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National
- With election looming, ATS still in control as gov’t takeover of ground-handling service falters
  
  24/10/2025
  
  Kaniva News denies Dr Lafitani’s lies over translation request
  
  24/10/2025
  
  Former student accuses Lo’au University dean of public racist remarks following tuition fee refund
  
  17/10/2025
  
  Tensions flare: Police Minister in near altercation with former MP Lavulavu
  
  11/10/2025
  
  Barrett offers NZ$50,000 reward to track down the Fulivais — NZ Police say border alert not justified
  
  10/10/2025
New Zealand
- Ex-MP alleges several Ministers face five charges ahead of Tonga elections
  
  17/10/2025
  
  Matangi Tonga Online Editor and veteran Pacific journalist Pesi Fonua passes away at 78
  
  13/10/2025
  
  Wayne Brown re-elected as Auckland Mayor, vows to fix transport
  
  12/10/2025
  
  Half a tonne of cannabis seized in raids across Auckland’s west
  
  10/10/2025
  
  UNGA80: Tonga’s Prime Minister meets US President Trump
  
  29/09/2025
Sport
- PM Hu’akavameiliku announces Mate Ma’a Tonga squad
  
  15/06/2022
  
  Tonga coach Toutai Kefu says family recovering well from attack
  
  15/10/2021
  
  Fury floors Wilder with 11th round KO
  
  10/10/2021
  
  Tonga committed to Northern rugby tour
  
  06/10/2021
  
  Rugby league star Manu Vatuvei pleads guilty in meth importation case
  
  06/10/2021
Editor’s Picks
- Gov’t misleads on King’s new board; the bill reverses 2010 reforms that barred unchecked royal spending power
  
  01/09/2025
  
  Handing Foreign Affairs to the King—based on a flawed constitution and a broken promise—confers no legitimate power
  
  29/08/2025
  
  Concerns about the incorporation of customs into Tonga’s constitution
  
  21/08/2025
  
  Democracy backsliding: King George V’s 2010 warning ignored as Eke gov’t surrenders Foreign Affairs to monarchy
  
  12/08/2025
  
  Setting the record straight: Kaniva News corrects Setita’s misguided criticism over use of ‘allegation’
  
  28/07/2025
COVID-19
- Clickable links to activities in English and Tongan for PACO project
  
  30/05/2023
  
  Fiji gets ready to deal with covid surge
  
  13/01/2023
  
  Tonga breaks down 11 deaths by Covid related and underlying conditions
  
  30/03/2022
  
  75yo Ōtāhuhu man murder: Lasalosi Vaitohi named as one of three accused as name suppression lifts
  
  29/03/2022
  
  Tonga to go into new nationwide lockdown as Covid cases climb
  
  17/03/2022
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