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Thursday 30 October 2025 10:40pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Ursula Primrose Havili (34) is serving one year’s imprisonment after being found guilty on numerous counts of obtaining $52,550 by false pretences from six customers that she would order their vehicles from Japan, in a web of deception. -
Thursday 30 October 2025 10:32pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Repeat offender, Siosaia Lata Funaki, is serving five years and five months, in prison after pleading guilty to three counts that included theft of meat from a business in Ma’ufanga and armed robbery of a foreigner, who was punched in the mouth before his iPhone and money were stolen. -
Thursday 30 October 2025 1:08pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will launch a five-day celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Tonga Constitution tomorrow, 31 October in Nuku'alofa. An official programme of events through to Tuesday 4 November 2025, was released by the Prime Minister’s Office today. -
Thursday 30 October 2025 10:59am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Round 3 of the Rugby League Pacific Championship Cup will see Tonga XIII take on the New Zealand Kiwis at Eden Park in Auckland, on Sunday, 2 November 2025. -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 9:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM Queen Nanasipau’u received the Tongan National Netball team, the Tala, at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa today, 28 October, ahead of their first home netball game set to begin this week against the Australian Pathway team, who arrive in Tonga on Thursday, 30 October. -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 9:50pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A new evacuation and community hall for the island of ‘Eueiki and renovated kitchen facilities for Tupou College, Toloa, will be constructed under Japan's Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project (GGP),with funding for the two projects totalling over USD $260,000. -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 9:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : An upgraded fumigation facility for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forests (MAFF) will strengthen Tonga’s horticulture exports by helping exporters meet international standards for their export produce. -
Tuesday 28 October 2025 1:12am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A national workshop to strengthen Tonga’s legal and technical capabilities in maritime boundaries and extended continental shelf (ECS) work was opened at Vava’u on Monday, 20 October 2025.
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Saturday 25 October 2025 12:18am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga XIII formally known as Mate Ma’a Tonga is set to take on the Toa Samoa in a highly anticipated match at Suncorp Stadium in Australia this Sunday, 26 October 2025. Premium content -
Thursday 23 October 2025 10:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI today reminded voters that, "Economically, there is much to do in the near future, so vote wisely in this coming election.” The royal address read to the House concluded the 2021-2025 parliamentary term ahead of the general election to be held in November. Premium content -
Thursday 23 October 2025 10:19pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will observe an additional public Holiday on 4 November 2025, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Constitution. Premium content -
Thursday 23 October 2025 12:55am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Viliami Kaufusi won his case as rightful heir to a tax allotment in Leimatu’a, Vava’u, and succeeded in his bid to evict Mano Lisala and his descendants who, the court found, were unlawfully occupying and farming on his land. Premium content -
Tuesday 21 October 2025 10:53pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga will observe a one-off public holiday on Monday, 27 October to mark the 50th anniversary of a “mystery cross” appearance in Ha’apai. Premium content -
Monday 20 October 2025 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr. Paula Vivili is the first Tongan to be appointed Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Chair of the SPC’s 14th Pacific Community Conference, HRH Crown Prince, Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala, announced at the conclusion of the 14th Conference of the Pacific Community on Friday, 17 October, in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Premium content -
Friday 17 October 2025 11:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : HM King Tupou VI welcomed Mate Ma'a Tonga to the Royal Palace today granting an audience followed by a luncheon, ahead of their match against Toa Samoa on Sunday, 26 October at Suncorp Stadium, in Brisbane Australia. Premium content -
Wednesday 15 October 2025 12:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga is hosting the Pacific Community's (SPC) 55th Meeting of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA) and the 14 Conference of the Pacific's Community meeting this week, under the theme "Pasifiki: Rooted in heritage, honouring the past, united for a resilient future." Premium content -
Wednesday 15 October 2025 12:45am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : China's new naval hospital ship, Ark Silk Road, arrived in Nuku’alofa this week to provide free medical services for Tonga. Premium content -
Monday 13 October 2025 5:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Jason Taumalolo will be leading the Tonga XIII team, better known as Mate Ma'a Tonga (MMT) on a visit to Tonga this week. The team is scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon, 14 October, at 3:25 pm. Premium content -
Monday 13 October 2025 12:03pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Pesi Siale Fonua (78), well known Pacific Islands journalist, publisher of Matangi Tonga Online, and beloved husband, father and grandfather, who died on 12 October 2025, at Vaiola Hospital in Tonga. The funeral service will be held at the SDA Church Mangaia, Nuku'alofa 1:00pm Saturday 18 October 2025. The burial will take place at the cemetery "Mala'e ko Fala Oloveti 'o Nukuleva" at 3:00pm Saturday. A farewell viewing will be held on Friday afternoon. -
Saturday 11 October 2025 4:56pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tongan students at the University of the South Pacific graduated on Friday, with a colourful ceremony held at the Tonga High Stadium in Nuku’alofa. The graduate speaker, Miss Fuatino Tangitau recalled how students had overcome the challenges of covid lockdows and the HTHH eruption in pursuit of their degrees. Premium content
