Heilala Dance Academy

Mālō 'etau lava Family & friends we are up and running again, started last week check out forms and details 👇🏽

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All in for Reconciliation!

Happy Mabo Day 🙌🏿

The final day of National Reconciliation Week every year is one of the most significant in Australia.

Mabo Day, celebrated annually on 3 June, commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful advocacy to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’.

Following the High Court’s Mabo decision, Australia’s Federal Parliament passed the Native Title Act 1993 which established a legal framework for native title claims throughout Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

and Mabo Day are a reminder to be ‘All In’ to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to commit ourselves to reconciliation and the fight for First Nations justice in Australia.

🎞️ To learn more about Mabo and the High Court case, check out ‘Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia’ on ABC iview: https://ab.co/4uGzxcT

"E afua mai i mauga tetele manuia o le nu'u". Translated as “From the high mountains come the blessings of the village,”

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

ʻOku ʻoatu ʻemau popōaki talamonū ki he Tonga kotoa pē.

ʻOfa ke mou maʻu ha Uike Pekia mohu kelesiʻia ʻi he ʻEiki.

Fakaʻapaʻapa atu mei he Palesiteni mo e kōmiti ʻo e kautaha maʻae komiuniti ʻo e kāinga Tonga ʻo Pilisipeini.

Amazing weekend with our Brisbane Tongan Community family at the book launch of Driving Three Kings by Consul-General of the Kingdom of Tonga, Mrs Louise Waterhouse at Soane Raju Ali Seiler & Emily's restaurant, Vaiola.

Wonderful memories by Pasifika TV & Radio and our team Lehua Fa'onevai Katie Stride mālō e tokoni Ma'ata mo tau'olunga faka'ofo'ofa Saviana ❤️🙏🏽

Thank you Brisbane Tongan Community for organising and having our very own Saviana perform 🌺❤️🙏🏽

Lest We Forget
The shoulders of giants we stand on

Teu teu Brisbane Tongan Community Mālō Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴

Brisbane is getting an early start to a very special celebration — 150 years since the Constitution of the Kingdom of Tonga was established!✨

We’re honoured to welcome the Royal Tonga Police Brass Band to Brisbane, fresh from their incredible win as Best Overall Performance at the first-ever Pacific Police Tattoo in Papua New Guinea earlier this year!🎺Their visit is made possible through the support of the Australian Federal Police and the Pacific Policing Initiative, and we’re proud to play a part in sharing their music and culture with our city. 🇹🇴🤝🇦🇺

Joining them will be the amazing performers from Mamana Academy of Tongan Arts & Culture Inc., who’ll be bringing the spirit and joy of Tonga to life through traditional dance and art.

Brisbane is lucky to have such a proud and vibrant Tongan community, and we cannot wait to celebrate together! 🇹🇴🇦🇺🎶🎉

Mālō Lave Iloa Ola 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴

To Brisbane’s Tongan community, your language, your culture, and your values bring heart and strength to our city. This week, we honour Lea Faka-Tonga and the proud heritage you carry. Thank you for making Brisbane even better. 📷 @goldenmemories20 🎵 @folaumusic