Tonga

Tonga Netball will create history next year after sealing qualification for the 2021 World Youth Cup for the first time.

The first Tongan bilingual drama web series funded by New Zealand On Air as part of its Pasifika and Asian Storytellers Initiative will launch in August.

Tongan residents have been temporarily banned from entering Fua'amotu International Airport.

Another contender has applied to become Tonga's recognised national rugby league governing body at regional and international level.

Tonga's government has deferred its first repatriation flight after three cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Fiji.

Tonga needs more than $US600 million to adapt to rising seas and more frequent cyclones, the International Monetary Fund says.

The first flight to repatriate hundreds of Tongans stranded abroad by the Covid-19 pandemic is expected this week.

An opposition MP in Tonga says there is now less acountability within the country's administration.

Tonga's proposed new rugby league administrators have filed their application for membership of the sport's regional and world bodies.

Tonga's government has delayed plans to reopen its border to New Zealand.

Solomon Islands and Tonga's responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been further boosted with finance from the Asian Development Bank.

Tonga is working on a project to raise six million chickens to produce electricity.

A second repatriation drill has been held in Tonga, to assess the readiness of testing facilities at the quarantine facility being set up at the Tanoa Hotel.