A Tongan tapa cloth presented to prime minister Norman Kirk has come out of storage to show off its full beauty. Fifty years to the day after Kirk's state funeral, another ceremony was held in ...

Siapo is the Samoan word for a fine cloth made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry tree. In Fiji, this linen-like barkcloth is called Masi, in Tonga ... is used for floor mats, bedding and room ...