HYPE MOVEMENT Helping Youth Pursue Emancipation How did the HYPE Movement begin? The HYPE Movement was started by young Tongan university students who were devastated by the increase in high school dropout rates, incarceration rates, and death rates in... 

Anapesi talks about her recent attendance at the Solkrush concert “Unity amongst our People”.  Read More →

Anapesi recently attended various community events and have written about her experience. www.planet-tonga.com/anapesi  Read More →

Here is an updated program for the Miss Heilala 2008 program. Heilala 2007 DVDs are available in the eShop. Video clip available at the PT Videos section. Monday 21st July 2:00pm - Heilala Festival 2008 Pageant Orientation Venue: Downtown Nuku’alofa Tuesday... 

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Pacific Worlds and the American West Conference February 08 & 09, 2008 University of Utah Press Release For Immediate Release: Salt Lake City, Utah.  January 22, 2007.  The University of Utah’s American West Center will be hosting an international,... 

Three new books on Tonga in a row Three new books - Veimau, Faiva ta`anga and `Aati `o e Lea Tonga Heliaki – on aspects of Tongan society, history and culture - where a leading Tongan anthropologist, historian, poet and art critic Dr `Okusitino Māhina...