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Ake, M.H. 1986 Tuberculosis Control in the Kingdom of Tonga. National
University of Singapore. M.Sc. thesis.

Baker, J. R. 1974 Transfer Costs in the Overseas and International
Shipping Services of Fiji and Tonga. Australian National University.
Ph D thesis.

Baker, K.D. 1975 High School Education in Tonga: Relevance and
Endpoints; An Investigation. Massey University. N.Z. Dip.Ed. thesis.

Bataille, M. C. 1986 Les Polynesiens des Iles de Tonga et leur
representations du milieu marin. 2 vols.Universitie de Paris X. Ph D
thesis.

Bates, K. M. 1934 The Foundations of Modern Tonga. University of New
Zealand (Auckland). M.A thesis.

Berg, Friederiki von 1990 Nahrung und ernahrung in Tonga: Kontinuitat
und wandel. Gottingen. Masters thesis.

Bernardo, Giovanni 1996 A Computational Approach to Spatial Cognition:
Representing Spatial Relationships in Tongan Language and Culture.
PhD, University of Illinois.

Bernstein, L. M. 1983 Ko e Lau Pe (It's Just Talk): Ambiguity and
Informal Social Control in a Tongan Village. University of California.
Ph D thesis.

Bloomfield, P.S. 1975 The Role of Education in Rural Development with
Special Reference to the Kingdom of Tonga. Institute of Education,
University of London. M.A. thesis.

Bloomfield, S. A. 1986 Is Health What We Want?: A Conceptual View of
Traditional Health Practices in Tonga with Special Emphasis on
Maternal Child Health and Family Planning. School of Social and
Economic Development, University of the South Pacific. M.S. thesis.

Bollard, E.E. 1974 The Impact of Monetization in Tonga. University of
Auckland. Ph D thesis.

Brook, B.A. 1980 An Information System for planning Agriculture
Development in the Kingdom of Tonga. Lincoln College, University of
Canterbury, N.Z. M.A. thesis.

Burrows, E. G. 1937 Western Polynesia: A Study in Cultural
Differentiation. Yale University. Ph D thesis. Published with the same
title in 1938; Ethnological Studies 7:1-192, Gothenburg, Sweden.)

Burrows, E. G. 1938 Western Polynesia: A Study in Cultural
Differentiation. Ethnological Studies 7:1-192, Gothenburg, Sweden.
[PhD Thesis]

Campbell, I. C. 1976 European Transculturalists in Polynesia,
1789-1840. University of Adelaide. Ph D thesis.

Campbell, S. J. 1957 The Development of Education in Tonga. University
of Queensland. M.Ed. thesis.

Cato, A. C. 1951 A Survey of Education in Fiji, Tongan and Western
Samoa with Special Attention to Fiji. University of Melbourne. Ph D
thesis.

Chapman, B.A. 1972 Adaptation and Maintenance in the Extended Family
of Tongan Immigrants. University of Utah, M.A. Thesis.

Christensen, G.K. 1974 An Evaluation of Mariner's Account of the
Tongan Islands as an Historical Document. University of Auckland. M.A.
Thesis.

Claessen, H. 1970 Van vorsten en volken: Een beschrijvende en
functioneei-vergeiijkende studie van vijf schriftloze vorstendommen.
University of Amsterdam. Ph.D. diss.

Clark, W.F. 1975 Population, Agriculture and Urbanization in the
Kingdom of Tonga. University of Michigan. Ph.D. thesis.

Collocott, E.E.V. 1928 Tales and Poems of Tonga. Honolulu: Bernice P.
Bishop Museum Bulletin 46. Submitted as a D.Litt. thesis to the
University of Melbourne.

Connan, J. M. 1985 A Study of Authority and Power in the Free Wesleyan
Church in Tonga, 1977-1982. Fuller Theol. Seminar, Pasadena. M.Th.
thesis.

Conner, J. B. 1983 Polynesian Basketry. University of Auckland. M.A.
thesis.

Costille, Berthylde 1997 Contribution Ö l'histoire de Tonga: la vision des officiers de la
Marine frranáaise sur un royaume ocÇnaien de 1842 Ö 1902", MÇmoire de Maåtrise d'Histoire,
Paris I, Sorbonne, Paris, 164 p.

