The film follows a 12-year-old girl named Agnesi Aafi from the Kingdom of Tonga, as she prepares for her cousin Fanny's wedding. Set against the backdrop of Tonga's rich culture, Agnesi shares her ...

Tongan tapa cloth artist Tui Emma Gillies is inspired by the climate change crisis in the Pacific region. Photo / Supplied. The climate change crisis in the Pacific is the inspiration behind new ...

Tui Emma Gillies and her family are keeping the Tongan tradition of tapa-making alive by passing it down from generation to generation. Tapa cloth is decorative artwork that uses natural pigment ...

Tell us the story behind Tongan Tapa Cloth. The work was created in Tonga by about 12 locals, joining and creating the tapa, and my wife and I did the drawing and painting.

In the 2016 Games, Taufatofua wore a tapa cloth, symbolic Tongan clothing worn at formal events. In 2020, he wore ta’ovala, which is a handmade, traditional Tongan costume also worn for formal ...

A tapa cloth and two fine mats that were placed underneath the late King of Tonga’s, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, casket during his return home on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules in ...

Tui Emma Gillies, her mother Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows, and Gillies' 11-year-old daughter Aroha Heilala Gillies are heading to California to host Tongan tapa cloth decorating workshops, what Tui ...

On July 31, 2023, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend ‘Aselika Takuvaka Lolohea passed away at the age of 72 at her home in Orem, Utah. ‘Aselika was born in Haakame ...

Art conservators have found an innovative way to hang a wall-sized tapa cloth. More than 120 magnets have been used to hang a 22-metre Tongan tapa cloth for an exhibition at Te Papa.

In addition to meeting local Tongan traders and craftsmen and women, Meghan and Harry learned about handicrafts and products, including traditional mats and “tapa” cloth.