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 ...

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 ...

Workshop to support children’s school readiness and reading improvement. NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA, October 25, 2016 – A regional training workshop to support school readiness and reading for Pacific children ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Every Saturday in Brisbane between 2 and 4pm students of all ages gather at the new QLD Tongan Language ...

As Tongan Language Week (Uike Lea Faka-Tonga) sweeps across New Zealand, Stats NZ data sheds light on the nation’s linguistic landscape. Statistics New Zealand finds 40 per cent of New Zealand’s ...

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 ...

Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events ...

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 ...