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Tongan Constable Uluaki Havea (Tonga Police) and his dog Cricket, were among nine teams graduating from the Pacific Detector Dog Programme, in Trentham, New Zealand, on November 24 and will bring their skills home to protect Tonga's borders. Their specialised training was facilitated under a partnership between New Zealand Police, New Zealand Customs Service and Pacific border and police agencies.

The annual Tonga-Australia Defence Cooperation Talks held in Canberra last week further strengthened defence cooperation and ties between the two countries.

Tonga's Pacific Resilience Project (PREP) was presented by Tonga government officials to visiting World Bank (WB) delegates this week, as Tonga seeks more initiatives and assistance to strengthen natural disaster resilience.

The Tongan Parliament went into a closed session when it opened on Wednesday, after a three-weeks break, and there was no broadcasting of the morning’s proceedings. So what was parliament doing on the morning of November 23? From the House by Pesi Fonua.

People born in Tonga were 80 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than other Australians during the Delta outbreak last year, a new analysis by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.

Shonte To’a and Tilila Hifo will join the ACT Brumbies as part of six players selected to join the Australian Super W clubs in 2023, on initial one-season contracts.

A substantial tobacco smuggling operation from Tonga to New Zealand, that allegedly amounted to around $1.8 million in evaded tobacco excise, was intercepted in an investigation by New Zealand Customs.

Efforts made by schools to promote healthy living were recognised with the presentation of awards today. The 'Apiako Ma'a Lahi 2022 accreditations recognised primary, middle schools, and high schools who have established vegetable gardens and healthy eating programs.

Tonga’s national netball team Tala has taken Tonga Netball to 8th place in the world netball rankings, a historic achievement for the winning team which was previously ranked 9th. The team are expected to visit Tonga on 3-13 December.