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Another Tongan identified in corrupt Air NZ baggage crew smuggling drugs from Los Angeles into Auckland

Kaniva Staff - 28/04/2024

Church-going fake tradie Tevita Ungounga to be deported

Tongans remember volunteers from the islands who served in First World War

Viliami Tonga admits road rage assault on way to Auckland brawl where Charles Pongi died

Tributes flow in for late ‘Ikale Tahi player Heamani Lavaka

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501 murder-for-hire convict Sifa Tevita fails to show in court after wild Waikato Porsche chase

Kaniva Staff - 26/04/2024 0

By Craig Kapitan, nzherald.co.nz An Auckland man deported from Australia as a 501 after serving prison time as a teenager for a murder-for-hire plot involving a...

Vehicle fails WoF after pedals replaced with wooden blocks

26/04/2024

Young surfers forced out of the water by shark in shallows

25/04/2024

Five children charged after Sydney church terrorist attack

25/04/2024

Dengue fever outbreak to be declared in Samoa

25/04/2024

National

Court says appointment of Foreign Affairs CEO could ‘undermine’ foreign relations

Philip Cass - 22/04/2024 0

The Supreme Court has ordered that Paula Ma’u’s appointment as Acting Chief Executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs be suspended. The court also ordered...

We quoted preliminary report on Saab crash accurately; Ministry comments are misleading

18/04/2024

Concerned citizens call for resignations after release of preliminary report on Saab crash

17/04/2024

Globe trotting: Tonga Lands Minister holds meetings in NZ in wake of refusal to reveal travelling costs citing ‘confidentiality’

16/04/2024

Businessman jailed for smuggling ‘Tongan chop’ tobacco, tax evasion

12/04/2024

National

Trio arrested with TOP$16million worth of meth seized in two raids in Tonga

Kaniva Staff - 10/04/2024 0

Police have seized more than 17kg of methamphetamine (US$7million or TOP$16 million in street value) altogether at Vainī and Fasimoeafi in two separate raids...

Outrage as PM welcomes Chinese policing role in Tonga during Pacific Leaders’ Forum

09/04/2024

Gov’ts legal battle against Secretary mirrors long dispute with king over Ministry of Foreign Affairs

09/04/2024

Passenger minibus stuck in ocean at Tongatapu beach removed

07/04/2024

PM Hu‘akavameiliku plays down US, Australia’s “no role” warning for China policing in Pacific Islands

07/04/2024

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US Congress-UN Foundation delegation depart Tonga following key meetings

Kaniva Staff - 25/04/2024 0

Press Release Last night, the visiting delegation, made up of members of the United States Congress and the United Nations Foundation (UNF), departed Nuku’alofa, Tonga,...

Media Minister Melissa Lee demoted from Cabinet

24/04/2024

Man charged after attack on bus driver in Ponsonby

23/04/2024

Child dies after being hit by car on driveway south of Auckland

23/04/2024

Air NZ signals drop in expected earnings for the year

22/04/2024

Auditor General says no acceptable evidence for government’s ownership of Lulutai airlines was available; Former Finance Minister demands investigation

Kalino Latu - 28/02/2024 0

Tonga’s Auditor General, Sefita Tangi, says that documents submitted by the government as proof of its ownership of Lulutai airlines were not what was...