WORDS FROM THE WEBMASTER & OUR NEWSLETTER EDITOR:

Welcome to the THSESWS monthly newsletter for the month of April 2002. It is now less than 6 weeks before the big event in New Zealand. The THSESWS has been informed by the New Zealand Association that the final program is yet to be finalised and therefore requested that a special edition of our monthly newsletters be published on the second week of May. This special edition will feature all necessary information regarding the celebration. Therefore, check out this special edition during the second week of May. The THSESWS will do its best to inform you all on the online availability of this special edition. Stay tuned folks!

Melbourne has just held their function on April 27 and on behalf of the Melbourne, I would like to thank the "Working Committee" (Ma'ata, Latu, Loketi, Finau, 'Aneti, and those behind the scene) in their effort which has contributed to the success of Melbourne's function. See below for more on the Melbourne Chapter function.

The other chapters are busy preparing for the celebration.

Faka'apa'apa atu

Loseli M Hafoka and Miss 'Amelia Piutau

NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND:

Compiled by 'Eseta Finau & Telusila Moala Vea

Greetings to you all!!

Hoping that this newsletter will find you in the very best of health in this, our 55th Anniversary year.

It is almost 6 weeks to go before our celebration and this newsletter is an effort to touch, link, share and inform all ex-students regarding our Day. So stay turned and be informed.

Ngaahi Ngaue

Fund Raising	- Koniseti 'a Otahuhu
(Kuo Lava)	- Koniseti 'a e Vahe Uesite
Fund Raising	- Tikite Lulu (Raffle) - Toho he po 24/4/2002
('Oku toe ke fai)	Tokoni (Grant) Sefita Ha'ouli

Koniseti - Otahuhu

Na'e lava lelei 'a e Koniseti 'a Otahuhu, ko e tanaki atu pe foki ki he Vahe Saute. Fakamalo lahi atu ki he Setuata mo e Kainga lotu 'o Otahuhu 'ihe poupou mo e tokoni na'e fai. Malo Faifekau Tavake Tupou, ta ko e 'oku kei ma'u pe 'a e tulafale 'a e tangata'eiki Faifekau.

Koniseti - Vahe Uesite

Na'e lava lelei foki mo e Koniseti 'a e Vahe Uesite, 18 'Epeleli. Ko e taha 'eni ha feohi fakafiefia mo mafana foki. Ko e ngaue lahi ko'eni tu'unga he ngaahi poupou mei he kau kolisi tutuku 'o vahe ni ko, Kalolina Hafu, Tu'ipulotu, Tu'ineau, Ha'ofanga, Viliami Finau mo Malakai 'Ofanoa. Fakamalo lahi atu ki he kainga lotu 'o e Siasi Fakatahataha 'o Glen Eden, pehe ki he Siasi Metotisi 'o New Lynn mo Henderson.

Tikite Lulu (Raffle)

Ko e toho 'o e tikite lulu ni ne fakahoko foki ia he po (24/4/02), 'ihe 29 Hill St, Onehunga, pea hoko atu ai pe ki he ako faiva. Ko e pale ki he lulu ni ko e Tikite folau ki Tonga mo foki mai ki 'Okalani ni, pea ko e me'a'ofa ia mei he'etau kautaha vakapuna faka-fonua, Royal Tongan Airlines.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

'Oku 'oatu ha fakamalo mau'olunga mei he Tonga High School Ex-Students (NZ) Association Executive Committee, ki he Royal Tongan Airlines, ki he'enau me'a'ofa ko e Tikite Vakapuna (Return Auck/Ton/Auck) ke lulu'i (Raffle) ko 'enau tokoni ki he teuaki 'o e 'aho, Ta'u 55 'i 'Okalani ni. Na'e lava lelei 'a e lulu ko 'eni 'i po Tokonaki 27/4/02. Tu'unga 'ihe'enau poupou mai, kuo hoko 'a e Royal Airlines ko e Offical Airlines ke ngaue'aki 'e he kau ako tutuku. 'Oku 'oatu 'heni a e kole ki he kau kolisi tutuku kotoa pe 'oku nau 'amanaki folau mai ki he Katoanga 'i 'Okalani ni, kemou ngaue'aki 'a e Royal Tongan Airlines ki ho'omou bookings.

Tokoni (Grant) - Sefita Ha'ouli

'Oku 'iai foki mo e tokoni (Grant) mei Sefita Ha'ouli, Pule Lahi 'o e Radion 531 PI. Malo e tokoni mo e manatu 'ofa ki hotau 'apiako.

