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Former Fiji army chief hits out at 'hateful dictatorship'
A former Fiji army chief hits out at Frabk Bainimarama - from the safety of refuge in Tonga.

Air Force sent to rescue Tongan boat
A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion found a fishing boat with engine failure before it drifted onto reefs near Tonga overnight.

Claims licensed immigration advisers may be tied into scam
Overstayers are said to be paying hundreds of dollars for fraudulent citizenship certificates.

Chinese bidding for Tongan royal estate in Auckland
A group of Chinese investors are understood to be the main contenders hoping to buy the Tongan royal residence in Auckland.

Jim Eagles: A culinary tour of the Pacific
I've always felt that food was one of the great reasons to travel. But you'd have to say that until relatively recently it wasn't top of the list of reasons for visiting the South Pacific.

Princess Ashika sentences 'a joke', says friend of victims
A New Zealand-based Tongan man who lost friends in the Princess Ashika ferry tragedy in Tonga says the sentences handed to three of the men found guilty over the incident are a joke.

Princess Ashika sentencing today
Four men and a shipping company found guilty of 30 charges relating to the 2009 sinking of the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika, in which 74 people died, will be sentenced today.

Ferry victims' families satisfied with guilty verdict
Families of the passengers whose lives were lost in Tonga's Princess Ashika ferry tragedy feel they have got some justice.

Guilty verdicts in Tonga ferry trial
Four men and a shipping company charged in connection with the August 2009 sinking of the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika, in which 74 people drowned, have been found guilty on all charges.

Tokyo tsunami one of the biggest in recent history
A 10-metre-high tsunami ploughed into the Japanese coast on Friday, dashing ships into the shore, washing away houses and leaving devastation in its wake.

Tongan ferry was unseaworthy, court told
Tonga's biggest criminal trial, the Priness Ashika ferry sinking, has re-started in Nuku'alofa

Nauru tops obesity league
Pacific island nations now occupy the top seven places in the World Health Organisation's global obesity rankings.