Couper, A. D. 1967 The Island Trade: An Analysis of Environment and
Operation of Seaborne Trade Among Three Island Groups in the Pacific.
Australian National University. Ph D thesis.

Cowling, Wendy 1990 On Being Tongan: Responses to Concepts of
Tradition. Macquarie University, Sydney. Ph.D. thesis.

Coxon, E. 1988 A Critical Education: The 'Atenisi Alternative.
University of Auckland. M.A. thesis.

Crawford, C 1969 Settlement Change in Tonga 1799-1852. University of
California, Los Angeles, USA. MA Thesis.

Crawford, Chris 1997 Societal and Institutional Challenges Associated
with Town Planning in Nuku`alofa, Tonga. PhD Thesis.

Cummins, H 1977 School and Society in Tonga 1826-1854: A Study of
Wesleyan Mission Schools, with Special Emphasis upon Curriculum
Content and its Influence on Political and Social Development. ANU,
Australia. MA Thesis.

Cummins, H. G. 1980 Missionary Chieftain: James Egan Moulton and
Tongan Society. Australian National University. Ph D thesis.

Decktor-Korn, S. R. 1977 To Please Oneself: Local organization in the
Tonga Islands. Washington University. Ph D thesis.

Dillon, R.A. 1983 Hala-'o-vave: A Study of Settlement in a Low Lying
Marsh Area of Nuku'alofa, Tonga. University of New England, Aust.
Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning thesis.

Donald, S.L. 1994 In Some Sense the Work of an Individual: Alfred
Willis and the Tongan Anglican Mission 1902-1920. Hibiscus Coast (New
Zealand): ColCom Press. (Based on a Diploma Scholar thesis, New
Zealand Joint Board of Theological Studies.)

Drilon, M.L. 1988 Effects of Sources of Income on Consumption
Behaviour: Evidence from the Kingdom of Tonga. University of New
England, Aust. M.Ec.thesis.

Dye, T.S. 1987 Social and Cultural Change in the Prehistory of the
Ancestral Polynesian Homeland. Yale University. Ph.D.thesis.

Evans, Mike 1996 Gifts and Commodities on a Tongan Atoll:
Understanding Intention and Action in a MIRAB economy. McMaster
University, PhD Thesis .

Ewins, Rory 1995 Tradition, Politics and Change in Contemporary Fiji
and Tonga. Canberra: Australian National University. Ph.D. thesis.

Fahina, P.N. 1985 Aspects of Internal Migration in Tonga: A Survey of
Outer Island Migrants in three Settlements in Nuku'alofa. Auckland:
University of Auckland. M.A. thesis.

Fakahua, S.A. 1968 John Wesley and Workshops in the Free Wesleyan
Church of Tonga. Pacific Theological College, Fiji. B.D. thesis.

Faka'osi, Sione Lanivia. 1993 Land Tenure System: Changes and
Constraints in Tongan Society. Canberra: Australian National
University. M.A. thesis in Sociology.

Falau, S. 1975 A Study of the Role of the Minister in the Free
Wesleyan Church of Tonga. Pacific Theological College, Fiji. B.D.
thesis.

Faletau, M. 1985 Economic Impact of the Vanilla Development Project on
the Vava'u Region, Tonga. University of New England, Aust. M.A.thesis.

Filihau, Asi Talatini 2000 PolynÇsie: des chefferies traditionnelles aux royaumes modernes,
MÇmoire de Maåtrise d'Histoire Politique Contempraine, UniversitÇ de Paris VII, Paris, 201 p.

Finau, M. 1986 The Emergence of the Maamafo'ou Movement from the Free
Wesleyan Church of Tonga. Pacific Theological College, Fiji.
B.D.thesis.

Finau, Matini Niponi 1999 Celebrating in Chaos: Introducing a New Meaning of Death,
Dying and the Pacific-Tongan Context. Claremont. D. Ministry.

Finau, S.T. 1975 Pastoral Visiting: An Aspect of Pastoral Care; A
Critical Assessment of Pastoral Visiting in Tongan Wesleyan Village.
Pacific Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Finau, S.T. 1979 Marriage and Family Life in Tonga: Strategies to
Strengthen Marriages and Family Life in Tongan Villages. Faculty of
the School of Theology at Claremont. D.Min. thesis.

