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Kōrero: Tongans

Tongan Methodist Choir

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Tongan Methodist Choir

In 2001, 80% of Tongans were living in Auckland. Increasingly, they moved from central to south Auckland. A few continued to travel back to the centre, however, to take sing with the Dominion Road Tongan Methodist Choir. In this photograph, taken in June 2003, the 65-strong choir, backed by a 35-piece orchestra, practises for a concert in Tonga.

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Auckland City

Reference: City Scene, 22 June 2003.

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Melenaite Taumoefolau, Tongans – Life in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1258/tongan-methodist-choir (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Melenaite Taumoefolau, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.