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Tongan King turns out in splendour for tattoo

Tongan king's critics hit out

Tonga: NZ asked to help fund recovery of bodies

Fiji date cancelled

Powerhouse behind rise of Pasifika in Aotearoa

Swine flu declines in Samoa

Mass grave on Tongan seabed

An independent inquiry has been ordered into the cause of last week's sinking of the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika.

NZ-trained pilot captained doomed PNG plane

Airlines PNG chairman Simon Wild has defended the experience of the crew operating the flight.

Tonga: Images may reveal bodies - navy

Remote operated vehicle (ROV) expected to be deployed again once weather clears on Monday evening.

RNZAF crew find missing fishermen

Divers hope to establish if rope attached to ferry

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.

Tongan King's trip no big deal

NZ looks at helping Tonga replace ferry

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

Papua New Guinea: Fears for missing tourist plane

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

Tongan transport minister resigns

Tonga: NZ navy divers following rope lead

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

Orion finds missing boat

Ex -North Otago rugby rep feared killed in ferry tragedy

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