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Ko e talanoá, ko e fakakaukau tu‘ulotoloto ia ‘i he ngaahi ‘ulungaanga fakafonua ‘o e ngaahi ‘otu motu Pasifikí. ‘Oku ‘uhinga ‘a e talanoá ko e fealea‘aki, lea, fevahevahe‘aki ‘o ha ngaahi fakakaukau, ‘o tatau ‘i he fakamatāpulé mo e anga mahení.[1] Ko e talanoá ‘oku mahu’inga, koe‘uhí ko e tauhi ‘o e ngaahi vā ‘oku makatu’unga lahi ai e ngaahi ngāue ‘a e Pasifikí.[2] Ko e taha e ngaahi mālohinga ‘o e talanoá, ‘a ‘ene holoki ‘a e ngaahi ‘ā vahevahe ‘i he vaha‘a ‘o e kakaí mo honau ngaahi tu‘unga kehekehe, ka ne faka‘atā ke nau fengāue‘aki ‘i ha lēvolo ‘oku tatau ki he tokotaha kotoa. ‘I he talanoá, ‘oku ‘ikai ke ngata pē hono tānaki ai ‘e he kakaí ‘a e ngaahi ‘ilo ‘oku kaungatonu, ka ‘oku lava ‘o vahevahe atu ai ‘a e fakamatala mahu‘inga ke tali‘aki e ngaahi palopalema ‘o e Pasifikí. Neongo e ‘ilo ‘a e mālohinga ‘ oe talanoa ma ‘a e ngaahi fonua he Pasifikí, ‘oku malava foki ke toe hoko pē ko e vaivai‘anga, tautautefito ki hono ‘omai ke tali‘aki ‘a e ngaahi palopalema faka‘ātakaí. Kuo pau ke tau teke‘i ‘a e ‘āsenitá ke fakalaka mei he talanoá ki hono fakahoko ha ngaahi ngāue hā mai ‘i he fonuá.
‘I he kongatohi kimu‘á, na‘a ku lave ai ki he kamata‘anga ‘o e mofele mai ‘a hono fakatokanga‘i ‘i he Kōsilio ‘o e ngaahi Siasi ‘o māmaní ‘a e ‘i ai e fatongia ‘o e kau Kalisitiané ke tokangaekina e fakatupu ‘a e ‘Otuá, hili ia ‘a hono tukuaki‘i ‘e Lynn White ‘i he 1967 ‘a e Lotu Kalisitiane faka-Uesité ‘i he‘ene kau ki he palopalema faka‘ātakai kuo tau fehangahangai mo ia ‘o a’u mai ki he lolotongá ni. Ko ‘eku konga tohi ‘i he ‘aho ní te ne tomu‘a to‘oto‘okongalalahi mai ‘a e puipuitu‘a fakahisitōlia kuo ne tataki e fehokotaki ‘a e WCC ki he vahefonua Pasifikí pea mo hono toki fokotu‘u ‘o e PCC. ‘Oku mahu‘inga ke ‘ilo ‘a e puipuitu‘á kae lava ke mahino ‘a e anga hono fononga‘ia mai ‘a e palopalema ‘o hono tokangaekina e fakatupu ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘o a‘umai ki he PCC. Te u toki fakalahi leva e fakamatala ki he ngāue kuo fakahoko ‘e he PCC ki hono tali e ngaahi palopalema ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá talu mei hono fokotu‘ú. ‘I he tu‘unga ko ení, ‘oku ou loto ke tōmu‘a fakahā atu: kuo ma‘u ‘i he‘eku fekumí, neongo ‘a e ngaahi taukave kuo fakahoko ‘a e ngāué ‘o ‘ova ‘eni he ta’u ‘e uongofulu tupu, kuo te‘eki ke fakahoko ‘e he PCC ha ngaahi ngāue fe‘unga ke matatali‘aki e palopalema ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá. Ko ‘enau tefito‘i tokongá kuo meimei fakapalataha pē ki he fokotu’u fakakaukaú/fakamatalá, ‘o hangē ko hono talaki ‘o e ngaahi talafakahāhā fekau‘aki mo e nunu‘a ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá, kā ‘ikai pe ke fakahoko ha ngāue totonu mo fakavavevavé ‘a ia ‘oku fiema‘u lahi ke hoko ‘i he fonuá.
