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In April 2014, Vukona ventured outside New Zealand or Australia for the first time, joining Lebanese team Byblos. Twelve months later, he moved to Italy to play for Virtus Roma.

In 2010, Vukona made a return to the Breakers, and over the next five seasons, he helped the team win four championships, including three straight between 2010–11 and 2012–13. The 2015–16 season saw the Breakers play in a fifth grand final in six years, where they lost to the Perth Wildcats. In November 2017, Vukona played his 400th NBL game. After eight seasons with the Breakers, Vukona joined the Brisbane Bullets in 2018. Vukona ended the 2018–19 season on 449 games after tearing his Achilles in game one of the Bullets' semi-final series against the Wildcats and thus missing game two.

Vukona made his debut in the Australian NBL as a development player during the New Zealand Breakers' inaugural season in 2003–04. He was elevated from a development player to a full-time contracted player for the 2005–06 season. He played five seasons for the Breakers before joining the South Dragons in 2008. He won a championship with the Dragons in 2008–09. After the Dragons collapsed, Vukona joined the Gold Coast Blaze for the 2009–10 season.

Vukona made his New Zealand NBL debut in 2000. He played for the Nelson Giants between 2000 and 2002 before playing for the Manawatu Jets in 2003. He then played for the Giants between 2004 and 2007 before playing for the Harbour Heat in 2008. He played for the Giants between 2010 and 2015, then with the Super City Rangers in 2016, and then again with the Giants in 2018 and 2019.

Vukona was born in Suva, Fiji. He was adopted by his birth mother's brother, a Fijian named Clem. Clem and his a wife, a New Zealander named Marion, moved their family to New Zealand in 1987 following the Fiji coup. They settled down in the coastal city of Tauranga, Marion's hometown.

Mika John Vukona (born 13 May 1982) is a Fijian-born New Zealand professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He is a five-time NBL champion and a two-time All-NBL Second Team member. Between 2003 and 2018, he spent 13 seasons with the New Zealand Breakers and helped them win four championships. He is also a regular with the New Zealand NBL's Nelson Giants during the Australian NBL off-seasons. Vukona is also a long-time New Zealand Tall Black.