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17th July 2007
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A PUBLIC NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VAVA`U
KOE FANONGONONGO KIHE VAHEFONUA VAVA`U
`OKU MAU FAKAMALUMALU ATU HE TALAMALU `OE FONUA KAE `OFA KE `ATA KE FAKATU`AKIATO ATU `A E FAKAHOHA`A NI KIHE HOU`EIKI, MATU`A TAUHIFONUA, HA`A MATAPULE, KAU FAIFEKAU MO HA`A LOTU, KAU PULE FAKAVAHE MOE KAU `OFISA KOLO, TANGATA`IFONUA MOE FEFINE`IFONUA PEA MOE HAKOTUPU KOTOA PE `O VAVA`U LAHI, `IHE LOLO`AHALAEVALU MOE `OTU TONGA KOTOA, PEA PEHE KIHE `OTU MULI FOKI.
NA`E FAKAKAUKAU`I FAKA`UHINGA MO FOKOTU`U FAKALAO `A E POATE FAKAFONUA `AE KAKAI `O VAVA`U LAHI KIHE NGAAHI HALA FAKAKAVAKAVA MO E NGAAHI HALA PULE`ANGA KE FAKAKAUKAU`I MO SOLOVA `AE NGAAHI POLOPALEMA TEFITO `OKU FEHANGAHANGAI MOE KAKAI KOTOA `O VAVA`U. `OKU KAMATA `AE NGAUE NI `IHE NGAAHI POLOPALEMA VIVILI `O HANGE KO HONO TOE LANGA FO`OU `OE HALA FAKAKAVAKAVA VAIPUA, `AIA KUO `OSI TAPUNI `O `IKAI TOE NGAUE`AKI KO `ENE TU`U HE TU`UNGA FAKATU`UTAMAKI KIHE FEFONONGA`AKI, `O TOE KAU AI `A E NGAAHI HALA PULE`ANGA KIHE NGAAHI `API`UTA, `O HANGE KOE AKO MOE MO`UI MOE `ATAKAI, PEA MOE NGAAHI ME`A LAHI KEHE PE.
`OKU TU`U TAU`ATAINA PE `AE POATE NI MEIHE PULE`ANGA, `AIA `OKU TAKI NGAUE AI `A HOU`EIKI MO HA`A MATEAKI FONUA PEA MOE TANGATA`IFONUA MOE FEFINE`IFONUA `O VAVA`U LAHI, `O `UHINGA KENA UMOUMOTAHA MOE PULE`ANGA `I HONO FAKAKAUKAU`I MO NGAUE`I `AE FONUA PEA MO SOLOVA FOKI `AE NGAAHI FAINGATA`A `OKU FEHANGAHANGAI MOE KAKAI. `OKU TUI `AE POATE `OKU `IKAI TONU KE KEI FAKAONGO PE `AE KAKAI KIHE PULE`ANGA KIHA TOKONI KA KENAU TU`U LEVA `O FAI HA NGAUE `AONGA MO FAI HA TOKONI KI HONO LANGA `AE FONUA MA`AE LELEI FAKALUKUFUA `A HONO KAKAI.
NA`E FILI FOKI `AE `EIKI KOVANA LE`OLE`O `O VAVA`U, TU`A TAUMOEPEAU-TUPOU, KENE HOKO KOE SEA IA `AE POATE `AE KAKAI `O VAVA`U LAHI `IHE FUNGA `OE FAKA`APA`APA MOE FAKALANGUILANGI, KA KOE TUPU MEI HE`ENE FEPAKI HE`ENE TOE HOKO KOE SEA `OE KOMITI LANGA FAKALAKALAKA `A VAVA`U `AE PULE`ANGA, `A HONO FETONGI IA `EHE FAKAFOFONGA PULE`ANGA `O VAVA`U, `AIA KO PAULA TATAFU.
NA`E `OSI FAHOKO FOKI `EHE KOMITI FAKAFONUA `A VAVA`U LAHI `I NU`USILA HA NGAUE TATAU MOE LANGA NGAUE `OKU LOLOTONGA FAI `EHE POATE MA`A VAVA`U, `AIA KO `ENAU TOKONI LAHI KI HONO FAKANAUNAU FO`OU `AE FALEMAHAKI PILINISI UELINGATONI NGU `O VAVA`U, `AIA NA`E FE`UNGA MOHA LAUMILIONA HONO MAHU`INGA, `O `IKAI KENAU “TALITO`UTAKAI” PE KIHE PULE`ANGA KIHA MOMO, `O HOKO `ENAU TAPA MAI KE MALAVA `AE PULE`ANGA `O FAKAHOKO HA TOKONI KIHA NGAAHI ME`A KEHE MA`AE LELEI FAKALUKUFUA `AE FONUA.
`OKU `IKAI TAUMU`A `AE LANGA NGAUE KO `ENI `AE POATE FAKAFONUA `AE KAKAI `O VAVA`U LAHI KIHA LELEI FAKAFO`ITUITUI KA KOE MELENGA FAKALUKUFUA `A VAVA`U MOE KATOI `A HONO KAKAI.
