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A new building complex for JH International Ltd. was opened by HM King Tupou VI and HM Queen Nanasipau'u, at Matatoa, Tongatapu, on 11 December 2024.

Invitations from the Speaker Lord Fakafanua has been sent to all elected representatives to the Legislative Assembly, calling for submission of nomination of a candidate for Prime Minister Designate. Nomination(s) are submitted to the office of the Speaker, and will close at 4.30pm, on Monday, 23 December.

Kisina Neiufi was found guilty of charges including possession of 3.51 grams methamphetamine. While his wife, Tohu'ia, who was jointly charged was acquitted in the Supreme Court at Nuku'alofa.

Five ministerial portfolios are now vacant after three Nobles resigned from the Cabinet recently. No reason for the resignations was provided by the Acting Prime Minister, Hon. Samiu Vaipulu at his first media briefing today as the new Acting Prime Minister of Tonga.

A new British High Commissioner to Tonga, HE Mr. Philip Malone presented his Letters of Credence to HM King Tupou VI at the Royal Palace today, 9 December 2024.

The Tonga Men’s and Women’s teams are both through to the Quarter Finals of the 2024 Oceania Rugby Sevens, after the first day of exciting competition at the at the National Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands, yesterday, Saturday 7 December.

The prices for petrol, kerosene, and diesel increased on Tuesday, 3 December, and will remain until the next price adjustment in the new year. The retail price of petrol for Tongatapu will increase by 10 seniti/litre ($3.15 to $3.25), kerosene by 5 seniti/litre ($2.35 to $2.40), while diesel remains unchanged ($3.15).

When Tupouto’a College on Nomuka Island, Ha’apai, named their 2024 Dux, Kuinita Halafatai Faitangane (17), she graduated in the local church with an armful of trophies - after topping her seven subjects. Academic studies are a challenge at her college, which was devastated by the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai tsunamis in January 2022 and has yet to be rebuilt. Classes for the last three years have been held in fraying tents - when the weather permits.

Over 200 people in Tonga received essential eye care services from a team  professional volunteers from New Zealand who worked in Nuku'alofa from 30 September to 4 October. The 'EyesForGood' team was made up of optometry and vision science teaching fellows and a researcher from the University of Auckland, with a clinician at the New Zealand Prosthetic Eye Service.