When whaling was permitted in Tonga, there were not even 10 whales killed in Tongatapu for consumption in any given year. In the outer groups of Ha‘apai and Vava‘u, there were even much less. The whales were hand harpooned and whaling was done by a handful of families who were descendants of whalers who had migrated to Tonga. - ‘Ofa ki Tonga
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Wednesday 21 June 2006
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Long Beach, California, USA
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Wednesday 21 June 2006
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'Oku malie ma'u pe e ngaahi me'a 'oku hoko 'i hotau ki'i fonua pea 'oku fakaoli he taimi 'e ni'ihi. Lolotonga 'eku talitali pe kohai e sulu 'oku fai ki ai e faiva kuo kamata e lavelavea ia 'a e kau 'etifaiva 'o toe veiveiua ange 'eku fakakaukau. Kuo ki'i fuoloa e longo 'a e PSA, ka ko e sekelitali fakataimi pe eni 'oku toe 'aka ki he media. Hange kiate au ko e tokotaha ni 'oku mate kala. - Pola Loiti
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Wednesday 21 June 2006
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New Zealand
Fakamolemole mu'a 'o tu'u atu ho'o kolomu 'a e hakahaka moe patapata he faifatongia poto 'a e Minisita Lao, 'Alisi Taumoepeau, ke malu'i e lao mo e konisitutone 'o e 'Otu Tonga. 'Iuvi'i, taau pe Lei mo e Tofua'a. He kuo 'omai ko e mei he tautahi ke fakamo'oni'i mei he Fanga 'i he Si, 'Oku Lea pe 'a e Tohi. - Longolongo‘aevalu
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Tuesday 20 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga this year has secured a second market for its squash, Korea, and it is hoped this will encourage growers who have lost confidence after their worst year in 2005.
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Tuesday 20 June 2006
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Auckland, New Zealand
When Prime Minister Sevele was in Auckland recently he took time out - a few minutes only but long enough to make the point - that our news media need to report more accurately particularly on political events from home. I've lifted this very recent piece from one of our more popular internet sources (and it was not the exemplar MatangiTonga) to illustrate why the PM should continue to be concerned....Sefita Hao'uli
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Tuesday 20 June 2006
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Canberra, Australia
‘Oku hanga he hopo sivile ko ‘eni kuo tau situ‘a me ai ‘o fakamanatu mai ‘a e ngaahi me‘a lalahi ko ‘eni: ‘oku mahino lelei ko a ‘etau konisitutone mo e lao kiate kitautolu? - Siosiua Tofua‘ipangai
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Monday 19 June 2006
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Long Beach, California, USA
What an embarrassment for Clive Edwards as a legal counsel and the other 7 PRs and the "lone ranger" Noble Representative as lawmakers, to have even pursued such a frivolous case in the courts! What a waste of public time and energy in this needless legal exercise! - ‘Ofa ki Tonga
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Monday 19 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's parliament will reopen tomorrow, June 20, following a Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Robin Webster this morning that the opening of Parliament by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolevu Tuita on June 1 was lawful.
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Sunday 18 June 2006
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Long Beach, California, USA
HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita opened Parliament on June 1st and the Legislative Assembly (LA) proceeded to meet and began to conduct business in the order that has been followed for over a hundred years. As reported, all the plaintiffs drew their weekly allowances for two successive weeks. - ‘Ofa ki Tonga
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Saturday 17 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice Robin Webster will announce his decision next week, after this morning hearing submissions in a case that is challenging the legality of the opening of the 2006 session on June 1 by the Princess Regent.
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Saturday 17 June 2006
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New Zealand
Kimu'a pea kamata e laka ne tu'u mai e PSA 'o uki e laka, peau pehe koe sulu ia. 'Osi pe ngaahi 'aho kuo pavaki mai 'enau fokotu'utu'u minisita...ko kinautolu pe ia 'o taki mai ai e sekelitali fakataimi. 'I he mahino hono fokihi 'e he felafoaki moe media ne nau holomui kae hu mai e kau sulu 'a e Temo 'oku taki ai e kau fakafofonga 'o liu ki ai e lakaa, neu pehe mahalo ko e kau sulu e 'oku fai ki ai e faiva. - Pola Loiti
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Friday 16 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The 'Ikale Tahi has a new line-up for their June 17 game against the Junior All Blacks at the Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
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Friday 16 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A hearing to decide the fate of the Tongan Parliament's 2006 session will start at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court tomorrow, June 17.
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Friday 16 June 2006
First of all, I wish to thank the PRs, the PSA, and the so called Tonga National Business Association (TNBA) for help crippling our small economy. Only if we sit down and think carefully of who we are, what we are doing, and how it would affect others and our very small economy, some light would have been came through to save us all time, money, and especially our beautiful faces. - Sione Maile
Friday 16 June 2006
Tofoa,Tongatapu
I would like to set the record straight for Sione and for any others who share this misconception. From the beginning, Afeaki intended that his Democratic Monarchy (DM) proposal should be made available to the public for discussion and review. Careful plans were made to ensure Afeaki...s DM proposal would get distributed as widely as possible to the people of Tonga. - Pousima AT Afeaki
Friday 16 June 2006
USA
I am sure the major topic of discussion these days is the partial opening and the indefinite closing or suspension of the Parliament. This is not good for us who were looking forward for our annual comic relief. There is no better situation comedy than that coming out of Parliament. I do miss Dr. Lavulavu and his mano-a-mano (man to man) fist fight challenges. Siuhu! - Tama Foa
Friday 16 June 2006
Long Beach, California, USA
The latest development on the legal action brought by Lasike and the People Representatives truly deserves a vote of "No Confidence" in the House and the plaintiffs should be booted out of the Legislative Assembly. With a real experienced lawyer like Clive Edwards to take part in a frivolous case of this nature is totally absurd. - ‘Ofa-ki-Tonga
Thursday 15 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Rev. Dr ‘Alifeleti Malakai Mone has been re-elected for his ninth term as the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga during the 83rd Annual Church Conference that was opened this morning, by the Princess Regent, HRH Pilolevu Tuita.
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Thursday 15 June 2006
Broome, Western,Australia
As a follow on from my last letter, which was a reply to Mr Haouli's earlier diatribe about the Court action that was filed by Mr Edwards. I would like to state a common saying that is part of the lingo of Indigenous Australians what now? - James Tapueluelu
Thursday 15 June 2006
New Zealand
I did challenge the fragility of Tonga at this transitional period of political reform, to put together your resources and streamline your budgets for the betterment of the public services, the economic development and the people of Tonga while formulating the most practical political approaches to apply with an ultimate objective: Peace, Unity, Solidarity and Prosperity must be maintained. - Henry Alexandra Tonga
