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National
- Alai Ahio killed in targeted Sydney shooting linked to gangland tensions
  
  20/05/2026
  
  Tonga budget allocates $3.2m to failing Lulutai Airline despite crisis warning
  
  20/05/2026
  
  Tongan father of four earns MBA while pursuing mission to improve Pacific lives
  
  20/05/2026
  
  Globe‑trotting controversy resurfaces: Speaker concerned as Lands Minister misses oath for second time
  
  20/05/2026
  
  Mother shot dead in Vava’u to be laid to rest
  
  19/05/2026
New Zealand
- NZ, Australian police announce Colombian base to combat Pacific drug surge
  
  20/05/2026
  
  Two arrested at Auckland airport with $2.2m cocaine haul
  
  20/05/2026
  
  Eleven Fijian police officers investigated for ties to Auckland drug trade links
  
  18/05/2026
  
  Appeal dismissed: Fetuʻu’s life sentence upheld in drug case with Comanchero links
  
  18/05/2026
  
  Tonga and Australia sign $10 million Tala Kei Kapa humanitarian partnership
  
  18/05/2026
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
- Locked up 24 hours ‘for Carrying Books’: Man denied entry to New Zealand removed to Fiji instead of Tonga
  
  30/04/2026
  
  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
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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