‘Oku ‘ikai puli ‘a e kaveinga ‘oku ngaue‘aki ‘e he Timi Fo‘ou ‘ae langa fonua he kuo ‘ikai ngata pe he to lalo e tu’unga faka’ikonomika ka ‘oku ‘amo ange ‘a e lahi faufaua e valau fakapolitikale ‘i he fonua, ‘o a’u ki ha tu’unga kuo fu’u maulalo ai hono faka’apa’apa’i, poupou’i pea mo hono toka’i ‘o e Pule’anga. ‘I he’ene kaveinga’aki e langafonua, kuo toutou mahe’a mei he ngaahi me’a ‘a e PM ‘a ‘ene fehu’i pe. Ko e fe e loto’i Tonga? - Sailosi Finau
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Friday 30 June 2006
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Auckland, New Zealand

Tuesday 27 June 2006
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New Zealand
Ko e me'a 'oku ou sio ki ai ko e kau tautolo mei he ongo televisone. 'Oku mahino pe Televisone ia 'a e pule'anga 'oku nau feinga ke malu'i 'enau tafa'aki pea 'i he taimi lahi hange 'oku nau ki'i fakaninimo 'i he toutou malanga'i mai e me'a kuo tuku mai he ongoongo. Kole atu ki he ki'i siana si'isi'i fetifeti ke tukuange ke tau'ataina e kakai he'enau fili kae tuku e fakapunake'i mai e tala fono. Kaekehe mahalo na'a ko 'enau ngaue pe ia. - Pola Loiti

Friday 23 June 2006
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands was one of the countries that voted with Japan on the pro-whaling debate which won a majority vote over the last couple of days. Sadly, again, the Minister of Fisheries for Solomon Islands, Mr. Nollen Leni went against his government and cabinet's decision to abstain from voting, disobeying a cabinet directive and he is yet to face the consequences when he comes back here in a few days time. - M. Havea

Friday 23 June 2006
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Sydney, Australia
Ko e faiva fuhu ‘oku ‘iai e me’a ‘e tolu ‘oku fai kiai e tokanga. ‘Uluaki ko e tu’unga fakaivi mo malohi fakasino ‘o e tangata fuhu; Ua, ko e taleniti he faiva’ni, ‘i he tuki, kalo, va’e mo e ha fua; Tolu, ko e tokotaha ‘oku teu ke na fuhu, ko hono taleniti, malohinga mo e vaivai’anga. Neongo eni kotoa, ‘oku fiema’u ha faiako ke ne fakatonu ‘e te teuteu mo e ‘atamai ‘o e tagnata fuhu koe’uhi ko e iku’anga ‘o e faiva’ni ‘oku tolu pe: Ko e ‘osi ‘a e fuhu ‘oku tu’u koe kae tokoto taha ki lalo; Mo kei tu’u loua kae lau pe kohai na’e lahi mo tau ‘e ne tuki; pe ko e tu’u ‘a e tama ‘e taha ka ke tokoto koe. - ‘Inoke Fotu Hu‘akau

Friday 23 June 2006
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Mounu, Vava'u
I read with interest comments supporting the resumption of whaling in the Kingdom. If the Government did allow whaling to resume, the whale watching industry would collapse- Allan Bowe

Friday 23 June 2006
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Kuo ho’ata malie e ola ‘o e hopo huufi ‘o e Falealea. ‘Oku lolahi e ngaahi me’a ia te tau ako mei he hopo ni ka ‘oku fakahisitolia hono fehu’ia ‘e ha ‘Eiki Nopele ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘a e mafai fakakonisitutone ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio/Pilinisesi Pule. Lau tokua ko e kau Nopele ko e ngaahi to’ukupu kinautolu ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio. - Sione Fifita

Thursday 22 June 2006
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Auckland, New Zealand
Call me a whale-watcher if you like but ‘Ofa-ki-Tonga's enthusiasm for whalemeat for the kingdom is unlikely to find favour in this part of the world where killing whales and dolphins for food is seen as barbaric. The recent Japanese success at the IWC was made possible by support from some Pacific nations who took money and changed their stance. And here in New Zealand there is a call for retribution through the withdrawl of aid or something similar. - Sefita Hao‘uli

Wednesday 21 June 2006
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Long Beach, California, USA
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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