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Monday, August 10, 2020

Murder charge over Comanchero bikie boss Pitasoni Ulavalu death

Modified date: 10/08/2020

Tonga Harris jailed for defrauding elderly in credit card scheme

Lord Fusitu‘a’s MP role terminated after being on one year long sick leave

Patrol boat escorts another yacht out of Tongan waters after dispute at Minerva Reef

Arresting officer fulfilled obligation to give prisoner his rights, High Court judge rules

Time to take action as pandemic highlights issues of food, health,...

Kaniva mediawatch August 7, 2020

No point in appeal says Lord Chief Justice in rejecting appeal...

Ashika loss still haunts son who heard his mother calling his...

It’s vital to vote so your voice is heard in Parliament...

Auckland High Court allows appeal and reduces sentence for robbery and burglary

Modified date: 10/08/2020

Supreme Court rules newspaper be returned to register in latest stage of defamation action

Modified date: 10/08/2020

First flight from Auckland leaving tomorrow; passengers must prove they are Covid-19 free

Modified date: 07/08/2020

Judge suspends sentence in drug cultivation case, says prisoner accepted error of his ways

Body of deceased Tongan nurse to return home on repatriation flight from New Zealand

Search underway for missing sea cucumber fishing boat in Ha’apai

Man in hospital after early morning Lomaiviti two-vehicle crash

Tonga Ma‘a Tonga recommended to join IRL, but Covid-19 makes future games uncertain

Modified date: 05/08/2020

Doctors, civil servants, RSE workers and patients priority on first flight from Auckland

Modified date: 05/08/2020

Yacht ordered to leave Tonga by Friday after calling into Vava’u after electrical emergency

Modified date: 01/08/2020

Suspected suicide at Taliai Military Camp

Modified date: 30/07/2020

Overseas Democrats call for action against loss of reforms, warn right to elect PM may be lost

Modified date: 30/07/2020

Victim still haunted by sexual assault, Supreme Court hears; hands down 18 month sentence

Modified date: 30/07/2020

Land Court orders Minister to reinstate tax allotment grant and pay costs in dispute

Modified date: 30/07/2020

Father killed in ‘Utulau single-car crash

Modified date: 30/07/2020

New report says too early to open borders to flights because of low level of preparedness

Modified date: 30/07/2020

Preparation vital to keeping Covid-19 free as Tonga prepares for first NZ repatriation flight

Modified date: 30/07/2020

Many alternatives to dealing with the dead as we face the challenge of climate change

Modified date: 28/07/2020

Family of Covid-19 quarantined flight passengers allowed to drop off care packages at Tanoa Hotel isolation facility

Modified date: 28/07/2020

Housebreaker convicted after judge accepts police evidence over TP$34,000 burglary

Modified date: 27/07/2020

Public concern: Tonga Police warn against risky sea cucumber harvesting after three deaths

Modified date: 23/07/2020

House destroyed in third house fire in Kāmeli in six months

Modified date: 23/07/2020

Tribunal orders deportation, says enormity of crimes outweighs interests of family

Modified date: 20/07/2020

Editors Picks

COMMENTARY: A question of responsibility

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Where does the responsibility of the Police Commissioner lie? Is it to the Police Minister and Cabinet? To the king and the Privy Council? Or...

Assault on growers’ co-operative by dictatorial British consul gave King Tupou...

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This is the third and final articles marking Emancipation Day. A fight over a growers’ co-operative helped King Tupou II regain his authority and...

Abandonment of six amendments means accountability is “like a car without...

Modified date: 14/07/2020

Banned Utah-based lawyer wants sitting MPs replaced by women, says kingdom’s...

Modified date: 26/06/2020

Lavulavus killing whale watching industry claims Sika, as experienced operator says...

Modified date: 26/06/2020

Release of dead fridges and meat let down team monitoring food...

Modified date: 27/05/2020

Speaker orders House live broadcast turned off to allow MPs to...

Modified date: 27/05/2020

Seat belt, texting-while-driving laws proposed, overseas travellers can drive without Tongan...

Modified date: 27/05/2020

Will a domestic airline ever fly again – and how long...

Modified date: 27/05/2020

PTOA Core Team must restructure its governing body to reflect neutrality,...

Modified date: 27/05/2020

Community

Tonga in top five of countries recommended for re-opening borders by...

Support by local people ensures good quality food available says Neiafu...

Vava‘u Town Officer claims authorities flouting food safety laws as heated...

