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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026

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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026

Tongan courts should make verification of medical certificates standard practice

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026

Police investigate suspected suicide of 17-year-old boy in Fuaʻamotu

Kaniva Staff - 01/09/2026

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

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026

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

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026

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

Kaniva Staff - 31/08/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

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

Kaniva Staff - 02/09/2026 0

A former New Zealand police officer has been found guilty of 14 charges involving violence against three women known to him, including indecent assault,...

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

Police continue hunt for those behind Wattle Downs suspected double homicide

28/08/2026

National

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

Kalino Latu - 01/09/2026 0

Tonga’s Auditor-General identified a TOP$277.86 million discrepancy in government asset records and blamed “major malpractice of executive management” for overriding procurement controls in transactions...

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

PM accepted Hū Louifi proposal before Palace directed it not to proceed; office says leaked memo was not final

30/08/2026

National

Investigation underway after Lulutai-operated Saab encounters landing difficulty in Vavaʻu

Kalino Latu - 29/08/2026 0

An investigation is underway after a Saab aircraft operated by Lulutai Airlines reportedly experienced difficulty while landing in Vavaʻu earlier this week.The aircraft is...

Tongan-American Utah lawmaker Doug Fiefia speaks after fatal funeral shooting

28/08/2026

Second potential candidate withdraws to back Koloamatangi under apparent democratic-reform deal

28/08/2026

Two more arrested after Tongan twin killed in funeral shooting

28/08/2026

Students paid, passed—but PSC rejected their TNU qualifications, Parliament told

27/08/2026

Around New Zealand & the World

‘One of the largest’: Vietnamese cannabis syndicate shut down

Kaniva Staff - 25/08/2026 0

By 1News ReportersAn alleged Vietnamese cannabis syndicate in Auckland has been shut down, with 12 people being arrested.Police described the organisation as "one of...

Nearly 70 arrested for drink-driving after Tonga Police test more than 2,800 motorists

25/08/2026

National goes it alone on social media ban for under-16s

25/08/2026

Australia announces AUD$20 million investment in gender and disability inclusion in Tonga

25/08/2026

Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s

24/08/2026

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...