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Mata-poto pea loto-poto: A leadership tool of Tongan cognitive and spiritual intelligence

Opinion Kaniva Staff - 04/02/2018 1

Discourse on Nation Building (Part 5) By Sione Tu’itahi (Educator, writer and Executive Director of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand) As Tongan kāinga (extended families)...

Fakapotopoto: An effective leadership and management model for today

Opinion Kaniva Staff - 26/01/2018 1

Discourse on Nation Building (Part 4) By Sione Tu’itahi (Educator, writer and Executive Director of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand) The Tongan concept fakapotopoto is...

Exploring Fonua – the Tongan concept of humans being one with the environment

Opinion Kaniva Staff - 12/01/2018 1

By Sione Tu’itahi (Educator, writer and Executive Director of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand) Building a nation begins with the kāinga or extended family....

Time for PM and Cabinet to draw some lessons from the past to ensure their future

Opinion Philip Cass - 09/07/2017 1

Commentary: A wise man once said that politics is the art of the possible. In other words, a wise politician knows that he or she can...

PGC should immediately take the Games to another country, writes Tongan Olympic metallist Paea Wolfgramm

Opinion Kaniva Staff - 26/06/2017 0

Regretfully I must intrude into your day, and reluctantly make a further comment on the sad saga that is the 2019 Pacific Games (PG2019). I...

What will happen to Chinese funded stadium after Games withdrawal?

Opinion Philip Cass - 20/05/2017 0

Despite the government’s announcement that it will not host the 2019 Games, it appears that most donor nations will honour their financial pledges. China, New...

ANALYSIS: Are There Chinese Hitmen in the Kingdom of Tonga?

Opinion Kaniva Staff - 19/04/2017 0

By Cleo Paskal LONDON, 19 APRIL 2017 (THE DIPLOMAT) --- The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga ‘Akilisi Pohiva has publicly said he’s concerned...