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New leaked email rekindles ongoing dispute over Air NZ’s Tonga operations as govt-media clash escalates

Kalino Latu - 02/07/2025

Hackers leak ‘patient information’ online; Tonga gov’t flags ‘biggest concern’ for vulnerable groups

Kalino Latu - 30/06/2025

Consulate upgrades signal stronger ties between Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia

Kalino Latu - 30/06/2025

NZ and Australia fund $60m Tonga new parliament building with focus on human rights, media access, and democracy

Kalino Latu - 30/06/2025

China matches India’s medical offer to Tonga with elite hospital access

Kalino Latu - 30/06/2025

First Tongans in America: a 101-year bond facing new challenges under U.S. immigration policies

Kalino Latu - 29/06/2025

Queen’s official record confirms the correct term is ‘kāimu’a,’ not ‘tāimu’a,’ in response to critics of Kaniva News

Kalino Latu - 28/06/2025

Around New Zealand & the World

Moana Pasifika owners reject public funds misuse claims – probe follows Nuku’alofa game disappointment

Kaniva Staff - 30/06/2025 0

Aotearoa, NZ - The owners of Moana Pasifika have strongly denied allegations of misusing public funding, as an independent review is launched into two...

Homicide investigation launched after fatal incident in Ōtāhuhu

30/06/2025

Tens of thousands of Tongans in the US face uncertainty as legal battle over automatic citizenship takes new turn

28/06/2025

Severe weather wreaks havoc across New Zealand: tornado hits Auckland, states of emergency declared in South Island

27/06/2025

Police smash Auckland Airport drug syndicate; 18 held, staff implicated, $24M in meth seized

26/06/2025

National

First Tongans in America: a 101-year bond facing new challenges under U.S. immigration policies

Kalino Latu - 29/06/2025 0

A century-old connection between Tonga and the United States is facing new challenges as Tongans on both sides of the Pacific grapple with the...

Queen’s official record confirms the correct term is ‘kāimu’a,’ not ‘tāimu’a,’ in response to critics of Kaniva News

28/06/2025

Air New Zealand denies claims of cancelled flights to Tonga amid protest allegations

28/06/2025

Meth seizures fall 98.8%; Police Minister credits anti-drug operations

27/06/2025

Semisi Tuivai jailed for 7 years in NZ for brutal rape; neighbour’s knock interrupts attack

27/06/2025

National

Air New Zealand threatens to halt Tonga flights amid ground handling dispute as ATS responded to Minister allegations

Kalino Latu - 27/06/2025 0

Air New Zealand has allegedly threatened to suspend flights to Tonga next week, on July 1, in response to the Tongan government’s decision to...

Will Tonga accept U.S. money to host foreign deportees—including criminals—who may walk free in local communities to avoid a travel ban?

27/06/2025

Tonga considers cemetery relocation amid land shortage; raises questions over ancestral ties, spiritual beliefs

26/06/2025

Tongan families victimized by alleged ‘long-standing shipping scam’ in NZ, Australia, and the US for years; Minister laments ‘jurisdictional limits’

26/06/2025

Lulutai aircraft runway excursion blamed on hydraulic misdiagnosis, crew and maintenance failures

26/06/2025

Around New Zealand & the World

Tongan communities warn of similar incidents after shocking Sydney construction site brawl – all workers fired, police probe underway

Kalino Latu - 24/06/2025 0

A violent early-morning brawl involving at least 20 tradies at a Sydney construction site has gone viral, prompting Tongan communities to speak out about...

Trump claims Israel and Iran agree to ‘Complete and Total Ceasefire’

24/06/2025

Defiant Iran strikes U.S. base in Qatar in retaliation for nuclear site bombings; Missiles intercepted, no casualties reported

24/06/2025

Police hunt for suspect after assault at Pakuranga Night Market

22/06/2025

Deported father gets suspended sentence for firing shotgun at noisy youths in Tonga

22/06/2025

ANALYSIS Trump’s travel ban memo exposes Tonga’s weak governance and passport scandal

Kalino Latu - 20/06/2025 0

Analysis The reported Trump administration memo proposing a travel ban on Tonga and two other Pacific nations has exposed uncomfortable truths about our nation’s...

COMMENTARY As King welcomes Eke government public curiosity turns to constitutional demands

31/05/2025

EDITORIAL: Defiant Deputy PM, ‘I’ll keep leaking for public good,’ despite Parliament’s fury

14/05/2025

Empty Promises: Does Tonga Government and Parliament truly support the Anti-Corruption Commission?

10/05/2025

Lōkale, lisinale, kolōpale: How one leader’s Tonganisation stunt during national summit became a language revival motive

15/04/2025

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New leaked email rekindles ongoing dispute over Air NZ’s Tonga operations...

Kalino Latu - 02/07/2025 0

Nuku’alofa, Tonga – A leaked email has intensified tensions between the Tongan government and local media over conflicting claims about Air New Zealand’s future operations...