Fineanganofo, S.I 1982 Problems of Development of the Small Island of
Tonga. Reading University, thesis.

Finney, Frances Reardon 1999 ³I Thought it would be Heaven²:
Migration, Gender, and Community amongst Overseas Tongans. Australian
National University, M.A. thesis.

Fitzgerald, N. R. 1962 New Zealand Public Opinion and the Attempted
Assassination of Reverend S. W. Baker and his Eventual Removal from
Tonga. A Study of New Zealnd Opinion, 1887-1890. University of Otago.
M.A thesis.

Fitzgerald, N. R. 1962 New Zealand Public Opinion and the Attempted
Assassination of Reverend S. W. Baker and his Eventual Removal from
Tonga. A Study of New Zealand Opinion, 1887-1890. University of Otago.
M.A thesis.

Francis, Steven 1990 Class Formation in the Pacific Islands of Tonga:
An Investigation of different Conceptualisations of Class within a
Hierarchical Society. Monash University, Australia. M.A. thesis.

Franklin, Marianne 2001 The Internet and Postcolonial Politics of Representation: Pacific
Traversals. University of Amsterdam. PhD Thesis.

Fuka, M. L. A. 1985 The Auckland Tongan Community and Overseas
Remittances. University of Auckland. M.A thesis.

Furneaux, M. 1973 Pacific Islands Students at Auckland University: An
Exploratory Survey of the Problems of Learning and Adjustment of
Undergraduates from Tonga, Cook Islands and Western Samoa. University
of Auckland. M.A.thesis.

Fusitu'a, Eseta 1976 King George Tupou II and the Government of Tonga.
Australian National University. M.A.thesis.

Gailey, C. W. 1981 "Our History is Written...in Our Mats": State
Formation and the Status of Women in Tonga. New School for Social
Research (New York) Ph D thesis.

Gordon, Tamar 1988 Inventing Mormon Identity in Tonga. University of
California at Berkeley. Ph D thesis.

Grijp, P. van der. 1987 Produktie en Denkwijzen in Polynesie.
University of Nijmegen (Netherlands). Ph D thesis. Published as
Islanders of the South: Production, Kinship and Ideology in the
Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga. Leiden: KITLV Press.

Gunson, N. 1955 The Missionary Vocation as Conceived by the Early
Missionaries of the London Mission Society in the South Seas, and the
Extent to Which this Concept was Modified by their Experiences in
Polynesia, 1797-1839. University of Melbourne, M.A thesis.

Gunson, N. 1959 Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas, 1797-1860.
Australian National University. Ph D thesis.

Ha'angana, S. 1979 Lotu and Christianity: A Tongan Experience. Pacific
Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Hammer, G. E. 1952 The Early years of the Wesleyan-Methodist Mission
in Tonga (1822-1855). University of New Zealand (Dunedin). M.A thesis.

Hardaker, J. B. 1975 Agriculture and Development in the Kingdom of
Tonga. University of New England. Ph D thesis.

Herda, P. 1988 The Transformation of the Traditional Tongan Polity: A
Genealogical Consideration of Tonga's Past. Australian National
University. Ph D thesis.

Holper, H. 1986 Tourismus in Tonga: Eine geographische Untersuchung
zur Entwicklungsrelevanz eines jungen Wirtschaftwiges in einem
traditionsreichen Inselstaat im Sudpazific. Geographisches Institut
der RTWH Aachen (Germany). Ph D thesis. (Published: Aachener
Geographisches Arbeiten, Heft 18).

Holper, H. 1986 Tourismus in Tonga: Eine geographische Untersuchung
zur Entwicklungsrelevanz eines jungen Wirtschaftwiges in einem
traditionsreichen Inselstaat im Sudpazi

Horan, Jane 1997 The Production of Textile Koloa as ŒDevelopment¹ in
the Kingdom of Tonga: A Case Study of Culture, Development and
Anthropology. University of Auckland, M.A. thesis.

Hook, H. 1936 Christianity in Polynesia with Particular Reference to
the Work of the Anglican Church. University of New Zealand.
B.A.Hons.thesis.

