A series of shootings and fights on the Peninsula has police searching for ways to stem the rising violence in an unlikely place: Tonga. The San Bruno and Burlingame police departments plan to send ...

Upon hearing the words “Tonga” and “athlete,” the first thing that most likely comes to mind is an image of Olympian Pita Nikolas Taufatofua in all his oily, muscular glory. Taufatofua competed in ...

This paper argues that in the case of Tonga, missionary views on material culture were manifold and the responses of Tongans equally diverse. The gift of objects was often seen as a token of ...

The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 130, No. 4 (DECEMBER 2021), pp. 311-326 (16 pages) Until recently there has been little research on gambling in Tongan communities. While it is not clear ...

Robert Toia has credited his Tongan upbringing as the backbone for his emergence from numerous career setbacks and can’t wait to repay the faith when he wears the red jersey for the first time at ...