Tonga

Tonga Met Service said that while flood waters have subsided, the massive storm over the weekend toppled power lines and forced people to evacuate.

"Most of them want to feel that they are part of the solution - far too long they have been treated as a problem to be fixed," New Zealand-based Tongan doctor Viliami Puloka says. Audio

Police say the one-year eight months old boy was playing with his siblings near an unfinished ground hole filled with rainwater on Sunday.

Located on Scarborough Terrace in Parnell, Auckland, Studio Carolina Izzo is a hub of art preservation, focusing on the conservation of cultural heritage.

Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukālala's presence at last week's South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting in Auckland has further fuelled concerns over a ministerial row.

Tonga will host the 2031 Pacific Games, the announcement coming seven years after pulling out of hosting the 2019 Games.

Tonga will meet the World Cup champions at Suncorp Stadium on 18 October before travelling to New Zealand to face last year's Pacific Cup winners at Go Media Stadium on 2 November.

The arrest come after 17 people were arrested and several kilograms of methamphetamine as well as firearms and ammunition were seized, in raids across Tongatapu last month.

A few months before his death, the Māori King stood with indigenous Pacific leaders, signing the He Whakaputanga Moana declaration, for whales to be given personhood. Audio

But an LQBTQ+ advocate in the Kingdom claims the law has only ever been used against minors not in consenting same sex relations.

Tonga Law Society president Lopeti Senituli has distanced himself from the petition, saying the lawyers who kicked the petition into motion were acting independently.

A new weather radar installed at the at Fua'amotu Airport is expected to empower Tonga to issue crucial early warnings, reducing the impact of severe weather on vulnerable communities.

The Ngalu Fānifo project aims to strengthen the capacity of health and community providers to provide mental health care. Audio