'Akilisi Pohiva, Dr. Sitiveni Halapua, the reconstruction and mice of Nuku'alofa, and pity the All Blacks

The de facto leader of the opposition 'Akilisi Pohiva and his de facto deputy Dr. Sitiveni Halapua have been appointed to look into the state of the money borrowed from the People's Republic of China and how it has been spent in the reconstruction of Nuku'alofa. As elected politicians are notorious for self-promotion, it would be a disaster if their report would be replete with references to letters and petitions written by Mr. Pohiva in the past or articles in the Kele'a, the newspaper he founded. If you are not convinced, just look at the appendices in the submissions to parliament by the opposition. But as the loan is being rapidly depleted, the mice of the central business district are fast becoming the fittest rodents in the world. Restricted to exercising and racing in the Uata Building since its opening in 1981, the mice now can choose between the Royco Building, the Lalita Building, or the taller and grander O G Sanft Building and Taumoepeau Building, where whole floors are available for mice-sprint, mice-aerobics, mice-cartwheels, and mice-banquets, courtesy of the loan from the PRC. For the really, really adventurous there is the extension to the heavily guarded Royal Palace, which cost millions. Then there is always the mini-racetrack also called the Tonga Rugby Football Union's trophy cabinet which is perenially devoid of any silverware. Tongan players have however exploited other facets of the competitions they were involved in. At the recent Commonwealth Games, Tonga's rugby sevens team was a disappointment but they made up for it in the dining hall where, according to the Kakalu newspaper, they ate and ate so much food that they returned home heavier than when they left. But those are amateurs, Tonga's team for the Rugby World Cup is a professional outfit and they will be in Auckland on September 2011 to break the will of the All Blacks and the hearts of all Aotearoa from Cape Reinga to Invercargill. Beware New Zealand!! The Tongans are coming!!!