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Tonga’s National Netball Team will go into the Oceania World Cup Qualifiers next month in Fiji, with a new name that has been bestowed by Queen Nanasipau’u.

The receipt of relief funds from the government’s development partners to support Tonga’s recovery from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami has boosted Tonga’s foreign reserves. The official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tongavin April 2022, had increased considerably by $22.6 million to (from March) to $884.0 million, and by over $204 million since April last year.

A donation of 30 farm tractors from China’s Dongguan City, Guangdong Province was handed over to the Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku this afternoon, 10 June.

Hotili Saafi (27) was sentenced to 20-months imprisonment for serious housebreaking and theft of goods valued at $4,860 pa’anga, at a home he broke into numerous times in Fua'amotu. He entered the home through the ceiling causing major damage.

Two men were arrested and charged with possession of cannabis and a utensil, during a routine police road-stop on 6 June.

Afimeimo’unga Hola (40) received a suspended sentence of 11 months imprisonment for two counts of using a service to abuse and causing harm by posting an electronic communication. This is the first conviction made under an Electronic Abuse Offences Act in Tonga. Hola broadcasted offences on Facebook and enticed others to commit arson against the plaintiffs and caused them fear and anxiety.

Tonga's prime minister has called for a collective effort to tackle the leading cause of death and disability in Tonga - heart disease, diabetes and some cancers - in a National Non-Communicable Diseases Strategy for 2021-25 launched on 7 June.

Oceania Rugby confirmed today that two regional competitions will be held in Auckland over the June/July period - the Oceania Rugby Super Sevens on 24-26 June and the annual Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship on 9-17 July. Six men’s and six women’s teams will participate in the Oceania Rugby Super Sevens, with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga to be joined by an invitational Oceania side, with the events hosted by Counties Manukau Rugby.

Tonga’s qualification battle for a place at Rugby World Cup 2023 in France will continue at Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland, next month with the Asia/Pacific Play off. It will be the first time Tonga have played in Australia in almost 20 years (since 2003).