Tonga

A Tongan grandfather who was fatally shot in his courier van in an East Auckland on Monday morning is being remembered by his community as a kind and lovely man.

Tonga could soon be able to track its own progress towards achieving targets.

Tonga's government has extended an invitation to the billionaire entrepreneur to attend the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting to be held in less than two weeks' time.

Opinion - The prime ministers of Cook Islands, Fiji and Solomon Islands hope to be in the New Caledonia next week, before heading to Tonga to report back, Tess Newton Cain writes.

"I'm heading down to the Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday in Suva to give them an update in my capacity as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs." Audio

Nearly a third of Tonga's population still has no internet and is unlikely to have access until mid-August.

Earlier this year, Tonga's King Tupou VI let it be known he was unhappy with the government appointing the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Audio

The Tongan Tala have been dominant, winning almost all regional tournaments they had competed in, including the Pacific Games in Honiara last November.

The government says licence granted to Starlink is valid for a period of six months and the decision was in response to a "significant amount" of public concern.

Tongan surgeon and the first Pacific islander in the driving seat at WHO's Western Pacific regional office draws strong backing from Aotearoa's Pacific community leaders. Audio

With Tonga just six weeks out from hosting the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit, there are fears the country will struggle to accommodate about 1000 guests. Audio