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	Tongan nurses gather for first int'l conference Mar 11,2010 Nukualofa Tonga.	3/14/10
	Tulou! Kau hao atu mo 'Etau ongoongo mei Nukualofa Tonga i hano fuofua fai ha Konifelenisi maa'e Kau Neesi Fakatua Puleanga i Nuku'alofa Tonga pea ko e Ta'ahine Kuini Halaevalu Mata'aho na'a ne faka'ava 'a e Konifelenisi ko'eni.Enjoy it! HM Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho, and the Minister of Health, Hon. Viliami Tangi THE first International Conference for Tongan Nurses was officially opened by HM the Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata'aho, at the Janfull International Dateline Hotel yesterday evening, March 10. The gathering is the first of its kind for Tongan nurses since introductory nurse training in Nuku'alofa, started in 1920. The inaugural conference brought nurse back to Nuku'alofa, with 150 coming from throughout Tonga, 70 from the Tonga Nurses Association New Zealand and 10 from Australia. The theme, "Nursing the Noble Profession: Navigating the Realities of Tongan Nurses" for the two-day conference at the Fa'onelua Convention Center, aims to empower nurses through exchanges of ideas and learning from each other's experiences. The organisers stated that the program also provides a platform for nurses to re-examine their roles and relationships with others. It is also offers an opportunity for Tongan nurses to advance their profile to reach international standards, and give participants the opportunity to report on the achievements that have been made by Tongan nurses. The Organizing Committee anticipated that at the end of the conference nurses would have a better understanding of health services in different countries; and identify areas where nurses in different countries could help each other, develop collaborative projects and solidify an international communication network. The idea for an International Conference for Tongan Nurses was initiated by the Tonga Nurses Associations New Zealand two years ago, and after discussion with their counterparts in Australia they eventually approached the Tongan Nurses Association to co-host the conference. Yesterday, it was a dream come true for students nurses, working nurses and retired nurses who gathered in Nuku'alofa for their historical get together. Fongoloa The development of nursing profession in Tonga, according to Sela Paasi, the president of the Tonga Nurses Association, dates back to 1920 when the first nursing school was established at Fongoloa, Fasi mo e Afi before it was relocated to the old Vaiola Hospital, and eventually to where it is today within the compound of the new Vaiola Hospital at Tofoa. In 1970 the Queen Salote Nursing School was established followed by the formation of the Tonga Nurses Association in 1978. The Tonga Nurses Association became a member of the Commonwealth Nurses Federation in 1987.
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	I wish to share with our Group my favorite song of the Season! Enjoy it! Merry Christmas !	12/16/09
	HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING Hark the herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled" Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With the angelic host proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem" Hark! The herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King!" Christ by highest heav'n adored Christ the everlasting Lord! Late in time behold Him come Offspring of a Virgin's womb Veiled in flesh the Godhead see Hail the incarnate Deity Pleased as man with man to dwell Jesus, our Emmanuel Hark! The herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King!" Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings Ris'n with healing in His wings Mild He lays His glory by Born that man no more may die Born to raise the sons of earth Born to give them second birth Hark! The herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King!" Ofa ke mou mau ha Kilisimasi fiefia mo ha ngaahi aho mahuinga koe kii hiva ena oku ou manako ai pe oku ou vahevahe ia mo e fanau he aho fkkoloa ni! ofa lahi atu fkmalo atu hoo mou fie maheni mo e anga fk kaumea lolotong etau feohi 'i he Kulupu Mata'aho Kindergarden.
