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  • Tuesday 17 May 2016 9:01pm


    Glasgow, Scotland
    : ‘Ikale Tahi and Glasgow Warriors prop Sila Puafisi was handed a harsh three match suspension for a ‘flying head butt’ on scrumhalf Kieran Marmion of Irish Club Connacht.
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  • Tuesday 17 May 2016 7:56pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Will Tonga’s flag be flying at the Rio Olympic Games in August, and will the Pacific Games happen? At the moment there is no definite answer, because TASANOC has not been able to resolve on-going internal conflicts and has failed to provide outstanding annual and financial reports that have been demanded by the International Olympic Committee.
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  • Tuesday 17 May 2016 5:07pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two men were arrested and charged this morning in relation to two separate robberies at a beach resort and a home in Tongatapu, over the weekend.
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  • Tuesday 17 May 2016 4:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A quarrel with another person at Ha'ateiho resulted in a complaint laid against Lord Tu'iha'ateiho, that led to police executing a search warrant at the noble's home earlier this month. The noble appeared at the Magistrate's Court today on various charges, and his case was adjourned to Tuesday, 24 May.
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  • Tuesday 17 May 2016 4:41pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A civil servant, Poasi Ngaluafe (49) has been charged with reckless and drunk driving in relation to the death of a man who was allegedly sitting in the middle of By-Pass Road at Longolongo early Sunday morning, 8 May.
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  • Monday 16 May 2016 7:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Drunk driver, Malolo ‘Inia (31) whose vehicle crashed into a property and killed a woman near her house, at Ma'ufanga on New Year’s Day 2015, was sentenced to three-years imprisonment.
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  • Monday 16 May 2016 4:39pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Students at Tonga High School today, 16 May received donation of desktop computers, laptops and stationery from a Chinese delegation led by the Deputy Mayor of Dongguan, Guangdong Province in China.
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  • Monday 16 May 2016 4:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Faceook, Jo Yasmina says: Malo Australia :) , like all other Development Partners for Tonga are 'committing' & 'giving' $, and all are helping the "ongoing development in Tonga as well as economic reform". . Plus, no Gov't so little as Tonga economy can work alone. God bless Tonga!
  • Monday 16 May 2016 2:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Women and juniors are encouraged to join in the Nuku’alofa Fishing Club’s "Leiola Ingenious Fishing Challenge" this Saturday, 21 May.
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  • Monday 16 May 2016 2:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : ‘Ikale Tahi lock Steve Mafi has been signed by French club Castres to play in the next season of the French Top 14 tournament. The Australian born 26 year-old currently plays for the Perth based Western Force in the Super Rugby competition.
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  • Sunday 15 May 2016 9:18pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Development Bank has won international recognition for offering financial services that are supporting small income generating projects among disadvantaged and low-income earners in Tonga.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 6:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Up to 30 new awards are being offered to Tongans to study in Australia and the Pacific in 2017, and students will be selected through a competitive process managed by the Australian High Commission in consultation with the Government of Tonga.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 5:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An accomplished Tongan carver and artist, Sitiveni Fehoko (56) will serve as the new Mission President for the LDS Church Lae Mission, Papua New Guinea, starting in July this year, accompanied by his wife Kilisitina
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 4:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Around 731 residents of the village of Puke on Tongatapu, now have access to clean water after Japan granted over US$82K to restore the water supply system, which was commissioned on March 12.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 4:08pm


    Newcastle, Australia
    : Australian Police arrested 66 activists in a climate change protest that shut down a coal port in Newcastle city last Sunday May 8 according to local reports. Over 1,000 protesters includied members of the Pacific Islander activist group “Pacific Climate Warriors”.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 4:06pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Uini Kava (46) is the man who died after he was allegedly run over by a vehicle while sitting in the middle of By-Pass Road in Longolongo early Sunday morning, 8 May.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 2:58pm


    London, United Kingdom
    : England’s No. 8, Billy Vunipola won England Player of the Year after producing three man-of-the-match performances from five games to help England win the 2016 RBS Six Nations Championship. Another Tongan rugby hero, Former Wallaby, George Smith won the Players’ Player of the Year as he continued his outstanding form with Wasps.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 2:57pm


    Manchester, UK
    : Ikale Tahi prop, Halani Aulika, has signed with Sale Sharks earlier this week after spending four seasons with London Irish. Aulika also played for Tonga in the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup and was a member of Tonga’s Pacific Nations Cup Squad last year.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 1:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene will continue to increase in Tonga for May to June starting on Monday, 16 May.
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  • Friday 13 May 2016 1:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A Supreme Court judge dismissed an appeal filed by a letter writer, Kele’a newspaper and two others in a defamation case that awarded judgment and costs against them back in 2013.
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