Dear Editor,

I am writing to you in the hopes that you will make it more public that the people of Tonga and the Government are loosing hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.

Fakamatala Fakama'ala'ala 'a e 'Etita:

Na'e fakahoko hano faka'eke'eke 'e he Nepituno 'a William Clive Edwards pea na'a ne fakaha kuo 'osi mama 'a e tohi ko'eni ki tu'a ka na'e 'ikai kene fakangofua. 'Ikai ngata ai 'oku 'i he 'aofinima 'o e 'Eiki Palemia 'a e me'a ni pea 'oku 'ikai tene holomui he 'oku ne tui ta'e toe veiveiua 'oku totonu he fakahoko ha ngaue ki he me'a ni. Kuo ta'u lahi hono malanga'i 'e he Palemia 'Akilisi Pohiva kimu'a mo hono kau poupou ko honau fatongia totonu 'a hono tau'i 'o e faihala. Na'a ne fehu'i pe 'e fakahoko ha ngaue ki he me'a ni pe 'ikai?.

'Oku ha atu 'i lalo 'a e tatau 'o e tohi.

25 March, 2015

Afternoon to you all.

Hope the visitor numbers are holding steady for you all. I know things are very quiet in the outer islands and we are trying to secure some marketing campaign funds to push the business your way. I do want to raise an issue that has been doing the rounds for the past month – that Tourism Tonga has got millions of dollars from the NZ government. That is NOT the case.

Kuo tu’utu’uni ‘e he Fakamaau’anga Lahi ‘i he ‘aho Falaite 20 ‘o Ma’asi ke ‘oua ‘e tali ‘a e ‘eke Pa’anga ‘e 1.5 Miliona ‘a e Pangikē ‘Aositelelia mo Nu’usila (ANZ Banking Group) meia ‘Eiki Nopele Lasike. Ko e hopo ‘eni ‘i hono ‘eke ‘e he Pangike ko’eni ‘a e totongi koe Pa’anga ‘e 929,639.64 tanaki atu ki ai moe peseti ‘e 12.5% koe totongi tupu ‘o lau mei he ‘aho 28 ‘o Sepitema, 2009.