Tonga facts

Hello bloggers around the world! Today l will show 5 facts about the country Tonga. Hope you enjoy😉.

1. The great navigator and explorer Captain James Cook was impressed with the people of Tonga, he named it the 'friendly island' due to the hospitality that was afforded to him during his visit to the Kingdom.

2. As it has never been colonised or orannexed, Tonga still has it's own monarchy. The current king ls Tupou Vl. He represented Tonga in a Judo competition in Wellington in the early 90s and is also an old boy of King’s College in South Auckland.

3.Tongan people use loto poto (wisdom), 

mo‘ui fakalaumālie (spirituality) and 

nofo–‘a-kāinga (collective living) as bases from which to contribute to society.

4.‘Ofa (love)  

is at the heart of Tongan people’s living and identity. We show our ‘ofa for others in our daily actions.

5.Tongans are the third largest Pacific community in Aotearoa behind Samoans and the Cook Islanders. The Tongan population is 

107, 122.

There are about 60,336 Tongans living in New Zealand.