Posesi Fanua, Tupou

Scope and Contents The collection contains a manuscript version of part of an appendix to Parsons' PhD thesis Sickness experience and language: aspects of Tongan and Western accounting (University of Waikato, 1981). The manuscript consists of accounts of Tongan sicknesses and therapies, and a section on Tongan medicines by Tupou Posesi Fanua. Some of the accounts were recorded by Tongans under the direction of Fanua who is considered an authority on traditional Tongan culture....

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Consists of interviews with Tupou Posesi Fanua and Sete Selui recorded by Garth Rogers during field work in Tonga from 1969 - 1971.

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Consists of three papers compiled from recordings by Tupou Posesi Fanua, Wendy Pond and Garth Rogers in Tonga in 1971.

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Consists of the combined recordings made by Wendy Pond and Tupou Posesi Fanua regarding the Hā'ele: Royal tour of the Kingdom of Tonga by H M Tupou IV, in Niuafo'ou, Niuatoputapu and Vava'u from August-September 1971.

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Consists of the combined recordings made by Wendy Pond and Tupou Posesi Fanua regarding the Hā'ele: Royal tour of the Kingdom of Tonga by H M Tupou IV, in Vava'u, Ha'apai and 'Eua from August-September 1971.

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Consists of the combined recordings made by Wendy Pond and Tupou Posesi Fanua regarding the Hā'ele: Royal tour of the Kingdom of Tonga by H M Tupou IV, in 'Eua, Niuafo'ou, Niuatoputapu, Vava'u and Ha'apai from August-September 1971. Includes a compilation of Malanga from the Taumafakava 'o e tali tū'uta and Pongipongi hingoa ceremonies of the Hā'ele.

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Consists of kava calls recorded during the Hā'ele: Royal Tour of H M Tupou IV in Vava'u, Ha'apai and 'Eua, Tonga.

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Consists of transcriptions of field recordings made by Tupou Posesi Fanua in Kolonga, Tongatapu, Tonga for the Tonga Traditions Committee. According to depositor, Tupou's cassette recordings were lost however some may have been copied onto tapes in the Pond-Rogers collection. Each item includes a transcription and an English translation.

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Consists of transcriptions of interviews with Tupou Posesi Fanua by Wendy Pond and Garth Rogers during her visit to Auckland, New Zealand in 1974. Includes a summary of content of interviews with Tupou Posesi conducted and recorded by Margaret Hixon on 28 September 1989.

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Consists of recordings made by Tupou Posesi Fanua in Tongatapu, Tonga on behalf of the Tonga Traditions Committee for the Royal Palace Office records. Date of recordings are unknown.