31 August, 2019. A Tongan church elder in Auckland says there needs to be more awareness in the community about the seriousness of measles.

28 August, 2019. A Tongan group visited Ihumātao to show solidarity with the occupation of the land by mana whenua who greeted them with a pōwhiri.

27 August, 2019. Many people on Tonga's main island are continuing to struggle with makeshift facilities 17 months after Cyclone Gita.

By Kalafi Moala in Tonga.

22 August, 2019. Tonga's Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva was praised in some regional media for his emotional reaction in shedding tears of empathy in Tuvalu at the Pacific Forum during discussions on the impact of climate change.

16 August, 2019. An Open Day for Youth was held at the Digicel Square on Wednesday 14 August 2019, coordinated by the Tonga National Youth Congress, the Ministry of Internal Affair’s Youth Division and the Tonga Police Community Assurance Group as part of the celebration of the Tonga National Youth Week.

15 August, 2019. A shipping company being investigated in Tonga for allegedly sabotaging the country's internet admitted back in February it "could have trapped" an undersea cable.

14 August, 2019. Tonga is mulling a Facebook ban, as the Kingdom struggles to contain a torrent of online abuse and threats on the platform directed at the monarchy by pro-government forces.

13 August, 2019. Police continue searching for a missing tourist at sea in the ‘Eua Island.