Ko e kakai ‘o e ‘otu motu Pasifikí na‘a nau takiaki’i ‘a e talaki ‘o e ongoongoleleí ki he ngaahi ‘out motú, ka na’e ‘ikaai kau honau ngaahi siasí ‘i he taimi na‘e fokotu‘u ai ‘a e WCC ‘i he 1948. ‘I he 1961, na‘e loto ai ‘a e ‘Inglaní mo e ngaahi siasi kehekehe faka-Palotisani ‘i he Pasifiki ke fa‘u ha sino ‘eukamenikale fakavahefonua. Ko e kamata‘anga ‘eni ‘o e fehokotaki mo e talanoa ‘i he vaha‘a fakavahefonuá mo e WCC, ‘a ia na‘e fakaiku ai ki hono fokotu‘u ‘o e PCC ‘i he 1966. ‘I he 1983, ko e Fakataha hono nima ‘a e WCC na‘e fakahoko ‘i Venikuva, pea na‘e fakamamafa‘i ‘i he ‘āsenitá ‘a e ngaahi palopalema fakavahefonua ‘a e Pasifikí, tautautefito ki he ‘ahi‘ahi ‘ātomi na‘e fakahoko ‘i he taimi ko iá ‘e he ngaahi fonua ‘Iulopé ‘i he Pasifikí, mo hono ngaahi nunu‘á hā sino mai ‘i he ngaahi fonua he Pasifikí. Ta‘u ‘e tahafitu kimui aí, na’e fakahoko leva ‘e he WCC ‘o fakafou ‘i he tataki ‘a e PCC, ‘o fakalahi ai ‘enau hoha‘á ‘o fakakau ai ‘a hono fakafepaki’i ‘a e tupumā‘olunga ‘o e tahí mo e ngaahi nunu‘a ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá, ‘a ia oku mahu‘inga fakamamanilahi, ka ko e Pasifikí ‘oku tefito ki ai ‘a e faingata‘á. ‘I he ngaahi ta‘ulahi kimuí ni maí, kuo tānaki ‘a e ngaahi fakamo‘oni lahi ‘o fakahā ‘a e maumau lahi ki he kakai Pasifikí mo honau ‘ātakaí tupu mei he ‘ahi‘ahi ‘ātomí mo hono fakatupulekiná, mei he tupumā‘olunga ‘a e tahí mo e ngaahi fakatamaki faka‘aufuli ‘o e matangí ‘i he vahe fonuá. Ko e ola ‘eni ‘o e ngaahi feliuliuaki ‘i he māfaná mo e ngaahi fetō‘aki ‘i he matangí. ‘I hono tali ‘o e ngaahi fakamatala ko ‘ení, kuo fa‘u ai ‘e he PCC ‘a e teolosia ki hono tokangaekina ‘o e ‘ātakaí ‘aki hono tu‘uaki ‘o e ngaahi fatongia mo e fakatahataha ‘a e kau Kalisitiané ‘i hono malu‘i e fakatupu ‘a e ‘Otuá, ‘o fakakau atu ki ai ‘a e tangi ki he fakamaautotonu fakasōsiale kiate kinautolu ivivaivaí.
