Matangi Tonga
Tonga's leading news website, produced in Nuku'alofa by Vava'u Press, which began publishing the Matangi Tonga news magazine in 1986 before moving fully online. It reports in English on Tongan politics, the monarchy, business, and natural events such as cyclones and eruptions, and is widely cited by regional and international media.
Matangi Tonga at a glance
- Country
- Tonga
- Region
- Polynesia · Oceania
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- matangitonga.to ↗
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How Crosswire groups Matangi Tonga
Crosswire groups Matangi Tonga as Centrist for comparisons within Tonga's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where Matangi Tonga sits in Tonga's press
Matangi Tonga is one of 3 outlets tracked in Tonga, and one of 3 digital-native outlets among them — the others being Talanoa 'o Tonga and Kaniva Tonga. By outlets tracked, Tonga ranks seventh of the 8 countries on Crosswire's Oceania hub, which lists 32 outlets in all.
Across Oceania, Crosswire tracks 6 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Matangi Tonga outside Tonga, starting with Polynesia, are Talamua (Samoa) and Newsroom (New Zealand). Opening one of them beside Matangi Tonga is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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