Ko Koku Tofi’a = Defining and interpreting Tonga’s cultural heritage / HISTORY -- The dynastic evolution and functional role of the Tu’i Tonga as Master Shaman / Fekakalaitaki = Working to achieve one’s ends? The Anglican Church and Tongan politics 1899 to 1913 / A history policy for Tonga / Cook’s observatory at Point Hōleva, 1777 / Missing persons : children in the history of Tonga / Contributions of Tupou II to Tongan art and society / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY -- An introduction to Tonga’s natural history / Astronomy in Tonga : an astronomical viewpoint / Questioning technology : way forward for a more informed Tongan technology community / Mobile phones and the internet : transnational and local networks of second-generation Tongan females in Melbourne, Australia / CULTURE AND LANGUAGE -- Ko e loto’i Tonga = A crowning jewel / Fa’u = Prearranged marriages : the essence of all Tongan creations / Comedy and tragedy in myths, poems and proverbs : a Tā-Vā time-space art and literacy criticism / Linguistic means expressing social stratification in Tonga / Intellectual property issues and challenges in the work of cultural institutions in the Kingdom of Tonga / Kula and ‘Uli : red and black in Tongan thinking and practice / Comedy, stigma and fakasesele : contesting ‘mental illness’ in Vava’u / My life in three cultures / HRH Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Tuita -- Tangikina Moimoi Steen and Nancy L. Drescher -- HRH princess Sālote Mafile’o Pilolevu Tuita -- Niel Gunson -- Stephen Donald -- I. C. Campbell -- Wendy Pond -- Helen Lee -- Wendy Pond -- Kik Velt -- Tangikina Moimoi Steen -- Makiko Nishitani -- Mele Ongo’alupe -- Viliami A. Taumoepeau -- Hūfanga ‘Okusitino Māhina -- Svenja Völkel Hartung -- Malia Talakai -- Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine and Hūfanga ‘Okusitino Māhina -- Michael Poltorak -- Tupou Hopoate. FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION / OPENING ADDRESS FIFTH TONGAN HISTROY CONFERENCE -- 1. 2. 3.
19 papers from Tonga Research Association conferences.