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Wednesday 6 January 2016

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Visiting New Zealand painter and printmaker Dame Robin White in collaboration with Ruha Fifita and local Tongan tapa makers, has produced an intriguing modern lau nima – a 25 metre long decorated barkcloth – that will be the centrepiece for an important exhibition of tapa at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, in June.
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Monday 23 November 2015

Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s budding film-makers will have their ingenuity tested this week in a challenge that will see them creating short films in only two days – and produced ready to be screened to the public at the annual Film Night on Thursday November 26.
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Monday 21 January 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is losing the people who hold in-depth knowledge of traditional arts, and without them the techniques for preparing and presenting Koloa are largely forgotten, say Tongan women who took time last week to learn from a master of Tongan crafts. Photos by Finau Fonua.
Friday 18 January 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The protection of the creative works of Tongan writers, artists and other creators was the focus of a two-days seminar that was held in Nuku'alofa from January 14-15, when participants unanimously supported a conclusion that individuals in the core copyright industries need to form an organization to "collectively administer" their rights.
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