Tupou Posesi Fanua field recordings in Kolonga, Tongatapu, undated

File — Box: 1

Identifier: AMPS 2022/68. Series 2. File 2/11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

undated

Creator

Posesi Fanua, Tupou (Recordist, Person)

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.4 metres (Includes 47 open-reel tapes, 3 audio cassettes, 1 sound disc, 1 video, 1 box.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Tonga (Tonga Islands)

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Items

1. Koe finemotu'a mo 'ene tama / The woman and her child: Interview with Mailau.
2. Ko e 'uhinga 'oe hingoa Kolonga / Meaning of the name Kolonga: Interview with Mailau.
3. Kolonga (Crying Village)
4. Koe 'utulongoā'a / The noisy coastal rocks: Interview with Mailau.
5. 'Utulongoa'a / Noisy coast
6. Glossary
7. Makaualako moe fanau / Makaualako & children: Interview with Mailau.
8. Siale Haevala: Interview with Mailau.
9. Ko e Siale Haevala: Transcription only.
10. The skirt tearing gardenia
11. 'Utoikamanu & his toutai
12. Tupu'anga 'o Nifofa / Origin of Nifofa: Interview with Mailau.
13. Nifofa
14. Talanoa ki he Tehina 'o Nuku / Story about Nuku's younger brother: Interview with Sela Lepolo Nuku.
15. Ko e talanoa kia 'Utoikamanu mo 'ene toutai / The story of 'Utoikamanu and his fisherman
16. 'Utoikamanu mo 'ene 'umu tangata / 'Utoikamanu and his human oven
17. Pongipongi tangata 'a 'Utoikamanu / 'Utoikamanu's human kava rite: Interview with Sela Lepolo Nuku.
18. Kolonga: Interview with Sela Mailau.
19. Makaualako / Makaualako and the origin of the stone vault: Interview with Mailau.
20. Ko e siale haevala / The gardenia which tears valas: Interview with Mailau.
21. Fakamatala: Tu'i Kanokupolu I, Halakitaua and Motu'apuāka: Interview with Sela Lepolo Nuku, wife of the Hon. Nuku, chief of Kolonga.
22. Ongo 'ofefine 'o 'Ama / The two daughters of Ama
23. Copy of newspaper article, 'Tongan heritage in expert care.' New Zealand Herald, 14 July 1987.