The inclusion of the Tongan language in the New Zealand Education Curriculum will help preserve and enhance the language for future generations, Associate Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Luamanuvao ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cousins Niko, Elijah and Benji Tapueluelu have teamed up with Auckland-based Tongan-Kiwi singer Soakai "Solar" Malamala to bring their rendition of a Tongan classic: Pitu Taukae. Video / LopStream, ...

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 ...

Many Australian-Tongans have grown up without an understanding of language or culture. Isabella Murphy began rediscovering her cultural roots after her grandmother's funeral, where she was exposed to ...

The origins of the native Tongan juggling art known as hiko. Why do all the women in Tonga know how to juggle? That simple question set off a search for answers captured in the documentary, "The Queen ...

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 ...