Hornabrook, J. S. 1952 New Zealand and the Tongan Defence Force
1939-1945. ? thesis

Johnson, R. B. 1978 The Impact of Tourism in the Polynesian Kingdom of
Tonga. California State University. B.A. (Hons) thesis.

Kaea, T. 1980 Tongan Diaspora. Pacific Theological College, Fiji.
B.D.thesis.

Kaeppler A. L. 1967 The Structure of Tongan Dance. University of
Hawai'i. Ph D thesis.

Kautoke, B.S. 1985 Application to the Primary Health Care Concept of
Tonga. University of Tasmania. M.Sc.thesis.

Kavaliku, S. L. 1961 An Analysis of 'Ofa in Tongan Society: An
Empiricial Approach. Harvard University. B. A. (Hons) thesis.

Kavaliku, S. L. 1966 Educational Reorganisation for National
Development in Tonga. Victoria University of Wellington. PhD thesis.

Kavapalu, H. 1991 Becoming Tongan: An Ethnography of Childhood in the
Kingdom of Tonga. Australian National University. Ph D thesis.
(Published as H. Morton 1996 Becoming Tongan: An Ethnography of
Childhood. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.)

Kemp, A. G. 1954 An Account of Education in the Kingdom of Tonga: Its
Problems and Current Development. University of Auckland.
Dip.Ed.thesis.

Kirch, D. C., 1984 Tourism as Conflict in Polynesia: Status
Degradation Among Tongan Handicraft Sellers. University of Hawai'i. Ph
D thesis.

Koch, G. 1949 Die fruhen europaischen Einflusse auf die Kulture der
Bewohner der Tonga-Inseln and deren Folgen. Georg-August University of
Gottingen (Germany). Ph D thesis.

Koloto, ŒAne Hau¹alofa¹ia 1995 Estimation in Tongan Schools. Waikato
University, thesis.

Koskinen, A. A. 1952 Missionary Influence as Political Factor in the
Pacific Islands. Finnish Academy of Science Ph D thesis. (Published by
the same title 1953: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuden Seuran Kirjapainon Oy,
Helsinki, Finland.)

Koskinen, A. A. 1953 Missionary Influence as Political Factor in the
Pacific Islands. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuden Seuran Kirjapainon Oy,
Helsinki, Finland. [PhD Thesis]

Kunzel, Wieland 1990  Die Bedeutung der Agroforstwirtschaft in Tonga 
-Dynamik und Chancen einer traditionellen Landnutzung. Schriftenreihe des 
Instituts fÅr Landespflege der UniversitÑt Freiburg, Heft 16. (Ph.D. Thesis)

Lafitani, S. 1992 Tongan Diaspora: Perceptions, Values and Behaviour
of Tongans in Canberra. Australian National University. Master of
Letters thesis.

Latu, Reverend James 'Eti  2002 Tongan Christian Attitudes Towards Homosexuality.
Melbourne College of Divinity, M.A.Min. Thesis. 

Latu, Tevita 1996 Development of Land and Resource Management in the
Kingdom of Tonga. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, PhD thesis.

Latukefu, S. 1967 The Influence of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries
in the Political Development of Tonga 1826-1875. Australian National
University. Ph D thesis.

Lavaka, P. 1983 The Limits of Advice: Britain and the Kingdom of Tonga
1900-1970. Australian National University. Ph.D.thesis.

Lavulo, T.P. 1988 Development Planning: The Tongan Experience
1965-1985. University of New England, Aust. M.Ec.thesis.

Leleivai Pierre 1999 La colonisation tongienne d'Uvea (åles Wallis), Maåtrise d'histoire,
UniversitÇ de Besanáon, 273p.

Leslie, Heather Young 1999 Inventing Health: Tradition, Textiles and
Maternal Obligation in the Kingdom of Tonga. York University, PhD
Thesis.

Lokotui, F. 1981 Tongan Identity and Christianity. Pacific Theological
College. B.D.thesis.

Lolohea, S. 1984 Tongan Tourism: A State Directed Sector. University
of Auckland, M. A. thesis.

Lovett, I. W. 1958 A Study of Tongan Children with Special Attention
given to the Pre-Adolescent Age Group. University of Auckland. Dip.
Ed. Thesis.

