13/02/2025

Tongan online community pokes fun at valentines after footage shows women violent street fight

Kaniva Staff - 13/02/2025

Police investigating teen’s suspected suicide at Tatakamotonga

Kaniva Staff - 13/02/2025

Four Tongan cousins killed in US crash remembered on 12th anniversary

Kalino Latu - 13/02/2025

Tonga should stay vigilant after China-backed APT40 hacking group cyber attacks on Samoa

Kalino Latu - 13/02/2025

Solomon Minister alleges ‘high probability’ of ‘fraud’ involves in Miss Pacific Island pageant voting process as head judge returns home

Kalino Latu - 12/02/2025

Tonga Education Institute security guard jailed after meth found in his possession

Kalino Latu - 11/02/2025

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Trump issues Gaza ceasefire ultimatum to Hamas as he warns ‘all hell is going to break out’ if hostages not returned

Kaniva Staff - 11/02/2025 0

President Donald Trump has issued a stark ultimatum to Hamas, demanding an immediate release of all hostages by midday on Saturday. He emphasized the...

Head judge stopped from leaving Solomon Islands in wake of alleged rigging of Miss Pacific Islands 2025 result

11/02/2025

Two new polls show centre-left bloc could form government

10/02/2025

Suspect still at large six days after North Shore stabbing

10/02/2025

Man killed on Auckland’s Southwestern motorway struck by three cars – police

07/02/2025

National

Solomon Minister alleges ‘high probability’ of ‘fraud’ involves in Miss Pacific Island pageant voting process as head judge returns home

Kalino Latu - 12/02/2025 0

The government of the Solomon Islands is investigating allegations of potential manipulation of the voting process for the winners of the Miss Pacific...

Tonga Education Institute security guard jailed after meth found in his possession

11/02/2025

Sunia Mano To’ofohe in Wellington High court after $673,000 cash, drugs found in search

11/02/2025

British historian who tutored late King George V’s Oxford exam dies

09/02/2025

Catholic Church in Tonga’s almost 200 years ‘much overlooked records’ written in French translated into English in new book

07/02/2025

National

Gov’t Reviews: Recent increase in Tonga fatal crashes brings back court concerns after driver license scandal revealed

Kalino Latu - 06/02/2025 0

COMMENTARY: While authorities have identified some of the causes of recent fatal traffic accidents in Tonga, a warning by a former Lord Chief Justice...

EDITORIAL: Professor Lafitani continues to attack Kaniva News, but his claims that Tonga’s political reforms in 2010 were not a change for democracy are...

05/02/2025

Man arrested on suspicion of Longolongo ‘deliberate’ arson

05/02/2025

Driver dies after truck crashes into trees in Vava‘u’s Vaipua village

04/02/2025

Tongan with ‘felony convictions’ in Hawai‘i arrested amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies

29/01/2025

Around New Zealand & the World

Alleged extortion case by supermarket security guard referred to police

Kaniva Staff - 05/02/2025 0

By rnz.co.nz and is republished with permission Pak N Save is conducting a review after a security guard allegedly tried to extort a customer. The incident...

‘Pushing the boundaries’: Is Tonga’s King turning his back on democracy?

05/02/2025

Tongan govt to keep ministries open during lunch hour to make services accessible

05/02/2025

Smuggler who carried $1.6m of meth into NZ jailed for 6.5 years

29/01/2025

Netball: Tonga Tala wary of challenge as they eye fifth title

29/01/2025

National

Tonga Education Institute security guard jailed after meth found in his possession

Kalino Latu - 11/02/2025 0

A security guard working at the Tonga Higher Education Institute (TIHE) has been sentenced to jail after police discovered drugs in his possession. Falakiko Uatahausi...