Tonga

The Tonga men's sevens team is building strength in numbers in the leadup to their World Series return.

Tonga's ability to communicate internationally has been sharply curtailed for the past two days after a failure in a submarine cable.

A 17-year-old has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Tonga for the murder of a married couple in February 2018.

Tonga's Finance minister, Pohiva Tu'ionetoa, says he is open to looking at the country's new Foreign Exchange Control Act.

Twenty-one people died on Tonga roads in 2018, highest road toll in 10 years.

Tonga's only deep sea fishing exporter, Pacific Sunrise Fishing, plans to cut back and is blaming government policy.

Police in Tonga are claiming a successful holiday operation with no deaths from crime or road accidents and 271 arrests.

Tonga's Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva has urged unmarried senior civil servants to find a husband in 2019.

Tonga's King has appointed a new noble from Ha'apai.

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off Tonga this morning.

Tonga is hoping its climate resilience can be improved by becoming the 29th member of the Global Green Growth Institute.

Fiji and Tonga will play in Japan as part of an expanded Pacific Nations Cup to be held in the lead-up to the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

The wife of the Tongan Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva has died in Tongatapu.

Government and community leaders are grappling with the rising cases of methamphetamine use in Tonga. Audio

"The government of Australia and New Zealand are jointly collaborating to rebuild Tonga's parliament. It was very good to follow up on some of the core issues." Audio