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Ten Tongan students joined an international school-based leadership programme, hosted in Tongatapu, for eight days from 24 September to 1 October, along with 14 students from New Zealand and Australia, organised by the Future Leader’s Academy at Makeke Camp.

The 'Ikale Tahi managed three tries in a loss to the Springboks in a hard contest this morning.

Folauola Kamoto was sentenced to 34-months imprisonment with the final-18-months suspended on conditions for various drug offences that included possession of 2.35 grams of methamphetamine. Her husband Koloa Kamoto was sentenced to 12-months imprisonment.

Pacific leaders attended the second U.S.-PIF Summit in Washington this week on the invitation of President Joe Biden, who pledged to work with Congress to provide $200 million in funding for the region. Tonga's Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that the United States is also dedicated to working together with the Pacific region to support the successful delivery and implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent (2050 Strategy).

A security guard at a bar in Nuku'alofa was arrested and detained by Tonga Police on Tuesday night, 26 September, for selling cannabis during his work shift.

A new Judge of the Court of Appeal of Tonga, Hon. Justice Jean Hazel Dalton, took her oath before Cabinet Ministers, on 25 September, at St George Government Building, Nuku’alofa.

Fakanonoa Fonua (42) of Fo’ui was sentenced to two-years five-months imprisonment (29-months) for serious fraudulent conversion of fuel valued at $27,493.87, from a petrol station in Kolomotu’a. “...he shows no remorse, rather the will to continue to cheat those around him whenever he can,” said the judge, who declined to suspend any part of his sentence.

An El Niño has been officially declared for Tonga today, by the Tonga Meteorology Department, meaning that the Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean is now warmer than usual, expecting warmer temperatures, less rainfall, and a more active cyclone season.

Two men have been jailed for the theft of Tongan koloa worth over $30,000 pa’anga and a vehicle in two separate incidents. While, a co-accused received a fully suspended sentence for receiving one of the stolen goods.