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Tributes are flowing for a woman identified as Siokapesi Hefa following reports that she died after a boat overturned in Tonga.Photos of Hefa shared...

Father accused of giving gun to teenage son before fatal Utah funeral shooting appears in court

02/09/2026

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

02/09/2026

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

National

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

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026 0

Tributes are flowing for 42-year-old Tevita Napa'a after friends and kāinga identified him on social media as the man whose death in Tofoa led...

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

01/09/2026

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

31/08/2026

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

Around New Zealand & the World

Woman reportedly dies after boat overturns in Tonga

Kalino Latu - 02/09/2026 0

A woman has reportedly died after a boat overturned in Tonga, according to preliminary reports circulating alongside a video apparently taken at the scene.The...

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

02/09/2026

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

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

Unconfirmed reports claim several Tongans arrested at Salt Lake City airport...

Kalino Latu - 05/09/2026 0

Unconfirmed information circulating on social media claims that about five Tongans were arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after arriving on an...

Man in viral Tonga restraint video says his phone was stolen,...

05/09/2026

Senior prison officer and martial artist warns restraint technique in Tonga...

05/09/2026

PM says Attorney General’s Office has faced years of challenges following...

04/09/2026

His mission continues’: Heartfelt tributes for Elder Vave after tragic final...

03/09/2026

LATEST REVIEWS

Unconfirmed reports claim several Tongans arrested at Salt Lake City airport...

Kalino Latu - 05/09/2026 0

Unconfirmed information circulating on social media claims that about five Tongans were arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after arriving on an...