Tonga
(Place)
Also known as: Friendly Islands.
Mentioned in
- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary
- 2. The Noun
- F
- L
- M
- T
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- An Introduction to Samoan Custom
- Anthropology and Religion
- A Pattern of Islands
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Battle for Egypt
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Chaplains
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Relief of New Zealand Garrisons in Fiji and Tonga
- Index
- 113 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs2
- 141 — The New Zealand Minister, Washington, to the Prime Minister
- 228 — The New Zealand Minister, Washington, to the Prime Minister
- AIR
- 13 March 1942
- 238 — The Governor of Fiji to the Governor-General of New Zealand — [Extract]
- 239 — The Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
- 242 — The Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs3
- 243 — The High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (Suva) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies1
- 246 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand1
- 247 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs2
- 249 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand5 to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs6 — [Extract]
- 250 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand1
- 252 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs3
- 258 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs3
- 269 — The Prime Minister to the New Zealand Minister, Washington
- 276 — The Prime Minister to the New Zealand Minister, Washington
- 281 — The New Zealand Minister, Washington, to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 283 — The New Zealand Minister, Washington, to the Prime Minister
- 284 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Governor of Fiji
- 285 — The High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Wellington) to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
- 287 — The High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (Suva) to the Prime Minister1
- 292 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Governor of Fiji
- 303 — The High Commissioner for the Western Pacific2 to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 306 — The Prime Minister to the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
- 315 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand1 — [Extract]
- 337 — New Zealand Legation (Washington) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand — [Extract]
- 342 — Memorandum from Lieutenant-General Puttick to the Minister of Defence — Request from Commander, South Pacific Area, for Troops for Defence of New Caledonia
- 344 — Memorandum from Lieutenant-General Puttick to the Minister of Defence — Request from Commander South Pacific Area for Kiwi Forces
- 345 — War Cabinet Minute
- 346 — Lieutenant-General Puttick to Commander, South Pacific Area (Administrative Headquarters, Auckland) — Employment of New Zealand Troops in the Pacific
- 347 — Memorandum from Lieutenant-General Puttick to the Minister of Defence — Operations in the Pacific
- 349 — Memorandum from the Deputy Chief of the General Staff1 to the Minister of Defence — Composition and Organisation of 3rd Division
- 350 — War Cabinet Minute — [Extract]
- 351 — Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (Noumea) to the Prime Minister
- 367 — Lieutenant-General Puttick to Major-General Barrowclough
- 372 — Lieutenant-General Puttick to the Governor of Fiji2
- 374 — The Governor of Fiji to Lieutenant-General Puttick1
- 376 — Lieutenant-General Puttick to the Governor of Fiji1
- 414 — The Deputy Prime Minister to Admiral Halsey
- 415 — The Deputy Prime Minister to Admiral Halsey
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- From Tasman To Marsden.
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- History and traditions of the Maoris of the West Coast, North Island of New Zealand, prior to 1840
- Journey Towards Christmas
- Land Tenure in the Cook Islands
- New patterns of settlement
- Karika's tribe: Te Au o Tonga or Avarua
- Relations between the tribes
- The role of the titleholder
- Protection and federation: 1888–983
- Changes in production patterns
- Foreign settlement
- Advantages of the existing system
- Facilitating transfer
- The constitution and functions of the Court
- Part One: Theory and Comparative Studies
- La Nouvelle-Zélande
- Life in Feejee, or, Five Years among the Cannibals
- Maori and Polynesian: their origin, history and culture
- Summary of Contents
- Index — Roman numerals indicate chapters; Arabic figures paragraphs
- There are Explanations of the Origin of Megalithic — Monuments that differ in every Locality
- As Houses of the Dead they became Houses of — Worship or Altars
- The Treatment of Women most easily tests a — Civilisation
- But the most Fundamental Phase of a People's Culture — is its Social Order and its Relationship to Land; — and here there is evidence in polynesia not — merely of adaptation to environment, but of — Inter-mixture of Race
- They found their way into the Pacific by the — Central Route, passing South-eastwards along — the North-east Coasts of New Guinea and — Melanesia
- Sun-myths
- In Maori Mythology the Paradise of the Northern — Immigrants is often Confused with that of the — South Asiatic Immigrants
- No Pottery in Polynesia
