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| Meng Foon |
NZ. Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon says what unites us is stronger than what divides us. It's as well to remember this as 2,000 anti-vaxx protesters marched through Wellington streets today, thankfully far less than the 50,000 Brian Tamaki forecast.
Tonga. The newly-elected Tongan PM Siaosi Sovaleni could lead Tonga on a different path than his predecessor. Kalafi Moala writes, "And speaking as a Tonga High School ex-student, thank you Tonga for giving us the best gift we could have expected for our 75th Anniversary in 2022. Sovaleni is the President of our THS Ex-students Association, and he is one of the most distinguished graduates of the school being Dux in his final year." (A personal aside: I taught 'Eakalafi at THS in the early 1960s, and started the Dux system).
New Caledonia. The French are claiming a victory. Most people voting in the recent referendum voted against independence but almost all of the Kanak (native) population shunned the referendum by not voting. They dismiss the results.
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| Siaosi Sovaleni |
Tonga. The newly-elected Tongan PM Siaosi Sovaleni could lead Tonga on a different path than his predecessor. Kalafi Moala writes, "And speaking as a Tonga High School ex-student, thank you Tonga for giving us the best gift we could have expected for our 75th Anniversary in 2022. Sovaleni is the President of our THS Ex-students Association, and he is one of the most distinguished graduates of the school being Dux in his final year." (A personal aside: I taught 'Eakalafi at THS in the early 1960s, and started the Dux system).
New Caledonia. The French are claiming a victory. Most people voting in the recent referendum voted against independence but almost all of the Kanak (native) population shunned the referendum by not voting. They dismiss the results.
