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Tongans vote to elect 26 of the 30 members of the Legislative Assembly. Members of the country's nobility elect nine representatives, while the rest of the voting population elect 17 MPs.
2025-11-20

The Australian Defence Force and New Zealand Defence Force send aircraft to assess the damage in Tonga as communications continue to be disrupted in the Pacific islands.
2022-01-16

The Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Fakafanua, introduces the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021 for debate in the legislative assembly. The Speaker wants a mandatory death sentence for serious drug offenses. Tonga has a moratorium on the death penalty and has not used it in more than four decades.
2021-08-16

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes west of the Pacific Island of Tonga. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
2017-08-19

A passenger bus carrying 46 people, mostly school groups from Tonga, crashes in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand, approximately 30 kilometers south of the city of Gisborne. Two people died while several were injured, with some still hospitalized.
2016-12-24

The funeral of former King of Tonga George Tupou V is held in Nukuʻalofa with thousands of mourners lining the street.
2012-03-27

The King of Tonga George Tupou V dies in Hong Kong at the age of 63. He is succeeded by his younger brother, ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho.
2012-03-18

King George Tupou V proposes the use of nuclear energy in Tonga.
2010-06-11