New Zealand's Tongan Language Week has kicked off with a celebration of unity and culture in Wellington.
Tongan is the third-largest Pacific group in New Zealand with just over 60,000 people identifying as Tongan with most of them born in New Zealand.
Koro Vaka'uta attended the Po Lotu or night service which opened the week on Sunday.
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Choir prepares to sing at the Po Lotu. Photo: RNZI / Koro Vaka'uta