The theme for Tongan Language Week 2020 is "Fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa ‘aki ‘a e Lotu Mo’oni" "Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through Prayer and Faith". As we begin our celebrations of Tongan Language Week 2020, we’re joined now by Dr Linda (Lintaa) Manu’atu, Chair of the working committee for Tongan Language & Culture year & week in Aotearoa.

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Ko Kumā Mo Feke is the long anticipated Tongan/English edition of The Mouse and the Octopus, which was a finalist in the 2017 NZ Book Awards For Children and Young Adults. With two languages on each page, this newest addition to the Island Fables picture book series brings the Tongan trickster mouse to more young readers.

The Tongan language element of Ko Kumā Mo Feke is a poetic retelling by well known Tongan academic Dr Sitiveni Halapua. 

Known for his vibrant work, New Zealand-Tongan author and illustrator Lisala Halapua has written and illustrated three books: The Mouse and the Octopus, The Worm and the Whale and The Mouse and the Ant. 

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As we begin our celebrations of Tongan Language Week 2020, we welcome Rev Kalolo Fihaki who will open our celebrations with a lotu. Rev Kalolo is a former member of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.

Rev Kalolo is the Parish Minister for New Lynn Tongan Methodist Church which is under the Tongan Methodist Vahefonua.

Lotu is followed by Himi 391. 

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A remote village in Tonga needs clean drinking water but there is limited electricity to run a processing plant. That’s the real-life challenge facing a group of University of Canterbury (UC) final-year Chemical and Process Engineering (CAPE) students for their team design project. 

The team of four needs to create an economically viable plan for a small-scale plant to desalinate and sterilise drinking water. It should be powered by renewable resources since the village – Felemea – only has electricity for two hours each day and diesel is expensive.

The idea for the project came from Siale Faitotonu, a geomechanics laboratory technician in the UC College of Engineering. He was a high school teacher in Tonga, and visited Felemea on a UC research trip at the start of this year. Faitotonu has been providing first-hand knowledge of the village to the students and giving them advice on local contacts and traditions. 

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Soi Moa Vehekite has the latest update on Aoniu Festival. Live with Lavoni Manukia

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Lupeti Finau has the latest update. Live with Lavoni Manukia 

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Anahila Kanongata’a Suisuiki with the latest update. Live interview with Lavoni Manukia

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Penisimani Langi  talking about Gambling Addiction. Live with Lavoni Manukia

 

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Nalesoni Tupou Legal advice every Wednesday. Live with Lavoni Manukia

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