The 2024 theme for Tonga Language Week is 'E tu'uloa 'a e lea faka-Tongá 'o ka lea'aki 'i 'api, siasí (lotú), mo e nofo-'a-kāingá - The Tongan Language will be sustainable when used at home, church ...

HAYWARD — About 5 p.m., as people trickle into the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, Ha’unga Fetu’u belts out a sonorous note in his native language, followed by a hymn so harmonious it ...

Author and publisher Sione Tapani Mangisi is on a mission to preserve the Tongan language through storytelling and publishing dual language books for the next generation. “All minority languages will ...

Tongan Community of Timaru president Leilani Fotofili during a celebration of the end of Tonga Language Week, at the Timaru Boys’ High School hall on Saturday evening.AIMAN AMERUL MUNER / Stuff As a ...

'Alakihihifo Vailala (far left) pictured with students from Tailulu College in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. Photo / Supplied In February 2020 at the age of 18, I moved to Tonga to teach violin voluntarily at a ...

A priest from the Polynesian country of Tonga has translated two Vatican documents into his native tongue, so as to deepen the faith life of his compatriots. "It is important to have the primary ...

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Around the world more children have equal access to basic education. However, while many more children are now enrolled in school than ever before, evidence from developing countries suggest increases ...

The kingdom and its diaspora credit their Christian faith for the low number of casualties. When he heard the first boom, Feʻilaokitau Kaho Tevi was in line to get his car washed in Tonga’s capital ...

Around the world more children have equal access to basic education. However, while many more children are now enrolled in school than ever before, evidence from developing countries suggest increases ...