Tangata’eiki,

‘Oku ou fakahoko ‘a e tohi ko’eku fakamalo lahi ki he ngaue kuo lava ‘o fetukutuku ai ‘a e kau fakamaketi mei he hala Vuna. ‘Oku toe fakafiefia foki ko ‘enau lava ‘o hiki ki he maketi fo’ou ko Sia Melie pea foki moe konga ki Talamahu ‘o ma’u ai ‘a e seniti ‘a e fonua.

Fai ‘e Palōfesa Hūfanga Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina

Na‘a ku lave he ‘atikolo 5 ki he vahetolu lalahi ‘o e ‘aati fakaTonga ki he faiva, tufunga mo e nimamea‘a, ‘a ia na‘e tefito honau fokotu‘utu‘u he fakaha‘a ki he ha‘a faiva, ha‘a tufunga mo e ha‘a nimamea‘a [‘o tatau pē mo honau fokotu‘utu‘u fakaha‘a he ako fakaTonga], mo e ‘uhinga ‘oku makatu‘unga ai honau vahevahe.

Straight after the official meeting between the Honorable Prime Minister, Hon. Samuela 'Akilisi Pohiva, and the New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon. Murray McCully, on Monday the 16th of February 2015, they jointly faced the media for a press conference.