‘I he ta‘u ‘e uongofulu tupu kuohilí, kuo fakahoko ai ‘e he PCC mo e WCC ha ngaahi talafakahāhā ‘o tukupā te na ngāue ‘ātakaimalú ki he totonu ‘a e tokangaekina ‘o e ‘ātakaí. ‘I Ma‘asi 2004, ‘i Kilipati, na‘e talaki faka‘ofisiale ai ‘e he WCC ‘a e Otin Tai Talafakahāhā, ‘a ia ne fakapapau‘i ai ‘e he kau takilotú mo e kau ma‘ufakataha ‘i he Alea ‘o e ngaahi Siasi ‘i he Pasifikí ki he Feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘Eá, ‘enau tukupā ‘o ‘ikai ngata pē ‘i hono tokangaekina ‘o e māmani ko ‘enau tali ia ki he ‘ofa ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘i he fakatupú, kae pehē foki ‘a e fiema‘u ke nau tali fakavavevave ki he fakamātoato ‘o e feliuliuaki e ‘eá kuo fakatupu ‘e he fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá ki he ngaahi mo‘uí, ma‘u ‘angamo‘uí, sosaietí, ‘ulungaanga fakafonuá mo e ‘ekosisitemi-faka‘ātakai ‘o e ngaahi fonua he Pasifikí. Na‘e mahino ‘a e Talafakahāhā—‘e ‘ikai ke toe tala ‘e he ngaahi siasi tukufakaholomotu‘á ko e palopalema fakataautaha ‘a e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá, ka ko e palopalema faka‘ekuimenikale. ‘I he‘ene pehē, ko e palopalema ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá ‘oku totonu ke tali fakakomunitī, mo kau fakataha mo uouongataha ‘a e ngaahi siasí. Neongo na‘e fakafofonga‘i ‘e he ngaahi Talafakahāhā ko ‘ení ‘a e nga‘unu ‘a e fakakaukaú mei he fakafo‘ituitui ki he fakatokolahi hono tali ‘o e ngaahi palopalema ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá, ka na‘e ‘ikai ke liliu ‘e he PCC mei he talanoa ki he fakahoko ngāué.
‘I ‘Epeleli 2009 ‘i Fisi, na‘e fengāue‘aki ai ‘a e kau taki ‘o e PCC mo e kau ngāue ‘o e WCC ‘o fakahoko ai ‘a e Moana Decelaration (MD) —“Ko hotau Oikosi – ko e fakakaukau fo‘ou ki he feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá mo hotau ui ke fakahoko e ngāue” (WCC, 2009). Ne ngali hāmai ‘eni ko e ngāue mahu‘inga ‘a e PCC, tautautefito ‘i hono uimai ‘o e kau takilotu ke tataki ‘enau ‘eukuimenikale ‘i he feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá mo tali ‘a ‘ene ngaahi uesia ki he ngaahi fonua he Pasifikí. Na‘e tukumai ‘e he kau takilotu ‘a e talafakahāhā ‘e 12, ‘o kau ai e: faka‘apa‘apa‘i mo malu‘i ‘a e totonu ‘o e kau hikifonuá koe‘uhī ko e feliuliuaki ‘a e ‘eá; fa‘u ha palani mo ha ‘esiangāue ke tokoni‘i e totonu e kakai hikifonuá tupu mei he feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá; fekumi ki ha ngaahi koloa ke tokoni ki he fehikitaki mo e hiki e nofo; mo fakahoko ha ngaahi fono mo e komiuniti ‘o e Pasifikí ‘a ē ‘oku uesia ‘e he feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá.
