What does it mean for you and your family to be Tongan? 

 To have an identity, to be part of a culture and a village. Plus I love how extra we are as Tongans.  

  What is your favourite Tongan tradition or unique Tongan proverb that is dear to you and your family? 

 Ka ko au mo hoku fale temau tauhi a sihova – But for me and my house we will serve the Lord.  

 It’s part of a bible verse in Joshua 24: 15. Every day we gather as a family for our family devotion and it just allows us to have that time during the end of our day to give thanks and praise for another day with our family and others. 

  How does this year's theme for Tongan Language week apply to you? 

 I was born in New Zealand so the Tongan language can be a struggle to speak. Understanding is fine for me, but the urge to respond and conversate back in Tongan is the goal.  

 My encouragement to our young ones is to learn so that you are able to conversate with others in our language.  

  What would you like to see for the Tongan community in the next year? 

 For more of us to embrace the culture. I want to learn from our elders. One day they'll be gone and it’s up to us to take charge and carry on with our traditions.  

 Where are you from in Tonga?  

I hail from Kolomotu’a, Fo’ui Hihifo 

 If the Tongan language had its own theme song for Tongan Language Week, what music do you think it would be and why? 

Theme song: Folau – ‘Upe ‘o Siu’ilikutapu in honour of the late Princess who passed