- Their Weapons are strikingly Primeval
- The Dance evolved Oratory in New Zealand and — the Histrionic Art in Polynesia
- The Drum and Percussive Instruments were their — Favourite aids to Singing, and again reveal the — Primitive Character of their Culture
- The Trumpet is Ceremonial
- The Incantations remained Musical and Religious to — the End, and evidently belonged to the Last — Immigrants and Conquerors
- The Absence of Pottery and the Bow Proves that — there was no Negroid Substratum
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
- Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere Mā
- Niuē-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People
- NOTES ON THE DIALECT OF NIUĒ ISLAND
- The Island: Geographical and Physical
- Roads, Tracks, &c
- Vegetation (Trees = akau, Shrubs = lakau)
- Food Plants
- The Coco-Nut (Niu)
- Origin of the Coco-nut on Niuē
- The Fauna of Niue (Animals, manu)
- Birds (manu-lele)
- Shell-fish
- Climate
- The People of Niuē
- Relationship
- Rank, Government, Etc
- Kanava-akau—General Name of Weapons *
- History and Traditions
- Subsequent History of Niue
- The Story of Lau-foli
- Rev. John Williams' Visit, 1830
- THE TRADITIONS OF NIUE-FEKAI
- Laufoli
- Ko Lau-foli
- Old Samoa or Flotsam and Jetsam from the Pacific Ocean
- Chapter I — General Description of the Samoan Group
- Chapter V — Social and Domestic Habits of the Samoans
- Chapter VI — Amusements, Trades, and Employments of Samoa
- Chapter IX — Mythology and Spirit-lore
- Chapter X — Samoan Wars and Warfare
- Chapter XII — Early Samoan Voyages and Settlement
- Chapter XIII — The Record of Early Samoan Voyages
- On the Character of Captain James Cook
- Political and External Affairs
- Polynesia; A popular description of the physical features, inhabitants, natural history, and productions of the islands of the Pacific. With an account of their discovery, and the progress of civilisation and christianity amongst them.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter II. — Active Volcanoes, Boiling Springs, and other Natural Phenomena
- Chapter III. — Vegetable Productions.—Trees, Fruits, and Flowers
- Chapter XI. — The Tonga, or Friendly Islands; and Niue, or Savage Island
- Chapter XX. — The Kingsmill Group, and other scattered Islands near the equator
- Chapter XXII. — Easter Island; Pitcairn Island; and Norfolk Island
- Polynesian Researches
- Prisoners of War
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- PACIFIC DEFENCE CONFERENCE
- DEFENCE OF FIJI
- [section]
- NO. 15 SQUADRON ON TONGA
- FORMATION OF NO. 1 (ISLANDS) GROUP HEADQUARTERS
- ESTABLISHMENT OF NO. 4 REPAIR DEPOT
- MOVE OF NO. 15 SQUADRON TO GUADALCANAL
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 4 SQUADRON
- No. 6 FLYING BOAT SQUADRON
- radar units in tonga
- no.54 unit
- withdrawal of rnzaf radar units
- no. 4 (bomber-reconnaissance) squadron
- espiritu santo
- Index
- no. 15 fighter squadron
- Samoan Material Culture
- Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niue and Tonga
- Sport 2: Autumn 1989
- Sport 3: Spring 1989
- The Adventures of Kimble Bent
- The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
- The Death Of Captain Cook
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume One]
- The Genealogy of the Kings of Rarotonga and Mangaia as illustrating the colonisation of that island and the Hervey Group
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Home Front Volume II
- The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
- Chapter I — The Origins of British Influence the Missionaries, 1836–45
- Chapter II — The Origins of British Official Interest in the Navigator Islands, 1845–55, and the French Menace, 1846–62
- Chapter V — American Interests in Samoa, 1839–76 The Growth of American Trade in the Pacific
- Chapter VI — The Years of Unrest That Led to the German, American, and British Treaties with Samoa, 1876–79
- Chapter VII — The Problem of The Government of Samoa, 1878–81
- Conclusion
- ii. The Islands and their Discoverers
- ii. The Godeffroy Firm
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- ii
- [section]
- iii. The Change in German Attitude
- iv. The American Standpoint — A further — bar to Settlement
- Index
- III. Secondary Sources—Contemporary
- V. Secondary Sources
- The Pacific
- CHAPTER 1 — Japan—Rise and Conquest
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 8 — The Coastwatchers
- I: New Zealand's Responsibility
- II: The First Force and its Work
- III: From Pearl Harbour to Relief
- I: America Plans the Offensive
- II: New Zealand Emerges in the Pacific Plan
- I: The Third Division Emerges
- II: Move to New Caledonia
- IV: Negotiations—Political and Service
- II: The Turning Point
- I: The Navy in the Solomons
- II: The Air Force Story
- I: Training a Brigade Group
- II: Tonga
- III: Norfolk Island
- Appendix VIII
- Index
- The Relief of Tobruk
- The Right Honourable Sir Francis H. D. Bell, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.,: His Life and Times
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
- War Economy
- War Surgery and Medicine
- Women, Development and Empowerment: A Pacific Feminist Perspective
- Women Speak Out! A Report of the Pacific Women's Conference. October 27 – November 2
Searching
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Tonga as: "Tonga", "Friendly Islands". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Tonga":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.