‘I Fisi ‘i ‘Epeleli 2017, ko e kau taki ‘o e PCC, mo e kau fakafofonga mei he ngaahi komiunitī mo e ngaahi kautaha sosaieti sivilé, na‘a nau tukuatu ‘a e Fakamatala ki he Kelikoloa ‘i Kilisitahí, mo ui ki he Pule‘anga ‘o Papua Niukiní mo e ngaahi fonua kehe ‘o e Pasifikí, ke fakangata ha toe ngāue pe fakalakalaka ‘o fekau‘aki mo e tekinolosia Kelikoloa ‘i Kilisitahí ‘i he ngaahi fonua mo e ngaahi tahi (PCC, 2017). ‘I ‘Aokosi ‘o e ta‘u tatau, na‘e fakataha ai ‘a e kau taki ‘o e PCC ‘i ‘Okalani, Nu‘usila pea fokotu‘u ai ‘a e Ui mei Moana Ki Fakahoko Ngāue (MCFA). Ko e fo‘i nga‘unu mahu‘inga ‘a e kau taki ‘o e PCC hili ia ha ngaahi ta‘u lahi ‘o e talanoa, fengāue‘aki mo e lototaha ‘ia te kinautolu fekau‘aki mo e ngaahi palopalema ko ‘ení. Kuo taimi ke fakahoko ā e ngāue, kae‘oua ‘e kei tuku ai pē ngaahi palopalema ko ení ‘i he lēvolo ‘o e talanoa mo e fakataha. ‘I he MCFA, na‘e ‘i ai ‘a e palopalema lalahi ‘e 7 ‘o e ui ki he ngāue ‘a ia na‘e kau ai: 1) Tutui fakaekita, 2) Kelikoloa Kilisitahi, 3) Tisapola Pasifiki, 4) Tataki ‘o e siasí, 5) Vā ‘o e Siasi mo e Pule‘anga, 6) Hū mai ‘o e ngaahi lotu fo‘ou, mo e 7) Totongi mēmipa he PCC. ‘I he tu‘unga ko ‘ení, ‘oku hā mai kuo nga‘unu e PCC ki hono fakahoko ‘o e ngāue.
Kaikehe, ko e kau taki PCC, kau fakafofonga mei he komiunitī, mo e ngaahi kautaha sosaieti sivile ‘oku nau kei tu‘uma’u pē he lēvolo ‘o e talanoá mo e fakatahá. Ko e taha e ‘uhinga ki hení ko e si‘isi‘i ha founga pe sipinga ke nau muimui ki ai ‘i hono ‘ohifo e ngaahi fakakaukau faka‘ātakai ke fakahoko’aki e ngāué. ‘I he ‘uhinga ko iá, na‘e toe ‘i ai e fakakaukau na‘e kamata’i—Toe Lālānga e Fala Faka‘ātakai (REM). Ko e REM na‘e kautaha ai ‘a e Kolisi Faka-Teolosia ‘a e Pasifikí (PTC), Konifelenisi ‘o e ngaahi Siasi he Pasifikí (PCC), mo e Senitā ‘Ōsenia ki he ‘Aatí, ‘Ulungaanga Faka-fonua mo e ngaahi Ako Fekau’aki mo e Pasifiki (OCACPS) ‘o e ‘Univēsiti ‘o e Sauté Pasifiki (USP), ‘o kamata ‘i he 2017. Ko e taumu‘a ‘o e REM na‘e ua. ‘Uluaki, ke tataki e ngaahi hoá ngāué mo fakakaumai honau kau mēmipá ‘i hono tali e faingata‘a faka‘ātakai ‘o e ‘aho ní. Ua, ke ‘oatu ki he ngaahi pule‘anga ‘i he Pasifikí ha ngaahi founga (‘o kau ai hono ngāue‘aki ‘o e ngaahi vakai teolosia, fakatohitapú, mo e fakafonuá) ki he fakalakalaka ‘o tatau mo ia na’e fakahoko ‘i he kuohilí. Na‘e toe fakataumu‘a foki ‘a e REM ke fakatupu e ngaahi fakakaukaú mo fakanofonofo e fakalakalaka ‘i he vahefonua ‘o e Pasifikí ‘i he fa‘unga fo‘oú.
