Marco Island’s Kava Culture sells “elixirs” made with kava, kratom and other plant-based ingredients intended to provide ...

The Pacific year ahead . . . incoming US President Trump (clockwise from top left), elections, earthquake recovery, and PNG's 50th anniversary of independence celebrations. Image: BenarNews montage - ...

Tonga is starting the new year with a new prime minister. Parliament elected him in a special session on Christmas Eve. ʻAisake Eke assumes office less than a year before the South Pacific nation of ...

But in a dramatic fall from grace, Kivalu was caught red-handed with two King Cobra gang members unpacking nearly 30kg of methamphetamine he had imported inside frozen vegetables from Tonga.

Aisake Eke is the new prime minister of Tonga. He won the secret ballot votes 16-8 at a special sitting on Tuesday. Vote results announced by Lord Fakafanua saw 16 votes for Eke and 8 for the other ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PERTH, Australia (AP) — Tonga ‘s ...

The Dragons have signed Tonga international prop Paula Latu on a short-term deal. The 28-year-old joins from New Zealand side Southland Stags. Latu has won five caps to date for Tonga, after ...

Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned on Monday, stepping down in the wake of a power struggle with the Pacific nation’s royal family. Sovaleni has butted heads with Tonga ...

Tonga has borne the brunt of a huge undersea volcanic eruption The South Pacific nation of Tonga has been devastated by a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami hitting the shore. Kilometres ...

An image from the capital, Nuku’alofa, shows damage following Saturday's tsunami New pictures have emerged from Tonga, revealing the damage wreaked by tsunami waves triggered by an undersea volcano.

Tonga faces many of the challenges typical among small island developing states including geographical isolation, limited human and financial resources, and high costs of doing business and providing ...

Aotearoa’s first kava vending machine has opened in Tāmaki Makaurau, offering Aucklanders another way to get their hands on ...