Friday, October 1, 2010

Tongans raise $600k for quake appeal

A small amount, but given the size of the Tondan population and the levels of discretionary spending they have it's a huge amount of money.

"The prevalent public attitude here is that the people and government of New Zealand are usually the first on Tonga's doorstep soon after a natural disaster and here was an opportunity for us to reciprocate that generosity"


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