The langi were created on the order of the Tu'i Tonga, the country's paramount ruler from a line stretching back to 900AD. And his authority carried the weight of a deity, according to local ...

The first settlers in the islands that became Tonga ventured out from Asia in large sailing canoes. The royal lines are the Tu’i Tonga, Tu’i Ha’atakalaua and Tu’i Kanokupolu. They evolved ...

Under Tonga's new constitution, voters directly elected 17 seats in parliament, while nine seats are reserved for nobles, including Lord Tu'ivakano. Previously, the tiny kingdom was run by a ...

(CBS News) Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala married his cousin in the Pacific island nation's capital on Thursday. According to reports, the Tongan prince and his bride, Sinaitakala Tu ...

Tonga's Prime Minister Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa warned that residents on the main island of Tongatapu face a possible lockdown next week. Tonga was one of the last countries not to have reported Covid ...

Tonga has no strategic or mineral resources ... having served in the previous governments of Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa and 'Akalisi Pohiva. He had fallen out with Mr Pohiva in 2017 during a power ...

Tonga's deputy chief of mission in Australia Curtis Tu'ihalangingie told Reuters that the infected dock workers were not at the same wharf the Australian ship docked at. The prime minister said at ...