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Members of Maori Trust and Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva and Minister of Public Enterprise Poasi Tei signing agreement to takeover Tonga Forests Products
15 August, 2016. The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga would like to respond to issues raised by the media in regards to the investment agreement recently executed by the Tongan Government and the Ngati Tahu Ngati Whaoa Trust (‘the Trust’) from New Zealand.
In respect of the judgment made by the New Zealand High Court against the current Chairman of the Trust, this was a private matter which does not in any shape or form relate to, or affect the Agreement that exists between the Trust and the Tongan Government.
The Tongan Government understands that the members of the Trust have full confidence in the current Chairman and his leadership and managerial abilities, and so the Tongan Government will continue to respect the office holders of the Trust.
The Trust has committed to the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
The Tongan Government is confident that its interests under the Agreement are protected, and that both parties have rights to remedies if required.
The Tongan Government is also confident with the level of due diligence that it carried out before executing the agreement with the Trust, and it sees no justifiable basis to change that position now.
- Ministry of Public Enterprises
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'I he kamata mai 'a e Pule'anga ko 'eni, ko Lavu na'e ofi taha kia 'Akilisi. He na'e 'ikai mei Palemia 'a 'Akilisi ka kohono tila'i 'e Lavu. Ko Poasi he taimi koia na'e fika muimui kia 'Akilisi, he na'e te'eki ai kena fu'u maheni pe fe'ilongaki fuoloa kimu'a.
Kae talu mei hono kapusi o Lavu mei he Kapineti, moe feinga malohi 'a Poasi ke 'unu'unu hake he fakahokohoko tu'unga 'a e Kapineti. Ne to'oa ai e loto 'o 'Akilisi he toutou puke sieke mai 'a Poasi he facebook & media, neongo ne ki'i fehalaaki 'ene palafu'i 'a 'Lady Eseta mo Tuna.
Ka 'i he 'ahoni kuo ofi ange 'a Poasi kia 'Akilisi 'ia Siaosi Sovaleni mo e toenga kotoa e kau Minisita. Pea ne makatu'unga 'eni mei he ola lelei 'a e toutou feinga 'a Poasi ke impress 'a e Palemia. Ka kuo a'u mai 'eni kiha tu'unga, kuo ne fakanaafala ta'e'ilo 'o 'ikai tomu'a vakai'i fakalelei (due diligence) 'a e Trust mei NZ.
Kaikehe koe fo'i laka 'eni 'a Poasi kuo taimi tonu ai pea polo'uto ke faka'ilo faka-Fale Aleai ki he 'Pule Ta'efe'unga' pe (incompetence), 'a ee 'oku tuhu'i patonu mai 'e he Konisitutone, ke faka'ilo e kakai valengangau mo ta'efe'unga pehee. Tanaki atu ki he ta'etokanga 'a Poasi kuo ne mono atu 'eni e fu'u Alepau ta'epau ke fakamo'oni ai e Palemia. He koe mono pehe'i atu, he'e lava 'e he Palemia o lau mo mahino'i ha me'a?
Ka koe 'atunga ai pe foki ia e fehi'a 'a e Palemia 'ia 'Aminiasi Kefu, kuo tuku ai e Crown law ia kae fakamo'oni hingoa ma'uloto pe Palemia, 'o e'a mai ai hona tu'unga faka'atamai mo Poasi. Kae sai ai leva ketau 'ilo, pe koeha e iku'anga 'e a'u kiai e Pule'anga, pehe ki he Trust mei NZ. -
Lau e kita ne mamahi e Palemia hono faka'eke'eke ia i NZ he fo'i move koena na'e fai. Ai mo fakamatala mai aa ha me'i mo'oni tuku aa hono fufuu e hilo