カテゴリー: Tonga
Spike in drug use has caused problems across Tongan society, with arrests doubling in two years and children severely affectedAfter more than four decades spent living in New Zealand, Ned Cook knew it was time to return to his home country of Tonga.His…
Traveller who had arrived on a flight from New Zealand on Wednesday tests positiveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe island nation of Tonga has reported its first case of Covid-19 after a traveller from New Zealand tested p…
In rare political speech, the king addressed the epidemic that is overwhelming Tonga hospitals and prisonsThe king of Tonga has criticised the country’s parliament for what he says is a failure by the government to combat the country’s problems with dr…
Statement comes after allegations king helped George Brown’s killers return to TongaTonga’s royal family has denied an allegation that the late King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV was involved in covering up the murder of Australian horse trainer George Brown alm…
After the alleged murder of Polikalepo Kefu, Pacific LGBTQI groups are calling for change, including revoking sodomy lawsThe large hall of the basilica in the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa, hasn’t seen many crowds since Covid restrictions were introduced a…
Police have charged a man for the killing of Polikalepo Kefu, a lifelong advocate for the queer community across the PacificPolice in Tonga are investigating the death of one of the country’s leading LGBTQI+ activists after his body was found on a beac…
Pacific diplomacy hinges on in-person discussion but web-only meetings have fed a growing dispute over the forum’s leadership and purposeIn the Pacific, it is all about the talanoa: the conversation and the consensus.For the 50 years of the Pacific Isl…
Pacific nation was one of the last on Earth without a single confirmed Covid-19 infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the last coronavirus-free sanctuaries in the world has been breached, with the US military impor…
Displacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be established nowAustralia should establish a new “Pacific Access” visa category that could be used by Pacific islanders forced from their homes …
While the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has so far spared the Pacific, its economies are in free-fall, the region’s chief diplomat warnsBeyond the health and economic crises of Covid-19, the global pandemic has the potential to cause political instabi…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of Covid-19 cases across the Pacific stands at 314, with new cases reported this…
Netflix was right to pull Lilley’s shows. We have no need for him to whitesplain Tongan people for entertainmentWhen I first watched Summer Heights High, seeing the character of Jonah – a lazy, dumb, breakdancing, Tongan teenager – I was mortified and …
The 29-strong squad have been sleeping on the floor of an Auckland church and surviving off donated food after Tonga closed its bordersSign up to the coronavirus in the Pacific weekly briefing to your inboxFor the past six weeks, the days have followed…