The group includes Tongan business people, academics and “concerned citizens”, said Shane Egan, from Kanokupolu, who is calling for interested people to help form an executive committee. He said a formalised society would be able to respond to some immediate concerns for the future of some heritage sites.
“We were inspired by the archaeological work done in Tonga by Dr David V. Burley from Simon Fraser University, Canada and recognised the void for such an organisation and the urgent need for consolidation,” he said.
