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Showing posts with label Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa. Show all posts
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Monday, 16 December 2019

(Week 1) Day 1:Explorers



My Family's background culture is Tonga 

Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 South Pacific islands, many uninhabited, most lined in white beaches and coral reefs and covered with tropical rainforest. The main island, Tongatapu, is protected by lagoons and limestone cliffs. 
   

Capital: Nuku'alofa

Population: 108,020 (2017)

Currency: Tongan pa'anga

Official language: Tongan , English

My Dad (Samisoni) is Tongan and he is from Vava'u

 Vavaʻu is the island group of one large island and 40 smaller ones in Tonga. It is part of Vavaʻu District which includes several other individual islands. According to tradition the Maui god finished up both Tongatapu and Vavaʻu but put a little more effort into the former.


My Mum (Moli) is Tongan and she's from Nomuka

Nomuka is a small island in the southern part of the Haʻapai group of islands in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is part of the Nomuka Group of islands.