KUO TOHO `AE VAKA `OE POATE FAKAFONUA `AE KAKAI `O VAVA`U LAHI KIHE TAULANGA PUATALEFUSI, PEA KUO FUSI E TAULA PEA KUO TAU FAILA, PEA HE`IKAI HA TOE TAFOKI KA TAU TULITULI KIHE KAVEINGA KUO `OSI HONO FATU MO MAAU FA`U.
KOIA AI HOU`EIKI MOE KAINGA VAVA`U KOTOA PE, `E KEI TU`ULAHOKO AI PE `AE NGAAHI POLOKALAMA FEINGA PA`ANGA KONISETI “UIUI MATANGI” HE LETIO AZ3 `AE POATE FAKAFONUA `AE KAKAI `O VAVA`U LAHI, `AIA KUO `OSI FAI ATU HONO TALAKI HE NGALU`EA MO `ATA ATU HE TELEVISONE, `AIA `E FAKAHOKO `I TONGA `EIKI HE TOKONAKI 14 `O SIULAI `IHE MAKETI TALAMAHU, PEA MOE NGAAHI KONISETI FEINGA PA`ANGA FAKAKOLO KOTOA PE KUO `OSI FAI HONO TEUAKI, `AIA `E KAMTA MEI HE `AHO 20 `O SIULAI, 2007 TA`U.
`OFA ATU FAU MOE MANATU ATU,
MEI HE POATE FAKAFONUA `AE KAKAI `O VAVA`U LAHI KIHE NGAAHI HALA FAKAKAVAKAVA MOE NGAAHI HALA PULE`ANGA
A PUBLIC NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VAVA`U
WE TAKE SHELTER UNDER THE TRADITIONS OF THE LAND AND MAY WE BE ALLOWED TO HUMBLY INFORM MEMBERS OF THE ARISTOCRACY, KEEPERS OF CUSTOMS, CEREMONIAL ORATORS, CHURCH MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LAND, IN LOLO`AHALAEVALU AND THE WHOLE OF TONGA, AS WELL AS THOSE LIVING ABROAD.
THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL BOARD OF VAVA’U WAS CONCEIVED AND INCORPORATED IN ORDER TO RATIONALISE AND ADDRESS THE MOST IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PEOPLE OF VAVA`U, SUCH AS THE RE-BUIDING OF THE VAIPUA BRIDGE, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR REASONS OF SAFETY, AND THESE INCLUDE THE PUBLIC OFF ROADS, AS WELL AS EDUCATION, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AMONGST MANY OTHER THINGS.
THE BOARD IS INDEPENDENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, LED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ARISTOCRACY AND HARD-WORKING CITIZENS OF VAVA`U, WHERE BOTH THE BOARD AND GOVERNMENT WORK TOGETHER IN VIEW TO SOLVE THE COMMON PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PEOPLE. THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR ASSISTANCE, AND INSTEAD SHOULD ARISE AND AID THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE PEOPLE.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF VAVA`U, HON. TU`A TAUMOEPEAU, WAS ELECTED, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD, AS AN HONOUR AND RESPECT FOR HIS UNIQUE POSITION, BUT THIS CLASHES WITH THE FACT THAT HE HAPPENS TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CABINET-APPOINTED VAVA`U DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH LEADS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE IN VAVA`U, MR PAULA TATAFU, TO THIS POSITION.
THE VAVA`U LAHI NATIONAL COMMITTEE IN NEW ZEALAND CARRIED OUT A SIMILAR UNDERTAKING TO THAT CURRENTLY SET IN MOTION BY THE BOARD, WHICH INVOLVED THE SENDING OF NEW AND USED HOSPITAL EQUIPMENTS TO VAVA`U IN ASSISTANCE FOR THE PRINCE WELLINGTON NGU HOSPITAL, REFUSING TO CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR HELP, AND ENABLING THE GOVERNMENT TO PERFORM THE REST OF THEIR BASIC DUTIES FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY.
THE BOARD DOES NOT AIM TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL AGENDAS OF ITS MEMBERS, RATHER IT IS STRICTLY OBLIGATED WITH THE PROMOTION OF THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.
THE BOAT OF THE BOARD HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO THE ADJOINING SEA OF PUATALEFUSI, AND ITS ANCHOR HAS BEEN PULLED UP AND SET SAILED, AND THERE IS NO RETURN AS FAR AS ITS SET OF MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES ARE CONCERNED.
YE PEOPLE OF VAVA`U PLEASE BE INFORMED, THAT THE OPEN-AIR FUND-RAISING PROGRAMME OF THE BOARD AS PLANNED STILL STANDS, WHICH HAS BEEN AIRED ON A3Z RADIO AND TELEVISED ON TV TONGA, FOR THE VAVA`U PEOPLE LIVING IN TONGATAPU AT TALAMAHU MARKET ON SATURDAY 14 JULY, AS WELL AS FUND-RAISING CONCERTS IN VILLAGES ALL OVER VAVA`U, SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY THE 20TH JULY, 2007.
WITH HEART-FELT LOVE AND SINCERE MEMORIES,
THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL BOARD OF VAVA’U BRIDGES AND PUBLIC ROADS
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