Among the first published works of Tongan literature, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were 'Epeli Hau'ofa's short stories and Konai Helu Thaman's poetry...

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The Tongan archipelago has been inhabited for perhaps 3,000 years, since settlement in late Lapita times. The culture of its inhabitants has surely changed...

Tongan Islands are found on Tongatapu which is also where the first Lapita ceramics were found by WC McKern in 1921. Nonetheless, reaching the Tongan...

in a landslide victory for the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (Tongan: Paati Temokalati ʻa e ʻOtu Motu ʻAngaʻofa, or PTOA), and ʻAkilisi Pōhiva...

Cook Island, Tuvalu, and Tonga for centuries. According to Samoan and Tongan oral histories, the first Tui Manu'a was a direct descendant of the Samoan...

originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld...

The Tonga People's Party (Tongan: Paati ʻa e Kakai ʻo Tonga, abbr. PAK) is a Tongan political party founded in 2019 by the new parliamentary majority...

‘Otunuku is a Tongan academic and politician. ‘Otunuku was educated at the University of the South Pacific, graduating with a BA in English literature and history/politics...

or into one of the two opposing genres of religious and secular music. Tongan music can be either very emotional and somewhat modern with instrumental...

"Royal funerals, ritual stones and participatory networks in the maritime Tongan state". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 57: 101115. doi:10.1016/j...

account of his experiences, a description of Tongan society and culture, and a grammar and dictionary of the Tongan language. The Port au Prince was an English...

University and the ʻAtenisi Foundation for the Performing Arts. ʻAtenisi in Tongan means Athens, the capital of Greece. The institute, founded by Futa Helu...

zone is associated with the volcanism that gave rise to the Kermadec and Tongan islands. There is a transform fault that currently traverses New Zealand's...

maintain a continuous presence was limited (see above). Niue is part of the Tongan tropical moist forests terrestrial ecoregion. The island is home to approximately...

none of the core cast are of Chinese descent, with two of the leads having Tongan ancestry while only one, Chai Hansen, is of half-Asian (his father is Thai)...

are also reality television stars. Literature Armenian American literature constitutes a diverse body of literature that incorporates American writers...

2000 by the Los Angeles Times as members of Tongan society who traditionally have a "high position in Tongan society" due to the country's partly matriarchal...

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of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the Tongan islands in the 1950s. During the 1950s, John Groberg (Gorham) graduates...

Archived from the original (JPEG) on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2009-10-29. "Tongan court jester faces trial". BBC News. 11 August 2003. Retrieved 2009-10-29...

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Futa Helu (17 June 1934 – 2 February 2010) was a Tongan philosopher, historian, and educator. He studied philosophy under the Australian empiricist John...

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