Rethinking development in Tonga: dialogues with Sefita Hao’uli,vKalafi Moala, and Melino Maka
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Te Ara Poutama, Auckland University of Technology
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Acknowledging the work of the late Tongan professors, Futa Helu and Epeli Hau’ofa, this is the first in a series of four articles. Teena Brown Pulu revisits Helu’s criticism of development in Tonga by framing interview conversations with Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala and Melino Maka in a Hau’ofa-styled narrative that draws on satire and tongue-in-cheek prodding as a form of criticism. This is Tongan storytelling with a critical edge which will leave the reader much clearer about the convoluted circumstances and unpredictable politics driving development and democracy in the Kingdom of Tonga.Description
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Te Kaharoa - The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, vol.6(1), pp.306 - 344
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Te Kaharoa is a free-access, multi-disciplinary, refereed, e-journal focusing on indigenous Pacific issues.