A Tongan holidaymaker has suffered critical head injuries in a central Auckland assault.

Five Tongan men died in Katikati last year. The pain for their families is still raw.

A four-year-old's eye sight was saved thanks to a New Zealand based foundation.

NZ scientists reveal an explosive history behind the 2014 eruption that made a new island.

English and a host of govt representatives have spent the last week on the annual jaunt.

Kiwi PM receives apology for alleged "recent incidents" involving Tongan seasonal workers.

Bill English is visiting Niue for the first time as Prime Minister.

PM Bill English's four-day trip may feature talk of Donald Trump - but no dancing.

A daughter says her mother was racially profiled while trying to use Premium Check-in.

There's no better way than to paddle through nature's marineland in the middle kingdom.

Gene variants that could help explain high rates of gout in Maori and Pacific people.

Lindsay Wright finds the Vava'u island group is a haven for babies.

Handing in her last uni assignment was meant to bring happiness and relief.

Fatal bus crash driver to reappear in court next month.

Tupou Veamatahau looked up at the aircraft heading towards him and knew he was saved.

An Air Force Orion is joining the search for a Tongan fisherman missing since Saturday.

Kiwi scientists have helped discover new volcanoes beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Three people were killed and 40 people were hurt when the bus plunged down a bank.

Tonga is in mourning after the queen mother dies in hospital, aged 90.

A Kiwi scientist has unexpectedly discovered what appears to be a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.

Tevita Lokotui, who plays the tuba in the school's brass band, is recovering after having his leg amputated at the knee as a result of the Christmas Eve bus crash.

EXCLUSIVE: Family members recall how Leotisia Malakai - the third victim of a horrific bus crash near Gisborne - slipped into a coma and never woke up.

Passenger complained to attendant about New Year's Day flight seating arrangements - then things got nasty.

Leticia Malakai's death brings the holiday road toll to 19 - the highest since the 2011/2012 period.

Sombre music rang out as the band opened the service with a tribute to Sione Taumalolo, 11, and Talita Moimoi Fifita, 33, killed in the bus crash.

Crash survivors still weak but 'doing okay' after their flight from Gisborne.

Survivors of the deadly Christmas Eve bus crash in Gisborne will perform a tribute concert today - the same day the bus was recovered from the scene.

The surviving members of the Tongan band involved in last week's bus crash will fly to Auckland tomorrow, courtesy of Air New Zealand.

Fund will help the people injured in Gisborne bus crash.