Results for Tonga

Business Link Pacific (BLP) is expanding support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tonga as private sector leaders gather for the Tonga National Business Conference 2026. Businesses were also advised to prepare for continued volatility in fuel prices and supply conditions.

Piveni Piukala, the People’s Representative for Tongatapu no. 7, has been suspended from the House for one day following a heated exchange with the Chairman of the Whole House Committee.

Budget deliberations continued in the Legislature's Whole House Committee today, 16 June 2026, focusing on the allocations for His Majesty's Diplomatic Services, His Majesty's Armed Forces, and the Prime Minister's Office. A total of $1.7 million has been allocated for establishing a new diplomatic mission in Fiji. The budget also allocates $5 million towards combating illicit drugs.

A storm warning is in force for Ha'apai and storm-force winds, heavy rain and possible flooding are expected to batter much of Tonga, in the next 48 hours, 16-17 June 2026, Tonga Meteorological Services warned today.

The Government of Tonga has showcased ten years of ocean governance reform at the Australia-Pacific Ocean Business Leaders Summit, demonstrating how a whole-of-government approach is supporting the sustainable management of its entire ocean estate. The reforms, anchored by Ocean7 and strengthened through new policy and legislative tools, position Tonga at the forefront of integrated ocean governance in the Pacific.

Pacific Islands leaders are appealing for global peace, expressing their concern about increasing global tensions among major powers. A collective message published on 13 June, called for all world leaders “to uphold the Charter of the United Nations and to tolerate and respect the rights and dignity of all peoples and nations”. Pacific Islands Forum Leaders affirmed their declaration of the Blue Pacific Continent as an Ocean of Peace in 2025.

The Tonga Meteorological Service recorded cooler-than-average overnight temperatures across the island this morning, although they remained above the coldest June temperature ever recorded in Tongatapu.

Tongan-Australian music icons Vika and Linda Bull have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to Australian music, earning induction into the prestigious ARIA Hall of Fame, in Sydney, Australia.

The World Health Organization released a new practical manual aimed at helping health-care workers across the Western Pacific to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. AMR occurs when bacteria and other disease-causing organisms develop resistance to medicines used to treat infections, making illnesses harder to cure and increasing the risk of severe disease, death and wider transmission.