Lucock, J.L. 1990 Thomas of Tonga, 1797-1881: The Unlikely Pioneer.
Open University. Ph.D.thesis. Published by Methodist Publishing House,
Peterborough.

Lutui, S.M. 1984 Monarchical Perspectives (Israel and Tonga). Pacific
Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Macilree, J. 1980 The Aristocratic Revolution in Tonga, 1799-1810.
University of Otago. B.A.thesis.

Mackenzie, M. 1971 The Concept of Civilisation: European Evaluations
of the Tongans, 1616-1824. University of Chicago. M.A.thesis.

Mafi, T. V. 1973 The Role of Education in National Development in
Tonga. University of London. M.A thesis.

Mafi, T.F. 1978 Sunday School in the Church in Tonga. Pacific
Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Mahina, 'O. 1986 Religion, Politics and the Tu'i Tonga Empire.
University of Auckland. M.A. thesis.

Marcus, G. E. 1975 the Ancien Regime in the Modern Kingdom of Tonga:
Conflict and Change Among the Nobility of a Polynesian Constitutional
Monarchy. Harvard University. Ph D thesis.

Marsaudon, F. 1993 Les premiers fruits: parente, identite sexuelle et
pouvoirs en Polynesie occidentale (Tonga, Wallis et Futuna). L'Ecole
des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris). Ph.D thesis.

Maude, A. M. 1965 Population, Land and Livelihood in Tonga. Australian
National University. Ph D thesis.

Mavoa, Helen 1997 Taking Turns and Talking Back: Social Interaction in
Tongan and Palangi Families in New Zealand. Department of
Anthropology, Auckland University, M.A. Thesis.

McGrath, B.B. 1993 Making Meaning of Illness, Dying and Death in the
Kingdom of Tonga. University of Washington. Ph.D. thesis.

McRae, C.J. 1973 Teacher Training in Tonga and the Cook Islands: A
Comparative Study. University of Auckland. M.A.

McRae, C.J. 1986 Problems of Educational Development in the Kingdom of
Tonga. University of London. Ph.D.thesis.

Meiser, Ute 1995 Sie leben mit den Ahnen: Krankheit, Adoption und
Tabukonflikt in der polynesisch-tonganischen Kultur. Schriften zur
Ethnopsychoanalyse. Frankfurt: Brandes und Apsel. [Living Among
Ancestors: Illness, Adoption and Taboo within the Polynesian-Tongan
Culture] [Book based on a Ph.D. thesis.]

Moala, S. 1983The Impact of Westernization on Faka'apa'apa in the
Tongan Api. Pacific Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Moblo, Pennie. 1984 Hurricane in Tonga: The Cultural Definition of
Natural Disaster. California State University, Sacramento, California.
M.A thesis.

Mone, A. 1974 A Study of the Adolescence in the Changing Tongan Social
Situation and its Implications for Christian Education. Pacific
Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Mone, A. 1979 Adult Christian Education for the Free Wesleyan Church
in Tonga. School of Theology, Claremont. D.Min.thesis.

Mone, F.H. 1991 A Historical Comparison of Fijian and Tongan
Methodism: Why is One Divided and the Other United? Pacific
Theological College, Fiji. M.Th. Thesis.

Mone, H.F.T. 1978 Development - an Aspect of the Church Role: The Role
of the Free Wesleyan Church in Tonga. Pacific Theological College,
Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Morgan, Chris. 1985. Competing Circuits in the Vava'u social Economy.
Australian National University. PhD thesis.

Morton E. J. 1962 A Descriptive Grammar of Tongan (Polynesian).
University of Indiana. PhD. thesis.

Morton, K.L. 1972 Kinship, Economics and Exchange in Tongan village.
University of Oregon. Ph D thesis.

Needs, A. P. 1988 New Zealand Aid and the Development of Class in
Tonga. Massey university. M. A. thesis.(Published: Studies in
Development and Social Change Series, Department of Sociology, Massey
University.)

Needs, A. P. 1988 New Zealand Aid and the Development of Class in
Tonga. Studies in Development and Social Change Series, Department of
Sociology, Massey University. [PhD Thesis]

Newell, W. H. 1945 A Brief Study of Problems of Acculturation Arising
from Troop-Native Contact in the Area Around Fua'amotu Aerodrome,
Friendly Islands. University of New Zealand (Wellington). M.A. thesis.

