Nearly 70 per cent of the population is aged between 15-25 with more than half unemployed.
The Tongan community has differing opinions on the series featuring white comedian Chris Lilley.
Jimmy Lusibaea is now a member of parliament and a leading businessman.
Chris Lilley plays 14-year-old Tongan boy Jonah Takalua.
Ask the general population about the task force and most will tell you how they value it and the fear they hold for when it withdraws this week.
Paula Bennett is visiting the capital Honiara and will join Pacific leaders to mark the end of RAMSI.
After 14 years the Pacific's biggest regional defence intervention is withdrawing.
Strawbridge and his family are grateful to Samoa's Moto'otua National Hospital.
A NZ Defence Force Orion aircraft has located the four stranded sailors alive and safe, beached on an atoll.
The 18-metre yacht put out an emergency call 425km southeast off the coast of Suva.
1 NEWS revealed the behaviour last night.
Barbara Dreaver says Akilisi Pohiva once had the courage of a lion.
Tongans on a special seasonal work scheme allegedly plied underage girls with drugs and alcohol before sex.
Tongans on a special seasonal work scheme allegedly plied underage girls with drugs and alcohol before sex.
Tongans on a special seasonal work scheme allegedly plied underage girls with drugs and alcohol before sex.
The men were sent back to Tonga in disgrace earlier this year.
Bill English is on a tour of the Pacific and he hasn’t come empty handed.
The family believe his death wasn't properly investigated because he was gay, and are calling for the diplomat to return to Fiji.
A wild night out in Suva left Josh Narube dead.
The campaigning was in response to years of French nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.
Samoa is about to amend its constitution - declaring itself a Christian country.
Blues CEO Michael Redman is adamant the Blues weren't distracted by their upcoming Lions tour game, this Wednesday at Eden Park.
Bill English showed us his Samoan dance moves today - how does his effort compare to John Key and Helen Clark?
The Prime Minister can add Leuluaialiiotumua to his list of titles after being granted the honour by the village of Faleula.
It's fair to say the PM’s strong suit isn’t dancing - but he can now add a Matai title to his name.
The prime minister was given the Leuluaialiiotumua matai title in the village of Faleula where his wife Mary hails from.
Every year 1100 Samoans are drawn from a ballot to apply to live in New Zealand.
The current rules for Samoans wanting to shift here don't work, writes Barbara Dreaver.
Tina Ngata, a cultural commentator, views the involvement of Maori in the Florida venture as corporate exploitation.
"Many of these families are cash families, that’s what they use," said Mangere's MP.
