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- Tatakamotonga man jailed after breaking into homes and attacking women as they slept
  
  01/05/2026
  
  Court clears MP of electoral bribery, finds ‘innocent explanation’ — Tukunga considers appeal
  
  01/05/2026
  
  Tonga Power challenges $58m claim, stands by $20.47m as royal lease remains in limbo
  
  01/05/2026
  
  First look at Tonga’s new Parliament building takes shape
  
  30/04/2026
  
  Locked up 24 hours ‘for Carrying Books’: Man denied entry to New Zealand removed to Fiji instead of Tonga
  
  30/04/2026
New Zealand
- 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
  
  New leadership appointed to Tonga electoral commission
  
  30/04/2026
  
  New mobile alert system rolled out by Tonga Met
  
  30/04/2026
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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