Nuku'alofa, 10 'Aokosi 2015. Ko e founga ‘eni ‘oku fakalele ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi ngāue lalahi mo fakalakalaka ‘a e Pule’anga he ngaahi ‘aho ni pea ‘oku ne fakahā mahino mai ‘a e vavai ‘a e pule ‘a e lao ‘i he fonua ni kae pehē ki he ‘ikai ke muimui ki he lao mo e ngaahi tu’utu’uni ngāue kuo fakamafai ‘e he lao (regulations) ‘a ia ‘oku totonu ke muimui kiai ‘a e Pule’anga mo e fonua fakalukufua.

Editor’s Note: Many of our heritage sites of extreme cultural and historical significance are under immense threat of losing forever. The loss of our heritage sites means the loss our cultural and historical identity. Therefore the onus of preserving, conserving and safeguarding them is collectively on our shoulders. There is then a requirement that we adopt a total rather than a partial approach to our cultural and historical sites. By a total approach, reference is made to a serious consideration of their cultural, historical, artistic and social significance rather than their destruction in the name of progress and development. If we are to preserve this cultural site we will definitely reap their social, cultural, historical and economic value, all of which are of total benefits to the whole of Tonga.

The letter below is from one of the seriously concerned academics conducting research in Tonga Dr. Heather Young Leslie of Alberta University, Canada.

Editor's Note: This is a highly significant but truly exciting slice of the history of Tonga. Amongst many other things, it provides us with a window into our complex yet important past especially the contact with Europe. It makes real sense of the concept and practice of naming as in the case of naming of the village of Vaimalō in rememberance of the two-way exchanges between the locals and foreigners. This is also refelected in the old and most beautiful names such as Naufahu Māpilitoa, Tevita Taʻofi-kae-tau, Lavinia Sialehaehae and Paluleleva-he-'i-moana of people who were geneologically related and associated with this most beautiful portion of our common history. This was taken from the journal of the Spaniard Explorer Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle and excerpts from Tongan oral and written history published by wikipaedia.

Nuku’alofa, 8 ‘Akosi 2015. Kuo ma’u ‘e he ongoono 'a e Nepituno ha fakamatala falala’anga kuo ‘osi fakahoko ‘i he faka’osinga ‘o e uike ni hano faka’ilo ‘e he ‘Ateni Seniale mo e Komisoni Fili ‘a e Fakafofonga Fale Alea Vahenga Fili Tongatapu Fika 4 Mateni Tapueluelu ki hono mamau’i ‘a e Lao ki he Fili.