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Mosese Fotuaika, a top Rugby League player of Tongan descent, has been found dead at his Sydney Home.

Some of the police officers who were on duty on the night Kali Fungavaka was arrested and allegedly beaten up in detention, have given their evidence at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court. One witness alleged one of the accused officers stood on his chest while another choked the victim on the neck, as he was being searched inside the Nuku'alofa Central Police Station on the night of August 17, 2012.

The prosecution closed its case in regards to the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka this afternoon and submitted there is a case for trial at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa. The Magistrate is expected to make a decision next week.

Dr Vili Fuavao will take up a new appointment as the Deputy Regional Representative for Asia and Pacific at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, on13 March 2013.

A forensic pathologist from New Zealand who conducted a post-mortem examination on Kali Fungavaka's body, believed that the cause of death was a huge blunt force trauma to the head. He today revealed the extent of the multiple injuries found on the victim's body ranging from a fractured skull, haemorrhage and bruising to his brain, a fractured neck bone with bruises to other parts of his body.

Tonga's King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u are currently on their first official state visit to New Zealand.

Key evidence of what went on in the back of the Nuku'alofa Police Station the night New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavake received fatal injuries, is expected to come out in a preliminary inquiry that was due to start this morning in the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court but was delayed when it was discovered that the evidence of the accused policemen and civilian will clash.

New Zealand visas were issued to a group of 36 Tongan seasonal workers under the New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employers program, and they left Tonga on Thursday February 21, after their police records were re-checked and cleared by Immigration New Zealand and Tonga Police.

Tonga's Deputy Commissioner of Police Taniela Faletau (56) has taken up voluntary retirement effective March 1, after over 30-years of service. Trained in New Zealand the top cop was farewelled with a parade at the Police Headquarters in Longolongo, on Wednesday February 20.