“In some ways, it’s an addictive situation to be in. There’s nothing quite like having an assured income, each and every year, and to be paid better than your local counterparts in Tonga.” — Sefita Hao’uli on the social impacts of RSE.
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“Many people now recognise that Indigenous knowledge offers solutions that will help humanity as a whole. We’re at a point where Indigenous knowledge is marching from the margin to the centre.” — Sione Tu’itahi.
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“We had eight kids and our parents in a four-bedroom house with one bathroom . . . So my floor plans were a way of imagining how we could all live together comfortably.” — Dr Charmaine ‘Ilaiū Talei.
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“The Tongan approach to accept trials with humility and without resentment provides a strong platform for recovery.” — Koro Vaka’uta.
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“We’ve seen it before in Aotearoa. The Tongan community can mobilise in the blink of an eye and TURN UP. Man, do they turn up.” — Emmaline Pickering-Martin.
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“Whether we like it or not, Aotearoa is a disease gateway to the Pacific,” writes Lana Lopesi.
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“I can’t think of a time I’ve been in such a mixed group. There is a vibe of considerateness, gentleness. People are careful with the kids, and with each other. If you make eye contact, people say ‘Kia ora’, even if you don’t say it first.”
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“Rightly or wrongly, my father was trying to protect us from a world that treasured English above all else, that used English as a marker for intelligence.”
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“There was an imbalance — visually, strategically, and hierarchically. White people on top, founding, leading, paying. Indigenous people beneath, benefiting, smiling, grateful.”
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“There was a really beautiful thing that happened during the filming. We had a change of heart which changed our head.” — Vea Mafile’o on learning to understand her father through the making of ‘For My Father’s Kingdom’.
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It’s hard not to be impressed by Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o. At 25, she started her own non-profit...
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“We can help them in a small way to address the current crisis that’s going on in their lives, but I know that if we really want to shape a generation of people, we have to address the bigger forces at work.” An interview with South Auckland psychiatrist Dr Siale ‘Alo Foliaki.
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My question was: How can I influence Tongan society and Tongan thinking? And starting a newspaper was what came to my mind.
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