Puletau Publishing

Puletau Publishing publishes stories about Tonga and about Tongan experiences, where possible in bilingual books, Tongan and English.

Our goal is to encourage and ultimately to enable Tongans to share their stories. Our passion is the preservation and continuance of the Tongan language.

Our hope is that access to bilingual books will encourage people to share their own stories and memories, and in turn help younger Tongans as they strive to strengthen their Tongan language expertise.

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Sione Tapani Mangisi and Irene Webley 2024

2025

Happy New Year. We wish you good health, prosperity and all the blessings of family and friends.

We have begun discussions with ebook platform providers to include our books in their listings for schools. This is an exciting opportunity and we have our fingers crossed. We will keep you posted.

Our first tip for writers is now available. Go to Fa’u Tohi/Write A Story page here. We will include more answers to your questions regularly through the year.

Meanwhile we have both been working hard on our writing projects. Tapani is currently working on a new reader in the Mālō Hihifo series for older students. It is based on the trials and tribulations of learning to drive in Wellington, NZ in the late 1960s, culminating in a disastrous license test. This will be available soon.

Irene’s next book for primary school children is underway as well. It’s an Easter story, based in Tonga, featuring the three children, Mele, Amelia and Semisi, you first met in Fakamanatua ho ‘Aho Fā’ele’i՛, Celebrating Your Birthday.

Welcome to our services

Laipeli

Our ebooks will be made available to schools for unlimited reading. This is a new service still under development.

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Ngāhi Pale

When you want a present for your grandchild, or for a special family member or colleague, choose a book that will interest them and reflect their heritage.

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Fa’u Tohi

Everyone knows how hard it is to write your own story, particularly if it’s your first time. We help with practical tips about writing and publishing. This is a new area for Puletau Publishing and we plan to expand this service in response to your needs.

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Koloa Foaki

When you want to honour a special person on a special occasion choose one of our prestige packages. The books in each package are specially printed, with hard covers and signed by the author.

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Fetu’utaki Mai
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Lotu Pē Mo Tō Talo

Puletau Publishing acknowledges and pays our respect to the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia, to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.