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Fakafeʻiloaki

Talu hono fakaava he 1977, mo e fengāueʻaki mālohi ʻa e Misiume ʻEfinolosia Fakafonua ʻi he fekumi fakaʻefinolosia ʻi honau potu tahi´, pea mo ʻenau kei tauhi maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻaliaʻali tuʻufonua ʻo ha feituʻu. ʻI he 1985-86, naʻe fakatau mai ai ʻe heʻetau misiume ʻa e tātānaki fakamatala ʻa Siaosi Palauni ʻo e ngaahi koloa ʻātifeki ʻo e ʻefinolosia mei he Univesiti ʻo Niukāsolo ʻi Tyne, ʻi Niu ʻIngilani, UK. Ko e tātānaki´ni, ʻoku mahuʻinga fakahisitōlia mo fakaʻulungānga fakafonua foki, ko hono ʻuhinga´, ko e konga lahi ʻo e tātānaki´ni, ko e tānaki fakamatala pe ʻa e tokotaha, ko Faifekau Toketā Siaosi Palauni, ʻoku tuʻu loa pea mo ngāue malohi he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu lahi, pea poupou ki ai moʻene ngāue ko e paionia fakamisinale Metotisi he ʻotu motu Pasifiki´. ʻOku to e mahuʻinga foki´, he ʻoku´ ne fakasino mai e lekooti e ngaahi tefitoʻi fakakaukau, ʻoku fakamatala ki ai e tokotaha tanaki fakamatala´, heʻene ngaahi tohi ʻefinolosia´, pehē ki heʻene tohi ki he ngāue fakamisinale´. Ko e meʻa tēpuu, ʻoku to e mahuʻinga foki koeʻuhi ʻoku ne fakafofongaʻi hono fālute ʻetau ngaahi koloa tuʻufonua, ʻa ia ʻe malava ke vakai ki ai e kakai e ngaahi ʻOtumotu Pasifiki´, ke to e fekumi ange ki he moʻui honau ngaahi tuku fakaholo´.

Pita Mātiu mo Isao Hayashi
Misiume Fakafonua Ako ki he Tukufakaholo pe ʻEfinolosia , Osaka, Siapani.