Venue

Lakeside Convention Centre
Montgomerie Drive
Airport Oaks
Mangere, Auckland
New Zealand

'Oku fakahoko katoa 'a e Katoanga Fakamanatu 'ihe feitu'u ko 'eni mei he 'aho Falaite 31 Me ki he 'aho 2 June. 'Oku fakahoko kotoa pe 'a e ngaahi ouau 'o e 'aho ai, koe'uhi 'oku fe'unga hotau 'aho mo e taimi momoko, pea lava foki ke fakahoko ai pe 'etau ngaahi fakataha, fakafeohi, fakafiefia kae'uma'a 'a e Malanga'i ho tau 'Aho 'ihe Sapate. Pea 'ikai ngata ai tenau lava 'o "cater" pe foki ki he'etau ngaahi fiema'u fakame'atokoni kae 'ataa 'a e kau Ako Tutuku ke nau kau ki he 'etau ngaahi polokalama.

'Oku tui 'a e Komiti ni 'e kaunga lelei 'eni ki he 'etau fakafeohi tautautefitio ki he ki'I taimi nounou 'oku tau fakataha mai ai.

Executive Committee

Na'e lava lelei 'a e fakataha 'a e Komiti ni 'ihe efiafi Tusite, 23/4/02. 'Oku kamata he uike ni 'a e fakataha fakauike 'a e Komiti ni kae'oua leva kuo lava hotau 'aho.

Na'e fakahoko 'a e fakataha 'o e uike kuo'osi ki he Lakeside Convention Centre, koe'uhi ke vakai ki he ngaahi fokotu'utu'u ki he 'aho. Na'e teuteu'i ai foki 'e he Kautaha ni ha me'atokoni efiafi ma'ae Komiti, ko e taha pe 'o 'enau ngaahi tu'uaki. Na'e faka'ofo'ofa foki 'enau teuteu pea toe 'amuange foki 'enau me'atokoni.

Ako Faiva/Hiva

'Oku lele lelei ai pe 'a e ako faiva moe ako hiva 'a e kolisi tutuku. Ko e toe pe 'eni e malimali mo e fakateki ke ue'i si'i pe kae tika. 'Oku fakamafana foki 'a e tokolahi 'a e kau Kolisi Tutuku 'oku nau kau mai ki he ako faiva mo e hiva. Fakafiefia 'a e lava mai 'a Liu Lavulo mo e poupou ki he 'aho.

Ngaahi To'u Ako Tutuku

'Oku kei hokohoko atu ai pe 'a e ngaahi fakataha 'a e ngaahi to'u ako ko'eni. Na'e lava lelei foki mo 'enau ngaahi tokoni fakapa'anga ki he ngaahi koniseti kumi pa'anga 'a e ngaahi vahe, ki he teuaki 'o e 'aho. 'Oku 'oatu ha fakamalo mei he Komiti ki he ngaahi tokoni kotoa pe mo e ngaahi poupou 'oku mou fai mai.

1978	- Lautala Lasike, Viliami Lavulo, Maiala Tu'inukuafe, Toni Ma'asi, Viena Payne Pole, 'Ana Tokotaha Pome'e, Filisi Savieti, Tura Heidi Tovi, Telusila Moala-Vea, Latanoa Vaea Bernard, Otufanga Saafi, 'Ilaisaane Late, Hosea Tupou
1980	- Kasalanaita Puniani, Lakai Fonua, Selina Saafi, 'Amipeliasi Palu mo e toenga 'o e to'uako ko'eni.
1982	- Na'e fakafofonga'i mai 'e Nikki Raas, James Vailahi mo Paula Vivili.
1985	- Lavoni Matoto, Mele Manu, Mele Veikune, Linita mo e toenga 'a e to'u ako ko 'eni.
1986	- Taki mai heni 'a Sione Vaka, Talikivaha Latu'ila, Folau Tutone, Unouna, Bruce Lee Toetu'u mo honau to'u ako.
1987	- Kalafitoni Pole, Kisione Tupou, Kaliopasi 'Akolo, 'Etuate Palu mo e toenga 'o honau to'u ako.

Palmerston North - Exstudents

Kuo ma'u ha fakaha mei a Lesieli Tongati'o, kuo lava mai 'enau tokoni ki he Raffle pea 'oku faka-fiefia lahi ki he Komiti ngaue 'a e ngaahi poupou 'oku fai mai. Malo Lesieli mo e Kau Ako Tutuku.

Wellington Ex-students

'Oku kei fai mafana ai pe 'a e teuteu mei he kau ako tutuku 'a Uelingatoni, taki mai ai 'a Dr Simione Lolohea, pehe kia Homeguard, Violani, Tae, 'Alisi, Manakovi mo e toenga 'o e kau kolisi tutuku.

