Seventeen hundred years before the dawn of the Viking Age in Europe, the first Polynesians crossed the western flank of the Polynesian triangle to settle in Tonga. Thus began the final chapter in the human settlement of the globe. A newly released book, ‘The Birth of Polynesia: An Archaeological Journey Through the Kingdom of Tonga’, documents this story. The author David V. Burley, is currently visiting Tonga.
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Tuesday 18 July 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Friday 5 March 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An entertaining new book of historical fiction was launched this morning by Sam Lala, a Fijian writer and adventurer who has been living in Tonga for many years. The 183 pages volume, titled “They Said”, is his second book.
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Friday 19 September 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new book called Sandalwood Blood, a historical fiction written by Sam Lala, was launched by Princess Pilolevu at the Tungi Colonnade square in Nuku'alofa last night, 18 September.
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Friday 16 November 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Friendly Islands Bookshop today moved back to the Tungi Colonnade building in the Nuku'alofa Central Business District, exactly six-years to the day since the riots and fire on November 16, 2006 destroyed the shop, warehouse and stock amounting to $1.2 million pa'anga in unrecoverable losses.
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Thursday 25 October 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first published copy of a new book "Lakalaka, a Tongan Masterpiece of Performing Arts" was presented to HM Queen Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho this morning at Consular House, by the Tongan publisher Vava'u Press Ltd.
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Tuesday 19 July 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new book called "Tonga - Land, Sea, People", was launched on July 13 by the Tonga Research Association at its bi-annual conference held this year in Tonga.
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Thursday 23 September 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The launching of the new book, Songs & Poems of Queen Salote (Vava'u Press), at the Dateline Hotel on September 21 was attended by over 100 guests, including members of the Tongan Royal Family.
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