30 June 2022. Tariffs on all imports into Tonga are being resumed today after more than two years of duty free subsidies.

29 June 2022. Strong bonds between Tonga and Australia led to the signing last week of a Sister City agreement between Kolomotu’a on Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu, and the New South Wales country town of Gunnedah, where Tongan workers are filling critical workforce shortages through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. 

28 June 2022. Today, New Zealand High Commissioner H.E. Matt Howell, accompanied by his partner Ms Jenny McGregor, had the honour of presenting his credentials to His Majesty King Tupou VI at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa.

15 June, 2022. Tongan community groups in Auckland are holding a fono or meeting this Friday following recent gang shootings in Auckland.

14 June, 2022. The Island of Niuafo’ou will soon benefit from a NZ$565,000 water tank project co-funded by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Tindall Foundation. 

2 June, 2022. Tonga Police Commissioner, Shane McLennan with his Executive yesterday presented Brigadier Lord Fielakepa with a token of appreciation for his guidance as Acting Commissioner for Tonga Police in the past year.

27 May, 2022. A team of five from MEIDECC’s Department of Communications and Emergency Telecommunication Cluster (ETC) was approved by the National Emergency Management Committee (NEMC) to travel to Ha’apai on May 21 to install Starlink VSAT terminals and to improve internet communications on the island.

24 Mayu 2022. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano that devastated Tonga after a massive eruption on 15 January is unlikely to erupt again, say scientists from New Zealand's National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).