i only know one island and that island was where my mom was born. Vava'u
God made them to be.
Pacific
Tagaloa eitumatupua of manua islands in Samoa also a defied chief had a son with a tongan lady vaepopua born was Aso'eitu the first tui Tonga.
Like all islands, the Tongan Kingdom came from a volcano.
Samoa and American Samoa, maybe some of the Tongan Islands that are closer to Samoa.
Valerie Vili's mum is a full Tongan...and the dads white pakeha, which makes her halfcast, nothing samoan. "Vili was born in Rotorua, New Zealand to a Tongan mother and Scottish father. She is married to Bertrand Vili, a discus thrower from New Caledonia." from Wikipedia New Caledonia is in an archipelago (cluster of islands) owned by France, together with the Loyalty Islands and some smaller islands, near Australia.
the tongan shield repersents Tonga and the tongan creation and salotes death
The coming of Christianity to the islands. Most Tongans are devout Christians.King George Tupou I ordered the cross on the Tongan flag symbolizing that he was "giving" Tonga to God. Thus the famous Tongan slogan, "Ko e 'Otua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofi'a." (God and Tonga are my inheritance. Tongans (most) since then have been devout Christians.
Tongan for horse is Hoosi.
Tongan name for Hangi is Umu
Mikaele
half tongan from his mum