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Duke of Portland (whaler) (247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and four boys. While the Tongans were plundering the vessel of her iron, the old man and the boys killed Doyle, drove the Tongans off, cut her cables,

Tuvaluan mythology (1,813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accidentally tossed a fish hook into the eye of Lupo, a Tongan prince, the Tongans sent a raiding party, led by a giant, to Nanumea. Lapi would slay the

Tonga A national rugby union team (283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

played two matches against Fiji Warriors in the first Punjas Series. The Tongans had one win and one loss but lost the series on aggregate scores. This

Wallis (island) (1,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

fortress of Talietumu close to Lotoalahi in Mua was the last holdout of the Tongans until they were defeated. The island was renamed "Wallis" after a Cornish

Tonga national rugby league team (3,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Papua New Guinea meaning the Tongans again failed to make it past the first stage of the tournament. The Pacific Cup saw the Tongans again qualify for the

Politics of Samoa (2,887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chiefs Tuna and Fata in driving out the Tongans. As a result of the leading role of Tuna and Fata in the war, the Tongans were driven out and subsequently

Tonga national rugby union team (1,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

governed by the Tonga Rugby Union. Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans precede their matches with a traditional challenge – the Sipi Tau. They

Tuaikaepau (576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one body, departing Minerva at 3:30 p.m. and reaching Suva by dark. The Tongans were taken to Suva's Colonial War Memorial Hospital, but the only real

Fire knife (1,988 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tonga Talakaifaiki during a birthday celebration for the ruler of Tonga. The Tongans had ruled parts of Samoa (Upolu and Savai'i) but were not able to conquer

Tonga Rugby Union (269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

nicknamed ʻIkale Tahi (Sea Eagles). Like their Polynesian neighbours, the Tongans start their matches with a war dance – the Sipi Tau. They are members

Culture of Tonga (5,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

arrival of European explorers in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the Tongans were in frequent contact with their nearest Oceanic neighbors, Fiji and

Tutuila (4,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opponents. Around 1200 A.D., during the reign of Momo, the tenth Tuʻi Tonga, the Tongans invaded and occupied Tutuila and other Samoan Islands. Their rule lasted

Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

edited include The Songs and Poems of Queen Sālote (2004) and Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and Identity (2007). In 2008, King George Tupou V recognised

Port au Prince (1790 ship) (2,778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

loss and eventually wrote a detailed account of the journey, and of the Tongans amongst whom he lived after they captured him. Most of the information

Fiji–Tonga relations (2,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

came the Tu'i Tonga Empire. There was then a full-scale war due to the Tongans invading under the leadership of the son of the Tu'i Kanokupolu (Ma'afu)

Tuʻi Tonga Empire (2,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fourth invasion of Tongan occurred in the late 16th century, again with the Tongans being defeated. During the Tongan invasions of the Wallis and Futuna

Rugby union in Asia (1,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

their previous repechage performance, losing 194–0 over two legs to the Tongans. Thirteen teams competed in the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007

William Mariner (writer) (1,944 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

native of Hawaii who spoke some English and informed Captain Brown that the Tongans had friendly intentions. Finau, the chief of the Ha'apai, apparently

Tui Manu'a (1,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

considered sacred by the early Tongan kings and thus were never occupied by the Tongans, allowing for it to remain under Tui Manu'a rule. By the time of the

Cook Islands national rugby league team (835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. After a tight first half, the Tongans would go on win the match scoring 16 points within the last 20 minutes

Matawalu (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the request of Lakeba‘s people. It is said that Matawalu despised the Tongans, his sister-in-law Laufitu's people and their growing influence in Lakeba

Falefa (7,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gather information about the Tongans in Lona, Fagaloa. She discovered that Leifi and Tautolo were closely allied with the Tongans, raising her suspicions

Timeline of the history of Tuvalu (1,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fourth invasion of Tongan occurred in the late 16th century, again with the Tongans being defeated. Tuvalu is on the western boundary of the Polynesian Triangle

Fiji (17,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Tongans, and all their Manufactures, especially bark cloth and clubs, were highly valued and much in demand. They called their home Viti, but the

Epi Taione (455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sponsorship deal financed the Tongan preparation for the World Cup. The Tongans nearly beat the eventual winner, South Africa, and lost narrowly to the

2009 Pacific Cup (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

New Zealand defeated Tonga 40–24 in what was a strong performance by the Tongans as they prepared for their Pacific Cup opener against Papua New Guinea

Matuku Island (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

are conflicting accounts on whether or not the island was conquered by the Tongans led by the Tongan Prince Enele Ma'afu. Oral history passed down through

ʻAta (2,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

confused with ʻAtā, and it is alleged not to have been remembered until the Tongans were told about it by the Europeans. According to Tongan myths it was

George Tupou I (782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cakobau in 1853, and appointed Enele Maʻafu and Lualala to administer the Tongans in Fiji. Ma'afu conquered Vanua Balavu in 1854, and Tupou defeated Cakobau's

Lavinia Veiongo (463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-0-8248-2529-4. OCLC 262293605. Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth (2007). Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and Identity. Alphington, Victoria: Tonga Research Association

