21 October, 2021. New Zealand's Council for International Development, or CID, says the pandemic is changing the way aid agencies operate.

20 October, 2021. New Zealand travellers and trading partners with Tonga are set to benefit from the opening of the country’s largest international airport.

10 October 2021. Members of an Auckland church have changed their stance on the Covid-19 vaccine after the death of a member of their congregation.

5 October, 2021. On Thursday the 30th of September 2021, the British High Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of MEIDECC held consultations on Climate Change with stakeholders in Vava’u.

5 October, 2021. His Majesty King Tupou VI will officially open the two-days National Symposium on Illicit Drugs on the 6th October at the Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Domestic Wharf for stakeholders and the public to present ideas that can help inform a national response under the theme, “Working Together for a Drug Free Tonga.”

2 October, 2021. On 29 September, Australia’s High Commissioner designate Rachael Moore presented her credentials to His Majesty King Tupou VI, formalising her appointment as the Australian High Commissioner to Tonga.

2 November, 2021. The Ambassador of the European Union for the Pacific, His Excellency Sujiro Seam presented his letters of credence to His Majesty King Tupou VI of the Kingdom of Tonga in a virtual ceremony today.

27 September 2021. The city of Ono in Hyogo prefecture sent 1,500 donated abacuses from all over Japan to the island nation of Tonga, where they will be used in elementary schools and for teacher training. The donations, sent in June, were made through the Japan International Cooperation Agency.