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Pangaimotu is an island in the Vava'u Group of Tonga. It is reachable by a 5-minute boat trip from Neiafu, the capital of Vava'u. [1] The population is 696. [2]
The main island of ’Utu Vava’u, at 97 km 2 (37 sq mi), is the second largest island in Tonga. Vavaʻu is a coral reef with cliffs in the north rising to 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. On the south side, the island group is dispersed into many small, scattered islands and waterways.
Naufahu Māpilitoa was the only child and son of Luseane ʻI-fanga-Hihifo and the great chief Fīnau Fisi. Fīnau Fisi was the younger brother and chief advisor to the most feared and powerful man in all of Tonga in the late 18th and early 19th century, the infamous Vava'u King or Tu’i Vava’u Finau ʻUlukalala II also known as Fangupō and Finau ʻUlukalala-‘i-Feletoa.
Falevai is a settlement in the Vava'u islands in Tonga. [1] The name Falevai, if translated into English means "water house." The name was given because of how the seas and the oceans surrounding the houses. Falevai's most famous names are lafa 'i tua and kuli fe kai. [2] The settlement is also part of a 2.29km² Special Management Conservation ...
Location of Haʻapai District in Tonga. Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs, and shoals in the central part of Tonga. It has a combined land area of 109.30 square kilometres (42.20 sq mi). The Tongatapu island group lies to its south, and the Vavaʻu group lies to its north. Seventeen of the Haʻapai islands are inhabited.
This followed the demise of Real Tonga earlier that year, leaving Tonga without domestic air service. Real Tonga had struggled to be financially viable since its inception in 2013. COVID-19 exacerbated that situation, and $500,000 in damages from a bird strike incident in Vava'u in May 2020 involving the Saab 340 forced the airline to close ...
Taunga is an island owned by the Noble (Matapule) ‘Akau‘ola in Tonga.It is located in the south Vava'u Group in the far north of the country. The island had a population of 36 in 2021.
His estate is in Taunga in the southern Vava'u Group in the far north of the country. Faletau is the second eldest son of the late Hononorable 'Akau'ola (Inoke Fotu Faletau, 1937–2005). He was educated in the United Kingdom and graduated from high school in Massey, New Zealand.