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	Queen Salote College bazaar offers fine handicrafts 07 Sep 2009.	9/8/09
	Queen Salote College bazaar offers fine handicrafts 07 Sep 2009, 12:19 Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Photos by Peter Poulsen QUEEN Salote College's annual bazaar held on Saturday September 5, attracted a crowd of shoppers eager to buy the quality handicrafts made by students. Traditional clothing items such as ta'ovala, kiekie, and kafa were much sought after items, displayed with a variety of other handcrafts. Browsing the stalls were the guest of honour the queen mother, HM Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho and HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita. Meanwhile, the most popular stall with the students was the hot-dog stand. A highlight of the morning was entertainment by the all-girl Queen Salote College Brass Band
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	Princess Pilolevu Tuita accept Tonga's transport minister resignation.	8/18/09
	Tonga's transport minister resigns over ferry disaster August 11, 2009, 4:00pm WELLINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tonga's Minister of Transport Paul Karalus announced his resignation on Tuesday, six days after the sinking of a domestic ferry, Tonga media reported. The Princess Ashika ferry, en route to the Nomuka Islands group, sank about 86 km northwest of the capital Nuku'alofa last Wednesday. Ninety-three people remain unaccounted for and two bodies have been recovered. The minister who is responsible for shipping and aviation, said he had tendered his resignation to Princess Pilolevu Tuita and Prime Minister Feleti Sevele, so that he can give his full support to the investigation of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the ferry, the Matangi Tonga online reported. Karalus said that to enable the work of the Royal Commission of Inquiry to run smoothly he would not be talking about any matters relating to the Princess Ashika in public. Karalus denied there were problems with the ferry's seaworthiness or that concerns had been raised with the government before the tragedy. But anger has been increasing in Tonga as people demanding answers have packed churches across the nation to mourn the loss of their loved ones. Work was under way to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry and a special sitting of Parliament was held on Tuesday to work towards setting this up. Karalus said his decision is not an admission of guilt, but rather a legal requirement. In a statement on Tuesday, he said it is essential that a complete and full investigation into the tragedy be made as soon as possible, and that it be carried out thoroughly and transparently. "Although I, as Minister for Transport, and my ministry and staff know that we have performed our duties with due care and diligence, the overall interests of Tonga must be taken into account at this difficult time," he said. "It is for this reason that I have considered and taken the decision to resign from my ministerial post." Bad weather in Tonga was preventing attempts by New Zealand navy divers to investigate a rope found rising from the seabed in the area where the ferry sank. The wreck has not yet been located and an eight-mile exclusion zone has been established at the site. The rope and visible oil are near where the ferry's emergency beacon activated. Head of the Royal New Zealand Navy team, Andrew McMillan, said they want to re-deploy an automated undersea vessel to explore the area but weather conditions on Tuesday mean that is doubtful. Parts of the search area are more than 100 meters deep. McMillan said he believed there is no chance of people having survived inside the ferry. The search for survivors is continuing. The second of two bodies recovered so far has been identified. The woman, Vaefetu'u Mahe, 22, was from the remote Tongan island of Vava'u.
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	A woderful tribute from NZ MV Princess Ashika tragedy/Enjoy it!	8/18/09
	A tribute to the MV Princess Ashika tragedy 18 Aug 2009, 17:00 Palmerston North, New Zealand: Restless Peace Sun set over the South Pacific Sea So as the time to testify its liberty Queen Salote Wharf smiled bitterly Embracing its final visibility Never to see, Too weak to speak Make a wish, make it real Let it be, Let it sail on the deep blue sea Princess Ashika left in agony Near and far, never in the history Puatalefusi waited like a dream Fifth of August sealed the deal I am worthy, not to be seen Worthless Seaworthy, tales of my destiny Let it be Let it sail on the deep blue sea Darkness of the night hushed with fate Torturing the end of the double waves Awaken to witness, too late to save This ocean is mighty, for a fragile vein Oh ! MV Pulupaki, save my ordeal And like a blink of an eye Let me not to be! Let me sink into the heart of the sea! Victims! No more, No longer are we? We've found a place to solace with thee 'Peaceful Sea' dubbed by the Portuguese Is where our souls, rest indeed Fanga-'i-Lifuka forgive us please From the depth of the helpless deep Let us be, Let us be the pearls of the Peaceful Sea Drifting with coldness, folding in high tides Prayers flooded to keep us alive Tears of the nation dive deeply bright Kangakaroo! Kiwi! Help in the ply Truly your anguish, stays with us Like an empty valley, full of luck Let us be, Let us be the pearls of the Peaceful Sea