Mad and murderous or co-operative and alive? Tongan students’ story shows...

Overloaded ship was carrying 356 passengers, Supreme Court told; judge concerned...

New laws could help migrants suffering under Covid-19; lawyer calls for...

PM Tu‘i‘onetoa predicts PTOA party’s “falling apart and quarreling” as he...

Real Tonga’s problems latest in long line of disturbances to kingdom’s...

Vava‘u law enforcement officers strike again: more expired goods seized from...

PM in talks with Real Tonga airline’s owner, but denies reports...

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Modified date: 06/05/2020

Covid-19, credible information is crucial in a crisis

Watch live: Ashley Bloomfield gives an update on Covid-19 cases in NZ

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This article by RNZ.co.nz is republished with permission under Kaniva News partnerships with Radio New Zealand. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is detailing the...

One new case of Covid-19 in NZ as new arrival in quarantine tests positive

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This article is republished with permission under Kaniva News partnerships with Radio New Zealand. New Zealand has one new case of Covid-19 after a man...

Covid-19: PM Jacinda Ardern reveals staggered move to alert level 2

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This article is republished with permission under Kaniva News partnership with Radio New Zealand. The government is announcing its decision on whether to reduce restrictions...

Two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand

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This article by RNZ.co.nz is republished with permission under Kaniva News partnerships with Radio New Zealand One of two new cases of Covid-19 confirmed today...

Covid-19: New Zealand records second day of no new cases, deaths

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This article by RNZ.co.nz is republished with permission under Kaniva News partnerships with Radio New Zealand Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has announced a...

New Zealand and Around the World

Kaniva mediawatch July 31, 2020

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Yachts An American yacht, the Sailing Zatara, which arrived unannounced at the Minerva Reef earlier this month, is now in Fiji. The Zatara, carrying a family...

Warriors players stuck in Australia as NRL officials call on NZ government to let...

Modified date: 30/07/2020 0

Warriors players Eliesa Katoa and Selestino Ravutaumada remain stranded in Australia. They have been refused permission to travel back to New Zealand because they are...

Concerns efforts to stop migrant exploitation don’t go far enough

Modified date: 28/07/2020 0

By Harry Lock, Radio New Zealand. This story is republished with permission Doubt is being cast on whether the government's $50 million reforms to stop...

Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific

Modified date: 28/07/2020 0

A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region. By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Our journey to a...

Bronco’s forward Fifita signs multi-million dollar contract to start with Gold Coast Titans

Modified date: 27/07/2020 0

David Fifita has signed a three year contract with the Gold Coast Titans worth more than Aus$3m. Fifita, who is of Tongan descent on his...

Government

PM Second interview on Covid-19 measures: Tonga is in good position...

Modified date: 04/05/2020

Gov’t focuses on “immediate response” phase as PM Tu‘i‘onetoa urges public...

Modified date: 13/04/2020

Prime Minister announces good news on virus test, reiterates WHO advice...

Modified date: 31/03/2020

Pm’s Tt7 meeting: Road repairs, water supplies and assistances for growers...

Modified date: 08/04/2020

PM undertakes to address Pātangata cemetery and land requests; deal with...

Modified date: 26/03/2020

Local News

Tonga braces for possible direct hit by Tropical Cyclone Harold tomorrow...

Modified date: 11/04/2020

Tonga to use rapid new viral coronavirus test machines

Modified date: 04/05/2020

Expired bags of flour seized in Neiafu after complaints, Town Officer...

Modified date: 04/05/2020

Mount Roskill alleged shooting leaves men with multiple gunshot wounds

Modified date: 06/03/2020

One dead, one injured in overnight Ōtara shooting

Modified date: 03/03/2020

NZ News

NZ announces repatriation flights from Tonga and Fiji

Modified date: 04/05/2020

Broke and desperate: Govt accused of hypocrisy over jobless immigrants

Modified date: 04/05/2020

David Clark offers to resign after revealing he took a trip...

Modified date: 04/05/2020

Man arrested after body found near Manurewa

Modified date: 08/03/2020

FBI is responding to an active shooter in Honolulu

Modified date: 20/01/2020

World News

Coronavirus: Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed

Modified date: 04/05/2020

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash – US reports

Modified date: 29/01/2020

Harry and Meghan lose funding and drop HRH titles

Modified date: 22/01/2020

Ukraine airliner accidentally downed by Iran, US officials say

Modified date: 10/01/2020

Iran launches missile attack on US bases in Iraq

Modified date: 10/01/2020