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National
- Reforms showing results as Lands Ministry’s call centre delivers early gains
  
  02/05/2026
  
  Tonga’s media freedom squeezed as watchdog role meets political pressure
  
  02/05/2026
  
  Young man jailed for $53,000 TCC break-in and theft
  
  02/05/2026
  
  Japan rugby strips full domestic status from citizen player Lomano Lemeki
  
  02/05/2026
  
  Tatakamotonga man jailed after breaking into homes and attacking women as they slept
  
  01/05/2026
New Zealand
- The ‘vicious cycle’ driving Tauranga families to Waikato for cheaper cremations
  
  02/05/2026
  
  Widespread mourning for Professor Jione Havea, ‘Prophet of the Pacific’
  
  02/05/2026
  
  Court rules Reopoamo Darklie Tufunga a registered sex offender after 64,000 abuse files discovered
  
  01/05/2026
  
  Nearly 200,000 misled by City Fitness membership prices – Comm Comm
  
  01/05/2026
  
  One NZ issue causing widespread internet outage across entire South, parts of North Island
  
  01/05/2026
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
- Samoan lawyer in Miss Pacific Islands pageant Tonga dispute suspended in undisclosed case
  
  29/03/2026
  
  Tilila Siola’a Walker’s ponzi scheme trial set for March 2027, U.S. prosecutors confirm
  
  20/02/2026
  
  UK row over China’s ‘Super Embassy’ rekindles questions long absent in Tonga
  
  07/02/2026
  
  Lo‘au controversial university’s bluff unravels: From Police threats to publishing plans
  
  15/01/2026
  
  Dr Lafitani refunds fees after student engages lawyer over course quality concerns and alleged academic fraud
  
  09/10/2025
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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The ‘vicious cycle’ driving Tauranga families to Waikato for cheaper cremations

Widespread mourning for Professor Jione Havea, ‘Prophet of the Pacific’

Court rules Reopoamo Darklie Tufunga a registered sex offender after 64,000 abuse files discovered

Kaniva Staff - 01/05/2026

Nearly 200,000 misled by City Fitness membership prices – Comm Comm

One NZ issue causing widespread internet outage across entire South, parts of North Island

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Justice for Selena: Murderer Yolanda Saldívar denied parole 30 years after motel shooting

Kaniva Staff - 29/03/2025

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Widow of Pacific advocate MP Efeso Collins pushes for inquest after Auckland fatal event

Kaniva Staff - 27/03/2025

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Arrests made as Police issue appeal in aggravated robberies investigation

Kaniva Staff - 27/03/2025

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Woman arrested at Auckland Airport with 15kg of meth in luggage from Canada

Kaniva Staff - 27/03/2025

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Auckland High Court imposes life sentence in Tongan-Language murder case

Kaniva Staff - 27/03/2025

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Tonga secures historic AUD$85M Australian Budget support for economic resilience

Kaniva Staff - 26/03/2025

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Auckland Airport drug smuggler gets five year prison term after $5.3M ecstasy haul

Kaniva Staff - 26/03/2025

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Warning of strong currents after 6.8 earthquake strikes off lower South Island

Kaniva Staff - 25/03/2025

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Man stabbed during altercation on Auckland’s Dominion Rd

Kaniva Staff - 24/03/2025

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Boxing legend George Foreman, Two-time World Heavyweight Champion, passes away at 76

Kaniva Staff - 22/03/2025

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