Blame it on my history, Blame it on my fate Claim the kingdom! No one to replace' Your loving faces will forever stay Sprung with us together, forever and always From the heart of the ocean , The throne of our wait Like a full stop to, "Once upon a time in the friendly island, The seabed shines with over ninety graves....!!" Oh! How can we be, How can we be the grave of the deep blue sea. Dear Hummingbirds, lend us your wings Spread them wide and let us fly Help us tell the good news to Ha'apai To Tonga'eiki and to Vava'u lahi Continue to sail, please don't cry We are in the ocean to make you smile Our mission is promising, tomorrow will be A better place to sail on the Peaceful Sea Goodbye! Goodbye! Why Oh Why! Time is too short, too tempting to fight Imagine a mountain too steep to climb Imagine a love sitting next to your side Angels of heaven come down and rear Rest a bridge, let the way appear Draw us near, Oh! Dearly Dear! In prayers, we dare to surrender God, creator of all May they be! May they Rest in the Sea of your Peace. By Piliniuote Tu'ipulotu Fifita fifitafamily1@xtra.co.nz
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	Royal Visit to Fiji - Tonga 1953	7/9/09
	TULOU! Ko ha fakamatala nounou fekau aki mo e VIDEO ROYAL VISIT TO FIJI - tonga 1953 a ia na'a mau tuku atu ke mou mamata ki ai he nga'ahi aho kuo maliu atu ko 'eni ko 'eku toki kakato eni hoku fatongia ke faka'au mai fakamatala fkhisitolia fekau aki mo e VIDEO. A short passage about the ROYAL VISIT TO FIJI - TONGA 1953 VIDEO shown here at HEIALALA 'O VEITATALO. ENJOY IT! Leaving Fiji on December 19th in the same flying-boat, the Aotearoa, the Queen set out for Tonga about three hours distant. The Tonga or Friendly Islands with a population of 49.000 have been ruled by the dynasty of which Queen Salote is the present representative for nearly one hundred and ten years. In the whole of the South Pacific hers is the only monarchy that still survives, but as we saw at Queen Elizabeth?s coronation, Queen Salote has the kind of personality that breathes new life into old institutions. Hers is a benevolent rule exercised under British protection and influenced largely by the sincere Methodism which is her religion and that of the majority of her subjects. To this day, for instance, is observed the old enactment which says "The Sabbath Day shall be sacred in Tonga for ever and it shall not be lawful to do work or play games on the Sabbath". This unhurried tempo of life so rarely met with in the modern world - and symbolised rather delightfully by the still-living tortoise, Tui Malila, claimed to be a present from Captain Cook - was the keynote of the royal visit. Queen Salote herself was on the quayside to welcome Queen Elizabeth. A shower of rain, which set them both laughing as they remembered the Coronation downpour, soon had a sympathetic crowd smiling and laughing too. Then came the feast. In four rows about 100 yards long the food was set out, yams, lobsters, fruit, two thousand sucking pigs; coconuts -rich reservoirs of sweet milk- the only drink available. At the head of the feast sat the two royal families, eating like the rest with their fingers, talking animatedly, listening to speeches, watching spear and paddle dances. It was a delightful interlude and afterwards there was time for the Duke to go sailing and for the Queen to rest. That night four hundred Tongans took it in turns to provide a torchlight guard of a hundred round the palace. A happy country this, where each man is entitled to a fixed amount of land in both town and country and where even the news can be had on a free newsheet. Next day was Sunday and the two Queens went together to the great stone church where the Duke read the Lesson and the choir sang hymns and a fragment by Bach with a moving sweetness and conviction. A visit to a hospital and a picnic lunch brought to an end this idyllic interlude, and a tearful Queen Salote waved farewell to her visitors from the launch in which she had accompanied the Gothic five miles out to sea. From: "The Royal Tour" by Neil Ferrier - Printed in U.K. 1954 Mou kataki ko eku toki lele mai ke fkau mai eni mei Veitatalo vahevahe ki he memipa o eetau Paaenga ofa atu.
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	PRIME MINISTERS OF TONGA - HRH 'AHO'EITU TUKU'AHO (LAVAKA ATA 'ULUKALALA(2000-2006)	6/29/09
	Prime Ministers of Tonga After the constitution in 1875 the first Prime Minister of Tonga was HRH Crown Prince Tevita Unga and below is the order of the Prime Ministers till this present day. HRH Crown Prince Tevita 'Unga (1876?1880) Shirley Waldemar Baker (1880?1890) Hon. Siaosi U. Tuku'aho (1890?1893) Hon. Siosateki Veikune (1893?1904) Hon. Tu'i Pelehake (Siaosi) (1905) Hon. S. T. Mateialona (1905?1912) Hon. T. P. Tu'ivakano (1912?1923) Hon. Viliami Tungi Mailefihi CBE (1923?1941) Hon. S. Ata CBE (1941?1949) HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Tungi KBE (1949?1965) HRH Prince Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi) CBE (1965?1991) Baron Vaea of Houma (1991?2000) HRH ?Aho?eitu ?Unuaki?otonga Tuku?aho (Lavaka Ata ?Uluk?lala) (2000?2006) Dr. Feleti Sevele (March 30, 2006?present) posted by TUPOU Familie Thank you so much for this History. Ko 'e Hisitolia 'eni 'o e Ngaue Lavame'a a (Lavaka Ata 'Ulukalala) 'oku ou mahuinga' ia ke vahevahe ke lave'i 'e hono kainga! Malo 'Aupito! HELLO: I thought this is history so I wanted to post it in our site too please enjoy it!
