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Tonga's teen athletes are stepping up at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, producing strong performances in field events against some of the region's best this week.Tonga's young teen athletes are stepping up at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, producing strong performances in field events against some of the region's best this week.

A humpback whale has travelled a distance further than 15,100 kilometres, in a record for longest proven migration by the species. By Duncan Murray/AAP

Tonga will host its first national chess championship next month, a three-day tournament at Tonga High School from 23-25 June, with an open call for Tongan players.

The Tongan government has proposed a national budget estimate of $929.5 million paʻanga for 2026/27, with a projected $38.1 million deficit, presented to Parliament yesterday, 18 May 2026, by Prime Minister Lord Fakafanua. He said a decline in Tonga's economic growth is driven largely by conflicts in the Middle East resulting in energy-related challenges and associated economic pressures.

Tongan Olympic officials are attending the LA28 Oceania Forum in Auckland, this week, aimed at strengthening regional preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA.

1. Kuo fakahü mai ki he Potungäue MEIDECC 'a é 'Oku fakamalumalu ai e Va'a Fakamatata'ea, Ma'u'anga Ivi, Ma'u'anga Fakamatala, ‘Ofisi Tokangaekina 'a e Ngaahi Fakatamaki Fakaenatula, 'Ätakai, Feliuliuaki 'o e 'Ea pea mo e Fetu'utaki, ha Lipooti Fakafuofua 'o e ngaahi uesia ki he 'Ätakai (or EIA report) ki he Polöseki 'oku ‘iloa ko e Tonga 1. Kuo fakahü mai ki he Potungäue MEIDECC 'a é 'Oku fakamalumalu ai e Va'a Fakamatata'ea, Ma'u'anga Ivi, Ma'u'anga Fakamatala, ‘Ofisi Tokangaekina 'a e Ngaahi Fakatamaki Fakaenatula, 'Ätakai, Feliuliuaki 'o e 'Ea pea mo e Fetu'utaki, ha Lipooti Fakafuofua 'o e ngaahi uesia ki he 'Ätakai (or EIA report) ki he Polöseki 'oku ‘iloa ko e Tonga Climate Resilient Project. Ko e ngäue ko ‘eni ko hono fakalelei'i pea mo toe fakamalohi'i ange e ngaahi matäfanga 'o Talafo'ou lele ai ki Nukuleka, fakafuofua ko e kilomita e 2-3 pea pehé ki he matäfanga to Manuka lele ai ki Kolonga ta ia 'oku fakafuofua ko ha kilomita 'e 2. 'Oku fakaafe'i atu heni 'a e kakai 'o e fonua ke fakahoko mai ha nau faka'eke'eke ki he fakaikiiki to e lipooti ni, 'a ia ko e Polöseki EIA fika 189/2024 - 25.

With an AUD 10 million investment from the Australian government, Tonga is strengthening its disaster preparedness, response, and recovery systems through the official signing of the Tala Kei Kapa: Prepare, Respond, Recover humanitarian investment.

A Pea man who attacked two family members with a machete during a heated family dispute has been sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment, fully suspended for three years, by the Supreme Court of Tonga. During sentencing, Lord Chief Justice Bishop KC stressed the seriousness of machete violence in Tonga.

The surge in the trafficking, availability and use of methamphetamine across Pacific Island countries is explosive, fuelling an escalating epidemic of HIV, and undermining human, national and regional security, says a new paper from the Pacific Security College released today. The paper proposes a cross-sector regional summit in 2027 to shape coordinated responses to the escalating methamphetamine crisis across the Pacific.