New PR company launches newspaper

Congratulations to the Kaivai team, their supportive spouses, relations and male friends who are behind this venture. The four issues you are going to concentrate on in your bimonthly Kaivai publication – Women and especially violence against women and children, Non Communicable Diseases, Tourism and Climate Change – are topical and important to the future of our beloved country.

The wonderful event that was your launch, made me reflect on the important and under rated role that the women of Tonga play in our lives. The women and mothers I know are teachers to their children, the main carers and counselors for members of the household especially to the elderly and their husbands. As the home managers, they shop, cook and ensure that meals are served on time and when needed. Often the first to get up in the morning and the last to bed (unless they have servants) most women are multiskilled, multitalented, hard-working and effortlessly switch from one role to another. Many women today perform all these roles before they go to work and after work. The men – well that’s another movie!

It is the women in our country that binds our families together, manages our homes, organizes most of the important national, community, church and family events. The performance of our Parliamentarians would be considerably enhanced and raised many notches if more of our capable, versatile, clever, innovative and far sighted women were included in the process. I hope you publication will contribute to making this a reality. I also wish the Kaivai team and your supporters a bright and prosperous future. I look forward to the Kaivao equivalent.

Stephen Vete

'Oua na'a ngalo 'etau lea faka-Tonga' (Kaivai, a new bi-monthly English newapaper). 'Oku ou fakamalo kihe Kaivai 'i he langa ngaue, pea mo hono poupou'i 'o e hou'eiki fafine/fanau, pehe kihe ngaahi mahaki pipihi, folau 'eve'eva, pea mo e feliliuaki 'a e 'ea, pea 'oku fu'u 'aonga 'aupito ki Tonga. 'Oku ou tui ko e taumu'a 'a e Kaivai ke ako'i 'a e kakai 'o e 'otu Tonga kenau 'ilo kihe ngaahi tefito'i me'a koia 'oku ha atu 'i 'olunga. Manatu'i ko e tokosi'i pe 'o e kakai Tonga ia 'oku nau mahino'i kakato 'a e lea faka-Pilitania, pea ko e tokolahi ia he 'ikai ke nau tokanga kinautolu ke fakatau, pe lau 'a e nusipepani he 'oku 'ikai ke nau mahino'i 'a e lea faka-papalangi. Kuo ta'u lahi 'eku nofo mulini, pea mo 'eku feinga ke u ngaue'aki 'a e lea faka-Pilitania kau siolalo, pea mo feinga ke fakangalo'i 'a e lea faka-Tonga. Kuou a'u mai 'eni ki ha taimi ke u mahino'i ai 'oku 'ikai ha toe lea 'i he mamani ko'eni 'e toe mahu'inga ange 'i hoku lea tupu'anga. 'Oku 'ikai ngata pe 'i he mahino'i peseti 100 'e he kakai Tonga 'a e me'a 'oku te fakamatala kiai, ka ko hoku faka'ilonga (ID) ia 'i he'etau nofo fakamamani. Ko hono 'uhinga ia 'oku ou 'oatu aipe 'eku fanga ki'i fakamatala ko'eni 'i he lea faka-Tonga ke mahino'i 'ehe Tonga kotoa, 'o 'ikai ko ha'a ako pe. 'I he taimi lahi kuo to 'ete fakamamafa 'o fakamatala fakapapalangi, pea ngaue'aki 'a e ngaahi lea mamafa mo e ngaahi setesi faingata'a, hange ha'ate sou pe, kaehili ia 'oku lau pe 'e he kau ako lelei, kae 'ikai a'u atu ia kihe toenga peseti 90 'o e kakai. Ko Siaina, Initia, Siapani mo e ngaahi fonua lahi 'i mamani 'oku nau polepole ke nau ngaue'aki pe 'enau ngaahi lea faka-fonua 'i he fakalele honau ngaahi Pule'anga. SAIA