‘I he 2020, na‘e hikihake ‘a e REM ki he konga fakalakalaka hoko ‘o paaki ha tohi, Toelalanga ‘o e Fa‘unga Fala Faka‘ātakai: Ki ha Fa‘unga Faka‘ātakai ma ‘a e Fakalakalaká..[3] Ko e tolu‘i fa‘ungá ni na‘e fa‘u ‘aki ha fuo ‘e tolu—teolosia, ‘ekonōmiká, mo e ngaahi ‘ulungaanga fakafonua/fakalaumālie. ‘I loto ‘i he ngaahi fuó ni ‘oku tu‘u ai ‘a e vāfekau‘aki, pea ‘oku ngāue‘aki ko e me‘afua, ki hono fakatokanga‘i mo faka‘apa‘apa‘i ‘a e fenāpasi mo e fetāiaki ‘a e kātoa ‘o e ngaahi felālānga‘aki e tu‘oni kehekehe ‘o e mo‘uí. ‘Oku kamata ‘a e fa‘ungá ‘aki hono fakamatala‘i e tu‘unga ‘o e Pasifikí mo e founga ‘o e mōtolo niolipalolo fakalakalaka faka‘ekonōmiká, ‘oku ‘ikai ke fehokotaki lelei ia mo e tūkunga fakakātoa ‘o e Pasifikí. Ko e mōtolo niolipaloló ‘oku fakaivia ia mei he ma‘utakī tokanga ki he tupulaki ‘o ‘ikai fakangatangatá. Ko e taimi ‘oku makatu‘unga ai ‘a e tupu “‘i hono ta‘aki ‘o ‘ikai toe fakafo’ou pea mo hono ngāue fakavalevale‘akí e ma‘u‘angakoloa, ‘oku ‘ikai fenāpasi, ka ‘oku ne maumau lahi ‘a e mo‘ui lelei ‘o e hotau ‘api fakalukufua, Māmani” (UNEP, 2019). ‘Oku fakamamafa‘i ‘e he fa‘ungá ko eni ‘a e REM ‘oku hā mai ai ko e fa‘unga faka‘ātakai ki he fakalakalaka ‘i Pasifikí.
‘Oku taukave ‘a e kau fatutohi ‘a e REM ko e mōtolo niolipalolo fakalakalaka faka‘ekonōmiká ‘oku lahilahi kaungalelei pē ki he kau tu‘umālie tokosi‘i, mo e kau ma‘umafai mālohi-taha fakataautaha/fakatokolahi ‘o māmaní, ka ‘ikai ma ‘a e tokolahi-taha ‘o e kakai ‘o māmaní, ‘o kau ai ‘a e kakai ‘oku nofo ‘i he Pasifikí. Ko e mōtolo niolipalolo fakalakalaka faka‘ekonōmiká ‘oku ne tu‘uaki ‘a e tō‘onga tatau na‘e ‘uhinga ki ai ‘a White mo ne fakaanga‘i ‘i he‘ene ‘analaiso ‘a e ngaahi uesia faka‘ātakai ‘a e Tui fakakalisitiane ‘o e Uesité (sio ki he kongatohi kimu‘a).Ko e mōtolo ko eni ‘oku makatu‘unga ‘i hono “‘o hake ‘o e ma‘u‘angakoloa ‘o māmaní, tā ‘o e ‘ulu‘i‘akaú, fakakonahi e vaí, tukuange hake ‘a e veve fakangāue‘anga ki he ‘etimosifiá, palau‘i hake ‘a e ngaahi fonuatongotongo, mo kelikoloa ‘i he ngaahi feitu‘u ‘oku pelepelengesi faka‘ātakaí.”[4] Kuo uesia ‘e he mōtolo niolipaloló ‘a e Pasifikí ‘i he founga kehekehe ‘o hangē ko e fu‘u fakafalala ‘i he koloa hūmai mei mulí, ngāue‘aki e koloa ‘oku teke ‘e he māketí, maumau e ‘ātakaí koe‘uhī ko e ngaahi fahipapa fakakomēsialé, mo e ngaahi mahua ‘a e loló ‘i ngaahi ‘out motu Solomoné ‘i he 2019, ke fakalau pē ha kongasi‘i.[5]
