Divers hope to know today if a rope found in the water is attached to the ferry which sank last week with the loss of up to 93 lives.

The Government is to help Tonga find a replacement for the ferry that sank a week ago with the loss of nearly 100 lives.

Twin engine plane carrying people to world-famous trek site fails to arrive at destination.

New Zealand navy divers may know late tonight whether the object attached to a rope spotted in Tongan waters is the sunken Princess Ashika.

A former North Otago rugby representative is believed to have been among those killed in the Tongan ferry disaster.

Even ferry is found, it could be too deep to recover any bodies.

Young New Zealander serving with the Niuean police force feared dead, in the Tongan ferry capsize.

Latest count of those aboard ill-fated ferry indicates 93 people are still missing.

A team of 12 navy divers and a three-member remote search team will leave for Tonga this evening.

A New Zealand woman is "just trying to hold onto hope" that her mother, brother and sister have survived the sinking of an inter-island ferry in Tonga.

Rescuers are now looking for 64 missing passengers after the number on board a Tongan ferry that sank on Wednesday was revised up to 119.

A survivor says the vessel rolled so quickly that women and children sleeping below decks had no chance to escape.

A survivor of Tonga's ferry disaster says the vessel rolled so quickly in rough seas that women and children sleeping below decks had no chance to escape.

One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.