Postage stamps and postal history of Tonga (713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Australia became the only woman to make the swim, occasionally helping the Tongans. In 1963, Tonga issued the world's first self-adhesive stamps, an event

ʻAnaseini Takipō (601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-0-8248-2529-4. OCLC 262293605. Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth (2007). Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and Identity. Alphington, Victoria: Tonga Research Association

Etu Uaisele (698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

against fierce rivals Samoa at Penrith Stadium. Uaisele scored 1 try in the Tongans 36-4 demolishing of the Samoan team. Rugby League Project Love Rugby

Avunculate (1,295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alfred Radcliffe-Brown identified the Tsonga (BaThonga) of Mozambique, the Tongans of the Pacific, and the Nama of Namibia as avunculate societies as early

Talietumu (310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

during the expansion of the Tu'i Tonga Empire, was the last holdout of the Tongans on Uvea until they were defeated. French archaeologists Daniel Frimigacci

Fiji national rugby league team (1,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

before reversing the scoreline a few days later with a 30–28 win over the Tongans. Fiji won their final qualifying game against Cook Islands 40–4. Having

Mata Utu (1,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recent archaeological excavations of the area, fortifications built by the Tongans (circa the Middle Ages) were unearthed, at nearby Talierumu and Malama

Gerd Koch (2,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dieser Entwicklung (Pacific – yesterday and to-day: acculturation with the Tongans and an attempt at an interpretation of this development) was published

Timeline of Tongan history (180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Year Date Event 1470 The Tongans were driven out of Wallis and Futuna. Tuʻi Tonga Kauʻulufonua I ceded temporal authority to his brother Moʻungāmotuʻa

ʻAna Kata Nau (156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 2019-08-23. Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth (2007-06-01). Tonga and the Tongans: heritage and identity. Tonga Research Association. ISBN 9780646474663

Taboo (3,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

when the British explorer James Cook visited Tonga, and referred to the Tongans' use of the term taboo for "any thing that is forbidden to be eaten,

History of Fiji (14,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

down. Cakobau and his remaining men were then compelled to join with the Tongans, backed by the Americans and British, to subjugate the remaining chiefs

List of wars involving Tonga (44 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

century–1470) Tonga Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum The Tongans were driven out of Wallis and Futuna. Tuʻi Tonga Kauʻulufonua I ceded

Customary kingdoms of Wallis and Futuna (2,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

districts. To consolidate their already extensive domination of the island, the Tongans occupied and built numerous forts, including Kolonui, one of the most

Sālote Tupou III (1,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the groundwork for comprehensive studies of the pre-contact history of the Tongans (Burley 1998). She was also a keen writer and author of dance songs and

Shirley Waldemar Baker (1,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

local tradition he was "found dead with the tongue protruding, by which the Tongans knew that the devil had got him at the end". His grave and monument still

Nanumea (2,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accidentally tossed a fish hook into the eye of Lupo, a Tongan prince, the Tongans would send a raid party, led by a giant, to Nanumea. One of Tefolaha's

Shirley Waldemar Baker (1,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

local tradition he was "found dead with the tongue protruding, by which the Tongans knew that the devil had got him at the end". His grave and monument still

Tongan music notation (1,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or Tongan notation was extremely popular and is still cherished by the Tongans. It is extremely common to see bandmasters writing out the music on the

Josua Mateinaniu (488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

missionaries to Somosomo, and preached there with some success among the Tongans, who were in the service of Tui Cakau at that time, thus making it possible

Fiji–New Zealand relations (2,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

collusion" involving Australia and New Zealand. The statement said "the Tongans as seen with their presence at the Minerva Reef will be manipulated through

Taveuni (3,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

waged war on Golea. Wainiqolo was shot dead on the beach at Wairiki and the Tongans were slaughtered. Wainiqolo had taken Tui Cakau prisoner when Golea was

Leone, American Samoa (8,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tutuila Island went to war with the Tongans under the leadership of Fuā'autoa, who later became known as Mauga. The Tongans were startled by the surprise

Lovoni (486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

power of the Vunivalu of Bau. This period also saw the growing power of the Tongans influx to the east of Fiji, the rise of Rewa and its tributaries and

Minerva Reefs (1,910 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territory. Fijian Navy ships in the vicinity reportedly withdrew as the Tongans approached. In an effort to settle the dispute, the government of Tonga

Samoa (10,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

families: the Sā Malietoa of the ancient Malietoa lineage that defeated the Tongans in the 13th century; and the Sā Tupua, Queen Salamasina's descendants

2017 Rugby League World Cup final (1,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the dying seconds for referee Matt Cecchin to rule a knock-on against the Tongans. Replays showed that the knock-on may have been a result due to a strip

Maʻopūtasi County (2,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Samoan constitutional referendum. At the time of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire, the Tongans had established themselves in this area but were eventually driven off

Manuʻa Islands (2,192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part of Samoa that was never subjected to Tongan rule, because both the Tongans and the Samoans regarded Manuʻa as having sacred status. The last Tui

