The Catholic church of the Diocese of Tonga and Niue says it does not support the Convention on the Elimination of any form of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW.

Kuo tali lelei ‘e he Fale Alea ‘o Tonga ‘i he feme’aki ‘a e Fale ‘i he ho’ata Tu'apulelulu ‘aho 19 Ma’asi ‘a e Fokotu’u Tu’utu’uni na’e fakahū mai mei he Tepile ‘a e Pule’anga ke fakahoko ha noo mei he Pangikē (World Bank) ‘a Mamani makatu’unga ‘i he fiema’u ke tokateu ‘a e fonua ki mu’a pea toki hoko mai ha fakatamaki fakaenatula.

Na’e fatu ‘e Tonga Pōteki Mālohifo’ou [‘a ia ko e kui ‘a Palōfesa Maui-Tāvā-He-Ako Dr Tēvita O. Ka’ili] ‘a e hiva ni: “Uisa Si’ete Nofo ‘i ha Potulala,” i he 1942 ta’u ma'a Pupunu Kupu ko ‘ene hiva ki he ta’ahine ko Palu, ‘o tā’aki ‘a e kamata’anga ‘o e ‘ū kupu/veesi ‘a e P, A, L mo e U, ‘a ia ko e hingoa ia ‘o e ta’ahine, pea fakafasi 'e Viliami Wolfgramm. [This song was composed by Tonga Pōteki Mālohifoʻou [Professor Maui-Tāvā-He-Ako Dr Tēvita O. Ka’ili’s grandfather] in 1942. Here is the original version. The song was written as a love song from Pupunu to a girl name PALU, and put to music by Viliami Wolfgramm. Notice that the first verse begins with P, and second begins with A, and the third begins with L, and the last verse with U. These are the letters that spell PALU].

PULE’ANGA TONGA
ONGOONGO TUKUATU
(19 Aho 5 Fepueli, 2015)
 
‘I he ‘aho si’i kuo maliu atu, ne fakahoko ai ‘e he Pule’anga Tonga, ‘a hono vakai’i ‘a e tu’unga ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e fānau ako Tonga ‘oku nau lolotonga ako ‘i he ‘Univēsiti ‘o e Pasifiki Tonga, ‘i Vanuatu, hili ‘a e Saikolone Fakatalopiki ko Pam.