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Where else in the world but with credulous Tongans could he be deemed respectable? Please Mr Harder, Tonga is now addicted to fatty mutton flaps, which no civilized Kiwi dares to eat. Tonga does not need another rejected product from New Zealand.

My eighty-year-old mother, who is a Tongan citizen and also a US citizen, was on her way to Fiji from Tonga on an Air Pacific flight of November 10, 2007 at 9:am. She checked in her luggage and paid her taxes and she was on her way to the waiting area to board her flight when she was approached by Tongan official (female) demanding money. - Lucia Siulangapo

Tonga's 16/11 has been labelled as a 'Day of Shame' by the new Ministry of Information. But now, one year on, there has been no enthusiasm by anyone to remember what happened in Nuku'alofa on that day. Editor's Comment by Pesi Fonua.

I wish to convey my concern over TV Tonga broadcasting only TV Fiji 1 programs in Vava'u, and have written therefore this open letter to the people responsible for it. - Heinz Koester

'Oku ha he fakamatala 'o e tapuni e Fale ne toe fai e ki'i maumautaimi ia 'i tu'afale hili koia' kuo tapuni e fale'. Ko e fo'i founga tatau pe 'eni moia nenau fakahoko pea hoko e maumau he 1611. "five People's Representatives protested outside the ceremony over the early closure of the Legislature's 2007" Ko fo'i fakapulou lahi mo'oni kuo fai 'e he kau fakafofonga' he ne nau 'osi 'ilo pe e fai e fili he 2008 pea nau toki hu ki tu'a mei he Fale'. Ko e fo'i tu'uaki ko'eni' tokua ke pehe 'e he kakai ko kinautolu na'a nau feinga'i ke fai e fili he ta'u fo'ou', malie ko e toitoi e 'ulu kae teketua mai e fo'i tu'a'. 'Oku toe malie ange 'a e 'osi e to'u falealea ko 'eni' 'oku te'eki ke 'i ai ha tali pe koe ha 'oku fakangofua ai ke toho kakato e vahenga te'eki ke fai ha ngaue'. - Joshua Moimoiangaha

Ne u lau hifo e lau 'a 'Akilisi Pohiva 'i he taha e ngaahi website 'i Nu'usila ni peau faka'ise'isa he tangata 'o mahino mai 'oku 'i ai hono palopalema. Ko e ki'i konga ena he fo'i ongoongo 'i he lea fakapilitania: - Pola Loiti

However the Ministry of Finance-Revenue wishes to call its newest Consumption Tax (CT) scheme ( Tax Department investigates large businesses , 07 Oct., 2007), it does not negate the fact that it is another form of taxation. - Sione Mokofisi

Kuo lava atu 'eni 'a 'etau talitali fiefia 'a e si'i fanau 'Ikale Tahi 'i he 'enau lava mai mei he World Cup. Ka na'e 'i ai ha ki'i me'a ne mau fu'u mamahi lahi ai 'i he efiafi ne tu'uta ai 'a e 'Ikale 'i he 'etau ki'i motu'a anga ta'efaka'apa'apa mo e lea vale ko'eni ko 'Akilisi Pohiva. 'Akilisi me'a malie ko 'emau ma'u 'a e maama he kapau na'e 'ikai mahalo temau ta'emahino tatau mo koe. - Jay Tu‘i‘ile‘ila

I began reading with interest the Transparency International press release published on your website yesterday...but after seeing Tonga's entry in this list at 175, just ahead of Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar and Somalia, but behind Afghanistan, Bangladesh, etc. I have lost all respect for this organization's work. - Rob Solomon