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This NFU film presents the funeral of Tongan Queen Sālote Tupou III in December 1965. Queen Sālote had a special bond with New Zealand — she studied at Auckland Diocesan School, spent summers in NZ and lived her last days at 'Atalanga, the Tongan residence in Auckland. Among the 50,000 mourners at her funeral in Tonga were NZ Governor General Sir Bernard Fergusson, Prime Minister Keith Holyoake and Norman Kirk. Tongan tradition holds that the casket must never pass through a gateway; 108 pall bearers carried it over walls in a procession to the royal tombs.
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great appreciations for this valuable window being opened that I glimpse a spec of my past...!!!
thanks a trillion for sharing this video with all Tongans etc abroad! May God bless you all :-)
Thanks for uploading this, a hidden treasure for sure.
Wow
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Short Film, 1954 (Full Length)
Another NFU reel featuring Tongan Queen Sālote
Short Film, 1956 (Full Length)
Another NFU reel featuring Tongan Queen Sālote
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Posted at 03.19PM - 30.08.2012
was shocked to come across this while searching up articles/documents for an assignment. happy i got to see a bit of our history :)