Heilala Dance Academy

03/06/2026

All in for Reconciliation!

Happy Mabo Day 🙌🏿

The final day of National Reconciliation Week every year is one of the most significant in Australia.

Mabo Day, celebrated annually on 3 June, commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful advocacy to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’.

Following the High Court’s Mabo decision, Australia’s Federal Parliament passed the Native Title Act 1993 which established a legal framework for native title claims throughout Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

and Mabo Day are a reminder to be ‘All In’ to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to commit ourselves to reconciliation and the fight for First Nations justice in Australia.

🎞️ To learn more about Mabo and the High Court case, check out ‘Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia’ on ABC iview: https://ab.co/4uGzxcT

01/06/2026

"E afua mai i mauga tetele manuia o le nu'u". Translated as “From the high mountains come the blessings of the village,”

25/04/2026

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

05/04/2026

ʻOku ʻoatu ʻemau popōaki talamonū ki he Tonga kotoa pē.

ʻOfa ke mou maʻu ha Uike Pekia mohu kelesiʻia ʻi he ʻEiki.

Fakaʻapaʻapa atu mei he Palesiteni mo e kōmiti ʻo e kautaha maʻae komiuniti ʻo e kāinga Tonga ʻo Pilisipeini.

08/12/2025

Amazing weekend with our Brisbane Tongan Community family at the book launch of Driving Three Kings by Consul-General of the Kingdom of Tonga, Mrs Louise Waterhouse at Soane Raju Ali Seiler & Emily's restaurant, Vaiola.

Wonderful memories by Pasifika TV & Radio and our team Lehua Fa'onevai Katie Stride mālō e tokoni Ma'ata mo tau'olunga faka'ofo'ofa Saviana ❤️🙏🏽

08/12/2025

Thank you Brisbane Tongan Community for organising and having our very own Saviana perform 🌺❤️🙏🏽

11/11/2025

Lest We Forget
The shoulders of giants we stand on

17/10/2025

Teu teu Brisbane Tongan Community Mālō Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴

Brisbane is getting an early start to a very special celebration — 150 years since the Constitution of the Kingdom of Tonga was established!✨

We’re honoured to welcome the Royal Tonga Police Brass Band to Brisbane, fresh from their incredible win as Best Overall Performance at the first-ever Pacific Police Tattoo in Papua New Guinea earlier this year!🎺Their visit is made possible through the support of the Australian Federal Police and the Pacific Policing Initiative, and we’re proud to play a part in sharing their music and culture with our city. 🇹🇴🤝🇦🇺

Joining them will be the amazing performers from Mamana Academy of Tongan Arts & Culture Inc., who’ll be bringing the spirit and joy of Tonga to life through traditional dance and art.

Brisbane is lucky to have such a proud and vibrant Tongan community, and we cannot wait to celebrate together! 🇹🇴🇦🇺🎶🎉

23/08/2025

Mālō Lave Iloa Ola 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴

23/08/2025