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National
- Tonga breaks ground on first artificial football pitch in TOP$2.5m FIFA-funded project
  05/10/2026
  Drink-driving arrests surge as Tonga Police charge 50 motorists in latest operation
  05/10/2026
  Chinese woman arrested as Tonga Police investigate alleged trafficking of Tongan women to China
  05/10/2026
  Cardinal Mafi takes to dance floor as Tongan Catholics celebrate 50 years in Australia
  04/10/2026
  Niuafoʻou eruption: 80 years since thousands fled into the darkness as volcano destroyed village
  03/10/2026
New Zealand
- Angelina Mahe returns home with UK corporate law Master’s after Chevening journey
  05/10/2026
  Three found dead at South Auckland home as police investigate ‘tragic event’
  02/10/2026
  Former Tongan Cabinet Minister Lisiate ʻAkolo to be laid to rest in Auckland
  02/10/2026
  Auckland students launch World Heart Day appeal for Fiji hospital that has treated Tongan children
  29/09/2026
  Left bloc may be able to form government latest poll suggests
  28/09/2026
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
- PM accepted Hū Louifi proposal before Palace directed it not to proceed; office says leaked memo was not final
  30/08/2026
  Queen Sālote’s ‘fisherman’s net’ marks 78 years of shaping Tongan church leaders
  25/08/2026
  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
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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