Polynesia (10,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tongan invasion of Niutao occurred in the late 16th century, again with the Tongans being defeated. Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans in January 1568

Lala Sukuna (1,861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in 1937. In 1938, Sukuna was installed as the Tui Lau (Protector of the Tongans of Sawana in Vanuabalavu), a senior chiefly title in the Lau Islands

Sling (weapon) (5,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Polynesian groups like the Maori of New Zealand, the Hawaiians, and the Tongans, alongside Micronesian and Melanesian tribes, are documented as having

Tonga (9,724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rutherford. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-550519-0 Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and Identity (2007) Elizabeth Wood-Ellem. Alphington, Vic.:

England national rugby league team (5,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

before. England led 20–0, with seven minutes left on the clock, before the Tongans began an unpredictable and nerve-wracking comeback for England. With

Pago Pago, American Samoa (15,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

folklore, a warrior from Pago Pago, Fua’au, is associated with driving the Tongans out of Tutuila. According to the legend, Fua’au's fiancé, Tauoloasi’i

Sangone (1,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

following stanza from her famous lakalaka Sāngone as follows: Before he let the Tongans start digging under the then-dead candlenut tree, Lāfaipana had a personal

Edwin Butz (725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recognized but failed to address the language problem. He noted that the Tongans were very interested in learning English. Until 1905 at least half of

History of Tonga (7,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sovereign. Distinctive pottery and Tapa cloth designs also show that the Tongans have travelled to Fiji and Hawaii. In 950 AD Tu'i Tonga 'Aho'eitu started

James Cook Collection: Australian Museum (2,785 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Fijian and Samoan origin, and this fact documents the pre-existing trade the Tongans had with their neighbours. Many body ornaments were collected, such as

Kae and Longopoa (1,926 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tunungatofuaʻa came back to life. He was only missing one tooth, as the Tongans had brought that as a gift to the Tuʻi Tonga in Muʻa, which had made

History of the Pacific Islands (4,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were not very welcoming to strangers. This was in complete contrast to the Tongans he described as "The Friendly Islands". Captain Cook tried to set his

Tefolaha (612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lapi, who used the Kaumaile to slay a giant and defended Nanumea from the Tongans Teuki, who gave the Kaumaile to the English circa. 1900 Manuella, who

Giants (Greek mythology) (15,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

shifts it to the other and so causes the ground to quake"; pp. 200–201: "The Tongans think that the earth is supported on the prostrate form of the god Móooi

Charlie Charters (1,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

believed that once you did bring the best of the Samoans, the Fijians and the Tongans together, potentially it has the ability to be something very, very special

Blackbirding (16,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

disease, a vessel was organised to take them back; this ship dumped the Tongans on uninhabited Cocos Island. A month later the Peruvian warship Tumbes

Star of the Guardians (2,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

often poking and prodding him in order to write more on his paper about the Tongans. Tycho - Tycho is the team's sniper and money manager. He is from a humanoid

Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga (3,701 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recognized but failed to address the language problem. He noted that the Tongans were very interested in learning English. Until 1905 at least half of

Kaumaile (845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accidentally tossed a fish hook into the eye of Lupo, a Tongan prince, the Tongans sent a raiding party, led by a giant, to Nanumea. Lapi would use the

November 2005 in sports (10,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Doug Howlett score two tries. Italy 48–0 Tonga Il Azzurri shut out the Tongans. Scotland 19–23 Argentina Los Pumas come back from a 16–6 second-half

A Voyage Round the World (10,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shares some with the travellers. Forster compares the Tahitians and the Tongans. The ships sail back to New Zealand, where some natives in Hawke's Bay

God becomes the Universe (4,151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

divinities that Māori people call Rangi and Papa, Native Hawaiians Kāne, the Tongans and Samoans Tagaloa, and the peoples of the Society Islands call Ta'aroa

History of Tuvalu (18,857 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fourth invasion of Tongan occurred in the late 16th century, again with the Tongans being defeated. Tuvalu is on the western boundary of the Polynesian Triangle

List of shipwrecks in 1806 (3,614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ship was burnt at Foa, Tonga (19°45′S 174°18′W / 19.750°S 174.300°W / -19.750; -174.300). Thirty-seven of her 62 crew were murdered by the Tongans.

Nathaniel Turner (missionary) (5,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

harbour, but not those that brought the missionaries (which impressed the Tongans). The captain of one ship pleaded “if the Lord will only spare my vessel

2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B (2,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

victory over the Romanians with two tries from Solomone Kata helping push the Tongans to the win and end their World Cup campaign with a victory as they finished

Customary kings of Wallis and Futuna (11,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

initial districts. To reinforce their already significant domination, the Tongans constructed many forts, including Kolonui, which was one of the most

WWE Bad Blood (2024) (5,476 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

his Intercontinental Championship the following week, and Jey caused The Tongans to lose the WWE Tag Team Championship on the October 25 episode of SmackDown

Protectorate of Wallis and Futuna (8,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

South Pacific archipelagos." The aim was to counter the influence of the Tongans, who had recently converted to Methodism and were making several attempts