Niu, S.T. 1986 An Experiment Comparing Tongan Students Taught in their
Native Language with Tongan Students taught in English. Brigham Young
University. Ed.D.thesis.

Oldofredi, A. 1975 Das Sudsee-Konigreich Tonga: Versuch einer
Darstellung aus volkerkundlicher Sicht. Universitat Freiburg.
Dr.Phil.thesis.

Parsons, Claire 1981 Sickness Experience and Languages: Aspects of
Tongan and Western Accounting. University of Waikato. Ph.D.thesis.

Perminow, A. A. 1990 The Long Way Home: Dilemmas of Learning and
Deciding on a Tongan Atoll of Ha'apai. University of Oslo (Norway)
M.A. thesis. (Published in 1994; The Long Way Home: Dilemmas of
Learning and Deciding on Kotu Island in Ha'apai, Tonga.)

Pinson, W.J. 1970 The Diocese of Polynesia 1868-1910. Pacific
Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Poltorak, Michael Aspersions of Agency: Ghosts, Love and Sickness in Tonga. Department
of Anthropology, University College, London. PhD Thesis.

Poulsen, J. I. 1964 A Contribution to the Prehistory of the Tongan
islands. 2 vols. Australian National University. Ph D thesis.

Powles, Charles Guy. 1979 The Persistence of Chiefly Power and Its
Implications for Law and Political Organization in Western Polynesia.
Australian National University. PhD thesis.

Prescott, Niulola 1986 Shelter Programme for Tonga. Lae: Papua New
Guinea Institute of Technology. MA Thesis.

Priestley, J.R. 1975 Anglo-Tongan Relations, 1899-1905. University of
Newcastle, Aust. B.A.Hons.thesis.

Puloka, Tevita Tonga Mohenoa
1979 Toward Contextualization: An Attempt at Contextualizing Theology for the Tongan
Church. School of Theology, Claremont, CA. PhD Theses. Available through University
Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Ritchie, B. 1983 A Sense of Place in Society: The Role and
Significance of the House in Tonga. University of Cambridge.
M.A.thesis.

Ritterbush, S.D. 1985 The Effects of the Constitutional Monarchy on
Development Trends in the Kingdom of Tonga. University of Hawaii.
M.A./Ph.D.thesis.

Rogers, G. 1968 Politics and Social Dynamics in Niuafo'ou: An Outlier
in the Kingdom of Tonga. University of Auckland. M. A. thesis.

Rogers, Garth. 1975. Kai and Kava in Niuatoputapu: Social Relations,
Ideologies and Context in a Rural Tongan Community. University of
Auckland. Ph.D.

Rutherford, N. 1966 Shirley Baker and the Kingdom of Tonga. Australian
National University. Ph D. thesis. (Published: Shirley Baker and the
King of Tonga. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1971)

Sahlins, M. D. 1954 Social Stratification in Polynesia. Columbia
University. Ph D. thesis. (Published with same title in 1958:
University of Washington Press, Seattle.)

Sefanaia, S. 1982 Smallholder Intercropping under Coconuts in Tonga:
An Analysis using MULBUD. Australian National University. M.Ag.thesis.

Sevele, F. V. 1973 Regional Inequalities in Socio-Economic Development
in Tonga. University of Canterbury (Christchurch). Ph D. thesis.

Shepherd, W. 1938 The Position of Tubou College in the Educational
System of Tonga. University of Melbourne. Ph D. thesis.

Small, C. A. 1987 Women's Associations and their Pursuit of Wealth in
Tonga. A Study in Social Change. Temple University (Philadelphia) Ph
D. thesis.

Smith J. R 1962 A Study to Develop Business Curriculum for Samoan and
Tongan Students. Colorado State College. Ed. D. thesis.

Spenneman, D. H. 1989. 'Ata 'a Tonga Mo 'Ata 'o Tonga: Early and Later
Prehistory of the Tongan Islands. Department of Prehistory, Research
School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. PhD thesis.

