Open AccessThe suckling pig chronicles Kolonga day in Auckland
Author(s) -
Teena Brown,
Richard Pamatatau
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
kaharoa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-6035
DOI - 10.24135/tekaharoa.v8i1.32
Subject(s) - diaspora , settlement (finance) , geography , history , present day , feeling , genealogy , socioeconomics , gender studies , sociology , psychology , business , social psychology , physics , astronomy , finance , payment
The Tongan diaspora of New Zealand, Australia, and the United States has invented the observance of village days. Auckland affiliates to Kolonga, a rural farming settlement in Tonga, held an inaugural village day on October 26th, 2015. The result generated mixed feelings. The greater part wanted Kolonga day made a regular celebration. Others thought the event could be improved. While some saw the maiden Kolonga day as chaos, which should be reworked to resemble a function less costly and showy, and more down-to-earth and practical. Why have Tongan village days taken off in diaspora, and will they continue to be bankrolled by generations born overseas?