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The deserted island deep in the Pacific where six teenagers were stranded for 15 months
Southwest of Tongatapu, the main island of the Tongan archipelago, lies the depopulated island of 'Ata in the South Pacific ... in Samoa - 551 miles north of Tonga - and had started sailing ...
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'We were all labourers to them': The wider impact of blackbirding across the Pacific
More than 160 years ago, slave ships arrived at Tonga's 'Ata Island. Bishop Silouan Silala Vea's ancestors were invited aboard for a meal in a gesture the villagers thought was "great hospitality ...
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How six teenagers survived 15 months shipwrecked on uninhabited island and miraculously escaped
The 'Tongan castaways' miraculously worked together to survive on the volcanic island before their unexpected rescue more ...