Kuo ma'u ha tala ki he Komiti kuo maau 'enau faiva mo e hiva, pea pehe foki kuo 'osi maau mo honau nofo'anga. Ko e me'a 'oku toe ke teuteu'i 'a e fakateki mo e folahaka. Malo e ta pea ngali ko e tamaiki mei he Kolomu'a.

Ko kinautolu 'eni:

• Ongo Palesiteni : Homukaati Mailau, Violani Wills
• Angi / Taki Ngaue: Mr. Simione Lolohea
• Ongo Sekelitali : Temaleti Manakovi Tupou, 'Alisi Manu
• Ongo Tauhi Pa'anga: Tae Tu'inukuafe, Leilani Havea
• Kau Memipa: Lute Taukolo, Veisinia Lotaki, Tipiloma, Sione Talanoa Fifita, 'Isileli Lausi'i Tupou, Sydney Mo'unga, Sifa & Tupou Fifita

'Oku kei hokohoko lelei aipe foki e teuteu mafana 'ae kau Kolisi Tutuku he 'oku to e 'i ai mo honau kau poupou malohi mei he community 'oku nau fie kau fakataha mai ki he ma'alali e 'aho 'i Sune. Ne lava foki mo 'enau feinga pa'anga - Hulohula 'i he ngaahi mahina kuo maliu atu pea 'oku nau faka'amu foki ke fakahaa'i 'enau fakamalo ki he ngaahi kainga lotu kae'uma'a e ngaahi maheni kotoa he'enau fie poupou mai ki he langa ngaue 'oku fai. Ko 'enau akohiva 'oku fai he Tusite moe Tokonaki kotoa pe he 7 efiafi ki he Hall 'o Siasi Metotisi Petone pea 'oku lava kotoa mai foki ki ai 'a e kau kolisi tutuku pea mo honau ngaahi famili 'o a'u ki he'enau longa'i fanau. Ko ia ai 'oku mafana 'a e feohi ni, he 'oku hoko pe e taimi 'oku nau fakataha ai 'o ako 'enau ngaahi hiva / faiva ko ha faingamalie aipe foki ia kenau feohi ai 'i he ngaahi barbecue 'oku teuteu 'e he ngaahi hoa 'o e kau Kolisi Tutuku ke fakaneifua'aki e hela 'a e kau ako. Fakamalo lahi atu he ngaahi 'ofa ko ia.

Fakamanatu ki he Ngaahi Chapter

'Oku 'oatu 'a e kole mo e fakamanu atu ki he ngaahi Chapters kotoa 'a e ngaahi me'a ni, kemou teuteu mai ki he 'aho:

• Anitema "Halleluia" (Handel)
• Ngaahi Faiva (Friday/Saturday)
• Ngaahi Hiva (Sunday lunch)
• Lisi 'o e tokolahi 'o e kau folau mai ki he 'aho mei he ngaahi Fonua Muli takitaha (Please, by the end of April). Kataki kae fakakau mai ai:

1. Hingoa (maiden & mali)
2. Ta'u na'e fuofua hu ai ki he THS
3. Fale na'e kau ki ai

• Kataki kae 'omai mu'a 'a e ngaahi hingoa mo e tokolahi 'ihe 'uluaki faingamalie vave taha
• 'Oku mau kole atu ke 'omai mu'a 'a e 'Aho, Taimi mo e Flight details, te mou tu'uta mai ai ki 'Okalani ni.
• Kataki ko e polokalama Ball 'o e po Tokonaki, 'oku kole atu ki he kau 'a 'ahi mo e kau ako tutuku kotoa, kemou teuteu mai ki ai ko e NZ$50-00 Single.
• 'Oku fiema'u foki kemou 'omai ha'amou tokotaha kemau fetu'utaki hangatonu atu ki ai mei he ngaahi Chapter takitaha.

Koe fakaikiiki 'o e Polokalama kakato ki he ngaahi 'aho 'e 'oatu ia 'ihe uike ua ka hoko mai. Kuo 'osi fai ha kole ki he Webmaster ke fakahoko 'a e special edition mei 'Okalani ni, fekau'aki mo e teuteu ki hotau 'aho.

Faka-katoa, 'oku lele lelei e ngaahi fokotu'utu'u kotoa, pea 'oku mafana pea fiefia 'a e Fefine mo e Tangata ako tutuku kotoa pe he teuaki 'o 'etau katoanga.

