Tonga

Tonga's nine noble MPs have asked the government if they can receive over $US44,000 each from constituency funding to help people in their estates.

New research from northern Tonga is showing that tourism is disturbing the natural behaviour of Humpback whales.

Tonga's National Olympic Committee says it verbally expressed an interest in hosting the 2027 Pacific Games, but nothing has been agreed to.

Tonga have won four medals, including one gold, on the first day of taekwondo at the Pacific Games, as the Kingdom seeks to restore the sport to its former glory.

Former Tongan and New Zealand rugby league international Manu Vatuvei has announced his retirement from the sport, a month after it was revealed he had a brain cyst.

An appeal has been filed in Tonga's Supreme Court against a decision allowing the Justice Minister to travel outside the country despite interference charges related to the case of a stolen cow.

The one year reign of a Tongan beauty queen has been wiped from the record books in retaliation for her speech at last week's crowning ceremony.

Tonga's King has commissioned the country's first large-scale wind farm project in Niutoua Village.

Alleged bullying and racism from the audience at Tonga's Heilala beauty pageant is deeply regrettable, pageant organisers say. Audio

It's time for beauty pageants to be replaced with more appropriate cultural events, a Tongan agency for women says.

The emotional return of number eight Nasi Manu headlines Tonga's 31-man squad for the Pacific Nations Cup rugby competition.