Press Release
For Immediate Release
April 16, 2008
Nuku’alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, April 16, 2008. The Tonga Red Cross Society and Miss Neti Taumoepeau (otherwise known in the music realm as 676) are happy to announce their joint venture in the production of her upcoming Tongan album which will be sold for the beneficiary of the Tonga Red Cross Society. 676 has agreed to a production of 500 limited edition CDs which will be sold to the general public with all proceeds to be donated to the Tonga Red Cross Society. Continue Reading »
Dr Teena J. Brown Pulu
“You can tell I’m from Kolonga by the way I do things!”
Photograph 1: Utu-longo-a’a, Kolonga village rugby team in Auckland. The Kolonga forwards pack walking off the field from their game against Leimatu’a village in the Auckland Tongan Rugby Tournament 2007 at Marist Ardmore. This tournament is played annually November-December and is organised for village, chuch-based, ex-high school and neighbourhood teams of Tongan rugby players living across the four cities – North Shore, Waitakere, Auckland, Manukau – which constitute the greater Auckland Region.
(Disclaimer:This was an earlier article written by freelance writer Sara Taukolonga from the UK.)
On 27 November, 2007, the High Commissioner of Tonga to the UK, H.E. DR Sione Ngongo Kioa and Mrs Victorina Kioa invited the Tongan community in Britain to meet the Prime Minister of Tonga, HON. DR Feleti Vaka ‘Uta Sevele, by hosting a reception at the official residence of the Tongan High Commission in the UK.
The Prime Minister addressed Tongans and answered questions on developments in Tonga including dual nationality and
land rights for women.
“Part of my job as Prime Minister and my colleagues in Government is to meet the Tongan community in Tonga and overseas to find out what they would like to see happening in Tonga and exchange ideas” explained Dr Feleti Vaka ’Uta Sevele. Continue Reading »
676 to release her first Tongan Album this Spring!
“I have been wanting to record an album like this for a long time and finally it’s coming true” says Neti Taumoepeau of 676. Her first full-length Tongan album is set to be released this Spring with all proceeds from the record sales to be donated to the Tongan Red Cross.
676’s Tongan album pays homage to some of the most influential and universally respected musicians and song writers from her homeland of Tonga, among them are the late Queen Salote Tupou III, Tu’imala, and many more. “It was very important for me to keep to the authentic traditional Tongan sound and lyrics while recording this album as a way to show respect for these amazing music artists who transformed Tongan music into a form of poetry and art” says Taumoepeau.
Press Release
Photograph 1: Utu-longo-a’a, Kolonga village rugby team in Auckland. The Kolonga forwards pack walking off the field from their game against Leimatu’a village in the Auckland Tongan Rugby Tournament 2007 at Marist Ardmore. This tournament is played annually November-December and is organised for village, chuch-based, ex-high school and neighbourhood teams of Tongan rugby players living across the four cities – North Shore, Waitakere, Auckland, Manukau – which constitute the greater Auckland Region.
(Disclaimer:This was an earlier article written by freelance writer Sara Taukolonga from the UK.)
676 to release her first Tongan Album this Spring! 