‘Oku ‘i ai e ‘uhinga na‘e mahu‘inga ai ‘a e paaki ko ‘ení. ‘Oku ne fakamahu‘inga‘i ‘a e kehekehe ‘o e ngaahi ‘ekonōmika iikí, komiunitī iikí, mo e ngaahi founga iiki ‘o e fatongia fakasetuatá/tu’ufakakalikali ‘oku ne fakahoko ‘a e mo‘uí mohutafea. ‘Oku ne tu‘uaki ‘a hono toe fakafoki e mafaí ki he ngaahi ‘ekonōmika faka‘aho ‘i he ngaahi tulikí, ‘aki hono ‘omai kinautolu mei ai ki he senitā. ‘Oku ne toe fakamaama ‘a kinautolu ‘oku teke‘i ki he tulikí, ‘o hangē ko e ngaahi fonua ‘i he Pasifikí, ke toe fakafoki mai ‘enau mo’ui fakalaumalie mo e ngaahi makatu‘unga vā mahu‘inga felalave‘i faka‘ātakai ki lotomālie. Ko e mo‘ui kotoa pē ‘i he māmaní ‘oku vā ofi pea fekaukau‘aki ‘afa‘afa; Ko e māmaní ko ‘api ia ‘a e ‘Otuá, fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá mo e me‘a mo‘ui kotoa pē; pea ko e pule‘anga ‘o e ‘Otuá ‘oku tonu ke to‘o fakamātoato ‘e he māmaní mo e kakaí, koe‘uhi ko e kupu kotoa pē ‘e taha. Kaikehe, neongo ‘oku makatu‘unga e REM ‘i he ngaahi fekumi kehekehe mei he tapakehekehe ‘o e kolopé mo e Pasifikí, ‘oku lahiange ‘ene fakamamafa ‘i faka-e-fakakaukaú kae ‘ikai ke tukumai ha ngaahi founga mo‘oni fakaengāue. Neongo na‘e fakatokanga‘i ‘e he tohi ‘a e kehekehe ‘o e ngaahi mo‘oni‘i me‘a fakapolitikalé, ‘oku ‘ikai te ne tukumai ha ngaahi founga ‘e lava ke ne tukuhifo ai e ngaahi fa‘unga fakakaukaú ki he ngaahi founga ngāue ma ‘a e Pasifikí pe ma ‘a e ngaahi tūkunga fakapolitikale kehé.
‘Oku mahu‘inga ke faka‘ilonga‘i mo fakamālō‘ia ‘a e ngaahi lavame‘a ‘a e PCC ‘i hono tali ‘o e feliuliuaki e ‘eá talu hono fokotu‘u ‘i he 1966 pea ke vakai‘i pe fakamātoato oku lelei fēfē ‘a e ngaahi me‘á ni ‘i he‘ene a‘umai ki he ‘aho ní. Kuo lava ‘e he PCC ‘o fokotu’u ha teolosia ki he tokangaekina ‘o natulá pea hokohoko mo hono malanga‘i e mahu‘inga ‘o e ngaahi fatongia fakakalisitiané ‘i hono faka‘apa‘apa‘i mo malu‘i e fakatupu ‘a e ‘Otuá. Kuo toe lava ‘e he PCC ‘o fa‘u e ngaahi talafakahāhā mo e ngaahi fakamatala fekau‘aki mo e fakamātoato ‘o e tukupā ki hono tali fakavavevave ‘o e faingata‘a faka‘ātakai, ko e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘eá ko e palopalema faka‘ekuimenikale, pea mo uiaki ke fakahoko e ngāué. ‘Oku ongo faka‘amanaki lelei ‘a e ngaahi me‘á ni, ka ko e lea leleí mo e taumu‘á ‘oku ‘ikai ke fu‘u ‘i ai hano mahu‘inga kapau ‘oku ‘ikai lava ke fakahoko ha ngāué. ‘Oku fakamo‘oni‘i ‘e me‘á ni ‘i hono talafakahāhā ‘e he PCC ‘a ‘enau Ui mei Moana Ki he Ngāue ‘i he 2017, pea ‘osiange ko iá ‘oku ‘ikai lava ke nau mo‘ui‘aki ‘enau tukupā ke fakahoko e ngāué. ‘Oku ‘ikai te u faka‘ikai‘i ‘a e lelei ‘o e fa‘unga REM: he ‘oku ‘ikai ngata ‘ene tu‘uaki ‘a e ngaahi teolosia ‘o e Pasifikí, ngaahi ‘ulungaanga fakafonuá mo e ngaahi ‘ekonōmiká, ka ‘oku toe fakamahu‘inga‘i mā‘olunga ‘a e ‘ilo fakalotofonuá, poto, mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ki hono tali ‘o e feliuliuaki ‘o e ‘ea ‘i he Pasifikí. Ka ko hono fakamulitukú, ‘oku fa‘u‘aki ‘a e mei mei me‘a tatau pē: talanoa mo e fono. Talu mei ai, ko e talanoá mo e ngaahi fakatahá ‘oku kei hokohoko atu pē.
