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‘Akiheuho Acting Chair: Mr Manu Fotu This year ‘Akiheuho supported the Tongan Aotearoa Hakula Rugby League (TAHRL) teams at the recent Cook Island tournament which was held on the weekends of 29th, 30th September and 6th, 7th October. TAHRL provided 10 teams that in total included: U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U18, U20, senior women and senior men teams, and it was a very successful tournament for the Tongan teams. ‘Akiheuho used this sports vehicle to promote various health promotional programmes, and this year there was a focus on “ease up on drinking” message. We utilised the funding that ‘Akiheuho received from ALAC to work with TAHRL to develop guidelines and policies around drinking alcohol at rugby tournaments. Members from ‘Akiheuho delivered presentations to coaches and managers during regular meetings so that they can in turn share the knowledge with players and also with parents, raising awareness about the problem of the alcohol drinking culture. It is envisaged that relations between ‘Akiheuho and TAHRL will continue to be strengthened in the future and so enable us to address various issues relevant to the Tongan community in a holistic manner. Page 16
‘Akiheuho String Band launches new CD resource for Tongan community The Akiheuho String Band launched its first album on Thursday, 26th July 2012, at the Langimalie Community Garden Centre in Onehunga. The album consists of ten original Tongan compositions and songs. The album features songs written by our members Professor Sitaleki Finau, Manase Lua and Sione Vaka. The album is called “Tala ‘a ‘Akiheuho – Chronicles of the ‘Akiheuho, Vol. 1”. The band is also a part of the Aotearoa Tongan Health Workers Association’s (ATHWA) Men’s Health and Responsible Faikava work-stream. Click here to go to our website or type in the following address http://www.akiheuho-athwa.org.nz/Akiheuho/Home.html The album represents a labour of love by a group of friends and associates passionate about Tonga, its people, music, arts, traditions, culture and history. ‘Akiheuho acknowledges Papali’i Seiuli Johnny Siaosi for his wise counsel and input into the development the CD, and also as training and therapeutic resource. The band hopes that this CD not only inspires lovers of traditional Tongan music and hiva kakakala (fragrant songs), but also young Tongans born and raised overseas. Every song in the CD has been translated into English on the album sleeve. ‘Akiheuho (pronounced: Aah-kee-he-uu-haw) was the flagship of the ancient Tu’i Tonga royal naval fleet at the height of the Tongan Empire in the Pacific. The closest translation for ‘Akiheuho is “awaken to the core” or “rise to the occasion” the singular word “uho” meaning the root, core or objective (referring to the ancient Tu’i Tonga and now the current King of Tonga and his family or Ha’a Moheofo). The band and ATHWA wishes to thank the following organisations; Masilamea Press, Pasifika at Massey, Noa Enterprises and Tui Ora Live Arts Trust for their sponsorship and assistance in turning this project into reality. The band is working on volume 2 to be released in 2013. If you are interested in purchasing a copy for $20.00 please contact Manase Lua – nasflo@xtra.co.nz otherwise, get a free copy when you register to become a ‘Akiheuho member by contacting - Julie Ah-Ken on julie@pacifichealth.org.nz or 09 250 5761. Page 17
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