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National
- Minister scolds cameraman for not wearing taʻovala at Auckland Tongan wedding, sparking online debate
  12/09/2026
  Another vehicle crashes into power pole within days, overturns and forces emergency Tongatapu outage
  12/09/2026
  Twenty-five years after 9/11: How the attacks reshaped Tonga’s laws and security policies
  12/09/2026
  Tongans among Pacific overstayers offered pathway to stay as NZ First proposes automatic deportation, permanent visa ban
  11/09/2026
  Tonga team to miss 40th anniversary amid Mate Ma‘a Tonga dispute
  11/09/2026
New Zealand
- New Pacific education report puts spotlight on Tonga’s reading struggles
  12/09/2026
  Loleini Tonga’s son follows late NFL father’s footsteps as five-star Ohio State recruit
  12/09/2026
  Twenty-five years after 9/11: How the attacks reshaped Tonga’s laws and security policies
  12/09/2026
  Former wife of Tongan All Black Pita Alatini, threatened in alleged Auckland coward-punch attack
  12/09/2026
  Auckland’s City Rail Link finally opens – what you need to know
  11/09/2026
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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