Tonga Crime Information and Islands Amber Alerts

British judge sentences two men to six lashes each in Tongan Supreme Court (Daily Telegraph)
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:22:32 GMT
The sentence imposed by a British judge working for the Tongan Supreme Court has been described as "inhumane" after two criminals were told they were to face to six lashes of the whip.

Assault Outside Waitakere District Court (Scoop.co.nz)
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:08:33 GMT
Waitakere CIB is investigating an incident in West Auckland after a male was assaulted outside the Waitakere District Court on Ratanui Street in Henderson.

Hercules upgrade delays cost 100 jobs in Blenheim (Scoop.co.nz)
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:12:07 GMT
Feb. 16 (BusinessWire) - Air New Zealand Ltd.'s engineering subsidiary Safe Air is laying off close to a third of its workforce following indefinite delays in an upgrade project on the Royal New Zealand Air Force's fleet of C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.

Cyclone Rene begins assault on Tonga (TVNZ)
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:05:57 GMT
Initial reports of damage from Cyclone Rene are coming in from Tonga