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	HINGOA 'oe Kau KINITAKATENI Mata'aho Tutuku, 'Api ko Tautavale ('Api Kaiti)	6/17/09
	'Emeline Katoa 'Amelia Fa'oa Tu'ifua Ma'afu Tupou Seini Tonga Patini Tupouniua Fifita Koloamatangi Tevi Koloamatangai Hama Ua Kioa 'Okatisi Fusimalohi Makeleta Lea Ongo'alupe Tu'ifua 'Alisi Fusimalohi Tukua 'i Ututau Tonga
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	Baron Vaea of Houma passed away after a long life of service.	6/9/09
	A FORMER Tongan Prime Minister, Hon. Baron Vaea ('Alipate), Noble of Houma (88 ), passed away at his residence 'Tali ki Ha'apai' at Houma, Tongatapu, at around 10pm yesterday, Sunday June 7. A family member confirmed today, that Baron Vaea had been confined to bed since last month with failing health. Prior to that he was in New Zealand for medical treatment before returning to Tonga at the end of May. It is confirmed that his body will be kept at his home in Houma where his funeral is scheduled to take place at the end of the week. Prime Minister Baron Vaea who lived through the reign of three Tongan monarchs, had a distinguished career in government covering 54 years of service. He was born on May 15, 1921. A nephew of Queen Salote, his father was Vilai Tupou, half brother to the Queen, and his mother was Tupou Seini, a daughter of the noble Vaea. He was among the first noble heirs to be educated overseas, attending Wesley College, Auckland 193 8-41. A second world war veteran, who had served abroad in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (1942-45), Vaea entered government in January 1945. He served the queen as ADC (1953-58 ) and a highlight of the period was the visit to Tonga of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Vaea who was a Governor of Ha'apai (1960-68 ), was appointed Baron in 1970. He was Tonga's first High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1969-72), and later served in various ministerial posts. He was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in 1975, a portfolio that he held until he retired. He became Tonga's first Minister of Labour and Commerce, and Industries (1972-91) and was responsible for the construction of the Small Industries Centre at Ma'ufanga. Vaea at various times also held the portfolios of Education, Civil Aviation, Tourism, and Marine and Ports. Then after applying for retirement, he was appointed Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991 to 2000, continuing also to hold other portfolios. Vaea was notably one of Tonga's longest serving civil servants, until in 2000 at the age of 7 8, his resignation was finally accepted by Tupou IV. In his retirement interview with the Matangi Tonga magazine, Baron Vaea talked about the unresolved problems facing Tonga that concerned him most: the desperate need for capital funds, the uncertain future of the water supply, the pollution of the environment and the unproductive lifestyle of Tongan youth. He wanted government to lead the way by encouraging people to go into business; and challenged the thinking where Tongans welcomed change, "but the policy that we run our lives under is still the old style - religious activities still occupy most of our time and attention." As a noble he was a keeper of tradition, but also ushered in the future, observing, "Sometimes I think it would be best if Tonga changed, . . . we should let go of some of our beliefs and the way that we do things that seem to weigh us down." Baron Vaea will also be remembered as an accomplished performer of traditional dance, composer and orator. He is survived by wife Baroness Tuputupu Vaea, five of their six children and one adopted daughter, and many grandchildren. Their children are HRH Princess Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho, Hon. Luseane Luani, Hon. 'Alipate Tu'ivanuavou Vaea, Hon. 'Amelia Luoluafetu'u Lasike, Hon. Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea, Hon. Ratu Edward Vaea (deceased) and Hon. Cassandra Tuku'aho (of Tu'ivanuavou Vaea). from http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.ph...
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