January 11 - Cyclone Ian strikes Tonga with damage to buildings reported.[1]
January 13 - Tonga restores contact with the
Ha'apai islands after Cyclone Ian passed through during the weekend, killing one person and significantly damaging structures.[2]
July
July 3 - The government of Tonga reveals a proposal to trade the disputed Minerva Reefs to Fiji in exchange for the Lau Islands, in an effort to settle a decades-old territorial dispute between the two Pacific countries.[3]