Spurway, John 2001 Ma'afu: the Making of the Tui Lau. Australian National University,
Canberra. PhD Thesis.

Stanton, G.N. 1961 The Bishop of Dunedin, the Anglican Church and
Polynesia. University of Otago, NZ. B.A. Hons.thesis.

Stevens, Charles 1996 The Political Ecology of a Tongan Village. PhD,
University of Arizona.

Sutton, J. 1963 Education in Tonga: Church and State. University of
Auckland. Ph. D. thesis.

Tafea, M. 1969 Church and Polities in Tonga. Pacific Theological
College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Tafea, Manase Koloamatangi 1999 The Tongan Pentecost of 1834. A Revival in the
Kingdom of Tonga: A Possible Key for the Renewal and Unity for the Tongan Church Today.
Asbury Theological Seminar. D. Ministry.

Tafuna, M. 1988 A Comparative Study of the Patriarch of Israel and the
Ulumotu'a in Tonga. Pacific Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Taliai, 'Opeti 1989 Social Differentiation of Language Levels in
Tonga. University of Auckland. M.A.thesis.

Tamahori, M. J. 1963 Cultural Change in Tongan Bark-Cloth Manufacture.
University of Auckland. M. A. thesis.

Taufa, Sela Mafi 1993 Home Abroad: Exploring Aspects of Cultural Maintenance within
Tongan Families in Tonga and New Zealand. Victoria University, New Zealand. MA Thesis.

Taufa, T. 1980 The Tongan Graduate: A Descriptive Study. Massey
University, NZ. M.A.thesis.

Taufe'ulungaki, 'A.M. 1988 Implications of Language Attitudes to
Language Planning in a Bilingual Situation. University of Birmingham.
Ph.D. thesis.

Thaman, K.H. 1988 Ako and Faiako: Educational Concepts, Cultural
Values, and Teacher Role Perceptions in Tonga. University of the South
Pacific. Ph.D.thesis.

Thaman, Randolph. 1975 The Tongan Agricultural System: With Special
Emphasis on Plant Assemblages. University of California at Los
Angeles. PhD thesis.

Tohi, V.T. 1972 A Study in the Nature of the Church as seen in the
Anglican Church of Tonga. Pacific Theological College, Fiji.
B.D.thesis.

Townsend, A.H. 1974 Exchange Patterns and Trading in Tonga and Tahiti
at the Time of Contact with the Explorers: An Ethnohistory of Culture
Contact Situation. University of Auckland. M.A.thesis.

Tu'inukuafe, Karl. 1976 Overseas Trained Tongans and Their
Contributions to the Modern Development of Tonga. University of
Auckland. M.A thesis.

Tupoulahi, Caroline 1997 The Socio-cultural Antecedents of Obesity in
Tonga. Flinders University, PhD. thesis.

Tupouniua, P. 1970 Persistence and Change: A Study of a Village in
Tonga. University of Auckland. M.A. Thesis.

Uplegger, H. 1960 Der Sakrale Furst auf Tahiti, Hawaii und Tonga: Zum
Sakralen Konigtum in Polynesien. University of Mainz (Germany). Ph D
thesis.

Urbanowicz, C. 1973 Tongan Culture: The Methodology of an Ethnographic
Reconstruction. University of Oregon. Ph D thesis.

Vaha'i, S. 1988 Hospital Chaplaincy (NGU Hospital - Vava'u) from the
Perspective of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga. Pacific Theological
College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Vea, S.M. 1981 A Theology of Tongan Culture with Special Reference to
Kava and Ta'ovala. Pacific Theological College, Fiji. B.D.thesis.

Walsh, A. C. 1964 Nuku'alofa, Tonga: A Preliminary Study of
Urbanization and In-Migration. Victoria University of Wellington. M.
A. thesis.

Warwick, W. D. 1974 Tongans in Auckland: A Preliminary Investigation
in a Tongan Community in the Central Urban Area. Massey University
(Palmerston North). PhD thesis.

Welch, R. 1989 Ethnicity Amongst Auckland Mormons. University of
Auckland. Ph D thesis.

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Wood-Ellem, E. 1981 Queen Salote Tupou III and Tungi Mailefihi: A
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Woolacott, A. 1978 Basil Thomson: Participant historian of the
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