Tongan Community - Kainga Tonga O Cairns
The Tongan Community in Cairns has now been formally established called "Kainga Tonga 'O Cairns" or Tongan Family in Cairns or just 'DA MOB'.
President: Mrs. Pesi Brown
Secretary: Mr. Gordon Paea
Treasurer: Mr. Stephen Brown
The Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan for "south") is an archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands, 96 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles) in a north-south line. The islands lie south of Samoa and are about a third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii.
Tonga is the only surviving monarchy among the island nations of the Pacific Ocean, as well as being the only island nation never to have been formally colonized.
The islands are also known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain Cook on his first visit in 1773. He happened to arrive at the time of the ʻinasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits to the Tu'i Tonga, the islands' paramount chief, and was invited to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner, in reality the chiefs had wanted to kill Cook during the gathering, but had been unable to agree on a plan.
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Video of Kainga Tonga 'O Cairns performing at the First Pacific Festival in Cairns 27th June 2009.
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By webmaster on 29/06/2009
Fantastic effort, very entertaining and impressive.
Thank you to the youths for their love of culture.
By olive Tau Davis on 29/06/2009
Absolutely fabulous!
Great publicity for us all to see our youths showing their interest in our culture.
God bless.
By Kesa Strieby on 20/07/2009