ELISIVA TUPOU MAKA Elisiva Tupou Maka is the daughter of Nesavou Mapuaho Maka of Lotoha’apai and Fungani Alo’ofa Vailala Maka of Kolomotu’a.  Her paternal grandparents are Manu Maka from Ofu, Vava’u and Amelia Maka of Fakakai,... 

NAUFAHU ANITONI TAHI Naufahu Anitoni Tahi is the son of Manu Mapuhola Tahi and Sioseline Vaitai.  His paternal grandparents are Siale Tahi from Ha’ateiho and Kaufo’ou Anitoni from ‘Utulau.  His maternal grandparents are Samuela Fakatou... 

Reflections of 2009 “In the Pacific, it is generally thought that people walk forward into the past and they walk backwards into the future, where the past and future are constantly fused and diffused in the present…this means that the onus of preserving... 

Posesi Bloomfield is the son of Paula and Siosiane Bloomfield, he hails from Lakepa, Tongatapu and Lofanga, Ha’apai and has attended school in Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand. Bloomfield earned his B.A. and L.L.B. Law degrees from the Australian National... 

Tom Sitake, a lifelong BYU fan, has a son, Kalani, who is an assistant coach on Utah’s football staff. He has torn loyalties for this week’s game as a father who has had two sons play for the Cougars. Flags from both schools fly in front of... 

THREE HOUSES DOWN They are known as Three Houses Down, a name that represents their closeness as a band and as family members who grew up in the same neighborhood and now live literally three houses down from the house where they first met and formed... 

With many of Tonga’s key players tied up in Europe and not available for the Pacific Nations Cup competitions it has become an major issue for Tonga’s team ‘Ikaletahi. Read more in this article by Rodney Duthie of the Fiji Times.  Read More →

Maryanne Pale First year PhD candidate Faculty of Education Educational Research for Tongan Students Maryanne Feifai Pale is a first year Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD) candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland. Her...