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Monday Public Holiday for King Tupou I Day [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday, November 28, 2022 - 22:45.  Updated on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 21:56.

Taufa'ahau Tupou I, King of Tonga (86), standing on a mat outside his palace in Neiafu, taken 26 July 1884 by Burton Brothers. Photo National Library of New Zealand.

A public holiday, 'King Tupou I Day”' will be observed on Monday, 5 December in respect of the founder of the modern Kingdom of Tonga, King Siaosi Tupou I.

The  December 4 public holiday this year falls on a Sunday, so it will be observed the following day.

The holiday commemorates the start of his reign on 4 December, 1845, and the beginning of modern Tonga as a unified Christian Kingdom under the Tu’i Kanokupolu dynasty.

King Tupou I is also credited with helping to spread Christianity throughout the Pacific and protecting Tonga from foreign domination.

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