Tonga is this week taking stock of the democratic reform brought in seven years ago through a 'National Dialogue on Democracy'.
One of the organisers is the co-director of the Pasifika Research and Policy Centre at New Zealand's Massey University, Malakai Koloamatangi.
Don Wiseman asked him whether the dialogue was prompted by King Tupou VI's sudden dissolution of the parliament in late August.
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Massey University's Dr Malakai Koloamatangi Photo: Massey University