Kataki ko e ngaahi fetu'utaki kotoa pe 'o fekau'aki mo e ngaahi teuteu ki he 'aho 'o e ako, ke fetu'utaki hangatonu mai pe kia:

'Eseta Finau
Tel: (649) 3737599 Ext. 2365
Email: e.finau@auckland.ac.nz

Here are some photos in relation to our preparation for our celebration. CLICK HERE

Malo, mou me'a a and God Bless.

From The Academic Scene:

The THSESWS is hereby glad to announce the academic feats by some of our ex-students in New Zealand . The following students have excelled in their own field of speciality and successfully completed their degrees. Congratulations to all.

Student	Degree (Major)	Institute	Graduation Date
Kalafitoni Pole	MA (Management)	University of Waikato	April 22, 2002
Lepeka Tatilau	LLB	University of Waikato
Melesia 'Aho	BSc (Mathematics)	University of Auckland	April 29, 2002

NEWS FROM MELBOURNE:

Absolutely marvellous is the only way the Melbourne Chapter function can be described. The mood was fantastic, the atmosphere was electric, the scenery was hot, the ladies were absolutely gorgeous, the men were in awe of the beauties around them, the dances were out of this world and the whole function was totally magnificent. For the great effort of the Melbourne people and our visitors, the Melbourne Chapter collected $7,000.

On behalf of the president and the secretaries of the Melbourne Chapter, I would like to thank all Tonga High School Ex-students for their effort in making this function such a success. Special thanks to the "Working Committee" for all their hard work in planning and implementing such an important event. The event was either going to "Break" us or "Make" us and I am glad that we are still in one piece and the success of our function was phenomenal. The success of the Melbourne function is no ordinary feat, it takes a lot of time and effort to run such an event and full marks to the Working Committee for a great job. The Working Committee is made up of a tight core - consists of Loketi, Latu, Ma'ata, Finau and Lavinia. This committee is well supported by 'Aneti, Jason Kioa, Anthony, Tanekai, Milise, Susana, 'Ikani, Alo, Seini, Bubsy, Fieme'a and other 'Ex-students' whom I can't list for there are too many of them.

Special thanks to Fotolina Kioa(wife of Rev. Kioa) for her continual support and hard work, every time we have anything to do with our ex-students – she is always there. Fotolina has excelled without any complaints. This is such a great effort from someone who is not a Tonga High School Ex-student. Thank you so much Fotolina, you are a role model for most of us!

Welcoming Speech & Others

Janette Rollo opened the evening with a short speech to welcome our entire guests and to make everyone feel comfortable. After that, Helen Taliai (wife of Siupeli Taliai) gave a memorable speech on her days as a student at Tonga High School. She talked about the early days (Helen was in the class of '48) and how she has seen the school developed from a small school to become the best school in the kingdom. It was an interesting speech indeed and it brought back memories for most of our ex-students. Followed by Helen's speech was Anthony Tu'ipeatau' speech. Anthony gave us a speech, which related to a more recent era and it was fascinating to make comparisons about the two speeches in terms of how things have changed since the early days of the school. To finish off the speech section, Salome (a student in the '60s) gave us quite a funny speech on how she and others used to annoy (teen crushes) the boys in their class. Interesting stuff indeed!

Items (Faiva):

All the dances were absolutely fantastic. To set the scene and the mood for the night, the Melbourne Chapter's ma'ulu'ulu took centre stage right on 8 pm. This was followed by all dances programmed for the night. The Kioa Girls(three of them) performed three items for the night which had a mixed of Polynesian dancing. These three girls were absolutely brilliant (with an ex-Queen Salote mum – what do you expect!). There was also a Somoan dance which was great and it brought more cultural diversity to our night. The Sokee featuring

Outside Supporters

• Special thanks go out to Fa'uhiva Lutui (the dance instructor) for his tireless effort in teaching both the ma'ulu'ulu and the Sokee. Well-done Fatafehi and your professionalism shone brilliantly on Saturday night.
• We would also like to thank the "Fofo'anga Group" for providing serene music to all of us in during the breaks. Their music reminded us of our faikava nights back in Tonga. Well done guys and thank you so much for your support.
• Finally, the Melbourne Chapter would like to thank the Tongan Community of Victoria for their great support and their willingness to support our function. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Visitors From Other Territories:

It was such a surprise for me personally to see Lavinia Naufahu and visitors from Canberra (my former Territory). They absolutely enjoyed the night and their contributions were very much appreciated.

Photos of the Melbourne Chapter were already online and can be viewed using this LINK

NEWS FROM TONGA:

None!

Until next time, please take care everyone!

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