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From traditional tapa cloth to the Maori haka, families and friends celebrate graduating students with pride, appreciation, love, and cultural richness, according to three graduates. They shared the ...

We [couldn’t] afford to live from this pay to the next pay.” Initially the couple sold tapa cloth at Polyfest and also the Pasifika Festival at Western Springs. One year, Vai noticed the food ...

Tonga is a Polynesian nation consisting of 171 islands and has a population of just over 100,000 people, with the majority residing on the main island, Tongatapu. It is located more than 3,500 ...