Tonga

The Papua New Guinean beauty queen who endured a racist insult at a Tongan beauty pageant over the weekend has thanked Tongans for their support and called for unity of Pacific people.

The state-owned Tonga Broadcasting Commission has been rocked by allegations the appointment of its new Station Manager was done without due process.

Angry criticism on social media over apparent attempts to shut down a speech by Tonga's outgoing beauty queen has put the deputy prime minister in the spotlight.

New research into child sexual exploitation in the Pacific reaffirms that children are most often sexually exploited by people they know.

More than 3500 athletes from 24 nations in Oceania will gather in Samoa on 7 July for the Pacific Games - the biggest sporting event in the Pacific region. Audio

A small group of Pacific eye care specialists are determined to make a difference despite the challenge of a heavy workload, large areas to cover and often minimal resources at their disposal. Audio

The annual General Conference of Tonga's biggest church denomination has closed without addressing its issues around homosexuality, promising to raise them at next year's conference instead.

Tonga has marked the beginning of a week-long 60th birthday celebration for King Tupou VI with a lecture on the "making of a nation".

The Tonga Sports Council has defended the government's funding of athletes attending the Pacific Games in Samoa.

The Pacific NGO association has appointed a new executive director, the long time Tongan civil society leader, Emeline Siale Ilolahia.

More than 3500 athletes from 24 nations in Oceania will gather in Samoa on 7 July for the Pacific Games - the biggest sporting event in the Pacific region. Audio

Tonga is celebrating its annual festival season, which runs through June and July, with some differences this year.

Mate Ma'a Tonga newcomer Kotoni Staggs is keen for more after making his international debut.

The Tonga Ombudsman has dismissed five of six allegations made by the Kele'a newspaper about government maladministration.

Police in Tonga have arrested a school teacher at 'Eua High School after marijuana plants were found growing within school grounds.