Tonga

A South Auckland church community is rallying around people whose homes were damaged by fire early this morning.

Domestic rainwater tanks in Tonga are often contaminated and the water can be unsafe to drink.

Tonga's has added a new Twin Otter aircraft to its Lulutai Airlines fleet with hopes adding additional aircrafts in the future.

Tonga's Lulutai Airlines will soon be able to fly its new aircraft to service the country's domestic route.

Tonga's economy is performing strongly but faces growing headwinds, following recovery from the volcanic eruptions in the Kingdom in January 2022 and the opening of borders, the IMF says.

In Tonga, a former cabinet minister 'Akosita Lavulavu has failed in her bid to get court leave to appeal against a ruling by acting Justice 'Elisapeti Langi.

A drought has been declared for Tonga's main island Tongatapu as well as the nearby island of 'Eua, and authorities have put out warnings and alerts for other islands. Audio

The Tonga government has announced it is buying a new mammogram machine for Vaiola Hospital.

Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala, to lead WHO's regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday.

There are reports from Tonga's Geological Services that ongoing volcanic activity at the Home Reef poses little threat to the Vava'u and Ha'apai communities.

Tonga's main island of Tongatapu has been experiencing power outages caused by corrosive ash created by last year's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption.

New Zealand are the first team to book a place in the semi-finals of the Oceania Futsal Nations Cup.

Private Fe'ao Faka'osi, 40, a veteran Tongan judoka has been called up by the Tonga Judo Association to represent his country of birth at the 2024 Olympics.

Lines of party and political allegiances in Tonga's parliament appear to have shifted in the wake of a failed vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni.

Last year's volcanic eruption in Tonga triggered the fastest underwater debris flow ever recorded - at 122 kilometres per hour.