‘I tu‘a he ngaahi kautaha ko ‘ení, kaikehe, ‘oku ‘i ai e ngaahi ngāue ‘i he ngaahi siasi fakakoló. Ko e faka‘osi ‘o e ngaahi konga tohi ko ‘ení te ne fakamatala ki he ngāue kuo fakahoko ‘i he fonuá ‘i Tonga, taha e fakatātā ‘oku ne fakamamafa‘i ‘a e mahu‘inga e ngaahi fatongia ‘o e Konifelenisi ‘o e ngaahi Siasi he Pasifikí (PCC) ‘o fakafou ‘i he Kōsilio e ngaahi Siasi ‘i Tongá mo e Fōlomu ‘o e kau Taki Lotu ‘i Tongá pea ko e hā e ngaahi ‘elia ‘o e ngāue ‘oku nau fiema‘u ke fakamamafa kia ai e tokanga. ‘A ia, ko hono fakalahi e ngaahi tokoni fakapa‘angá ki hono kaungā-fa‘u mo fakahoko ha ngaahi ngāue ‘i he lēvolo ‘o e siasi fakakoló. ‘Oku ‘i ai ‘a e fiema‘u ki ha tokanga lahiange ki hono fakafa‘ūtaha mai e ngaahi ma‘u‘angakoloa ‘oku nofo mo e ngaahi siasí mo ngāue‘aki lelei ki hono fakasi‘isi‘i e tukuange ‘o e ngaahi kasa koná. ‘Oku mātu‘aki mahu‘inga hono ngāue‘aki e ngaahi ivimalava tu‘ufonua ki hono tau‘i ‘o e feliuliuaki e ‘eá.
Translated by Rev. Dr. Laiseni Liava’a and Dr. 'Alaimaluloa Toetu'u-Tamihere.
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Footnotes
[1] T. M. Vaioleti, ‘Talanoa Research Methodology: A developing position on Pacific Research’, Waikato Journal of Education 12 (2006), 21-43.
[2] Timote Masima Vaioleti, ‘Talanoa, Manulua and Founga Ako: Frameworks for Using Enduring Tongan Educational Ideas for Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand’ (PhD Thesis, University of Waikato, 2011), 115.
[3] Cliff Bird, Arnie Saiki, and Meretui Ratunabuabua, Toelalanga ‘o e Fa‘unga Fala Faka‘ātakai: Ki ha Fa‘unga Faka‘ātakai ma ‘a e Fakalakalaká. (Pacific Theological College, 2020) (accessed 21 April 2023).
[4] Steve de Gruchy, “Oikos, God and the Olive Agenda: Theological Reflections on Economics and Environment,” 2007.
[5] Karen E. Charlton et al., ‘Fish, Food Security and Health in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Systematic Literature Review’, BMC Public Health 16, 1 (24 March 2016), 285; Jocelyn Linnekin, ‘Consuming Cultures: Tourism and the Commoditization of Cultural Identity in the Island Pacific’, in Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies, ed. Michel Picard and Robert E. Wood, (University of Hawaii Press, 1997), 215–50; ‘Logging Rate Unsustainable in Solomons, Admits Official’, RNZ, 5 June 2019; UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ‘Update on East Rennell Oil Spill, Solomon Islands’, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, (accessed 26 August 2024).
