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Passenger's 'racist rant' diverts flight
Passenger complained to attendant about New Year's Day flight seating arrangements - then things got nasty.
Passenger complained to attendant about New Year's Day flight seating arrangements - then things got nasty.
Leticia Malakai's death brings the holiday road toll to 19 - the highest since the 2011/2012 period.
Sombre music rang out as the band opened the service with a tribute to Sione Taumalolo, 11, and Talita Moimoi Fifita, 33, killed in the bus crash.
Crash survivors still weak but 'doing okay' after their flight from Gisborne.
Survivors of the deadly Christmas Eve bus crash in Gisborne will perform a tribute concert today - the same day the bus was recovered from the scene.
The surviving members of the Tongan band involved in last week's bus crash will fly to Auckland tomorrow, courtesy of Air New Zealand.
Fund will help the people injured in Gisborne bus crash.
The 11-year-old boy who died in the Christmas Eve bus crash was "quiet, kind and smiley" his sister says.
State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Wairoa will be closed at some point over the next two days to investigate at fatal bus crash.
A man and his son missing at sea off Tonga since Saturday have been found safe by the NZ Defence Force.
Two men who died in the Kaipara Harbour tragedy will today be buried by their families.
More than 400 people have been deported for a criminal offence in the last five years - the majority from Samoa, China and Tonga.
A flight from Auckland to Tonga was forced to turn back because of an issue with runway lighting in the island nation.
Pre-visit research shows me the name Nuku'alofa means "abode of love" and Tonga's main island, Tongatapu, means "Sacred South".
Tonga's internet-breaking Olympic flag-bearer is ready to tread the catwalk tonight as part of the inaugural Pacific Fusion Fashion Show.
Tonga's well-oiled Olympic flag-bearer may have single-handedly triggered a tourist boom for the Pacific island.
The oiled Tongan flagbearer has bared all about being a professional athlete.
'Very oily!' Today hosts lose the plot as they rub coconut oil over Tonga's shirtless flag-bearer, Pita Taufatofua.
A tranquil lodge on a beach with spectacular sunsets makes for the perfect island getaway, writes Sue Baxalle.
A trainee Air Force crew joined a search for a missing boat in the Pacific earlier this week, but failed to find it.
I was absent mindedly washing my hands in the tiny toilet at the rear of the plane. Twenty minutes from landing.
It's an exhilarating feeling to launch a sea kayak from the beach and set out to explore a cluster of islands shimmering like a mirage under the tropical sun.
Tonga appears to have escaped casualties or major damage to infrastructure after being lashed by Cyclone Ula yesterday.
Flat seas threaten to ruin his surfing trip, but James Russell avoids breaking point thanks to some awe-inspiring oceanic phenomena.
Tongan royalty has called upon a group of Kiwi musicians to perform at the King's coronation next week.
The only palangi in the room, I had been invited by Tongan community leader Melino Maka, who was keen to speak about the place of kava in the culture here, writes Peter Calder.
As the explorer noted, the islands of Tonga are truly the 'Friendly Isles'. Jane Jeffries is captivated on her visit.
Whale watching in Tonga goes extreme when Jane Jeffries hops in with the cetaceans.