Methodism is represented on the island by a number of churches including the Free Church of Tonga and the Free Wesleyan Church, which the largest church in Tonga.

There are 680 km of highways in Tonga, of which 184 km are paved, and there are a number of air and seaports.

In the nineteenth century much aconite was imported from China, Japan, Fiji, and Tonga, with a number of species used to manufacture alkaloids of varying potency but generally similar effect, most often used externally and rarely internally.

The distribution of the family has contracted in the Pacific with the arrival of humans, and a number of island groups such as Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia have lost many or all of their species.

* A number of feature-length films are linked to Rarotonga: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, depicting a Japanese POW camp for British prisoners in the island of Java in the year 1942, was filmed here, The Other Side of Heaven, which is set in Niuatoputapu, Tonga, but was filmed in part on Rarotonga, and Johnny Lingo which was set here.

Linguists include the Rotuman language in a subgroup with the languages of western Fiji, but Rotuman also has a large number of Polynesian loanwords, indicating later contact with Samoa and Tonga.

The vessel contained a supply of text books in her hold, which she distributed to a number of isolated communities in the South Pacific, including The Cook Islands, Pitcairn Island, Tonga, French Polynesia, Samoa, and Fiji.

A number of additional shapes have been used, including triangles, rhombuses, octagons, circles, and various freeform shapes including heart shapes, and even a banana shaped stamp issued by Tonga from 1969 to 1985.

This article concerns the systems of transportation in Tonga.

Along the Tonga Trench mantle-derived melts are transferred to the island arc systems, and abyssal oceanic sediments and fragments of oceanic crust are collected.

Historically, Fijians were known as the canoe building experts of the Pacific, using them to trade with Tonga.

In 1899, Germany and Great Britain traded territory in the Samoan Isands for the Northern Solomon Islands and control in Tonga, using the Togoland Neutral Zone ( Yendi ) and the Volta Triangle as bargaining chips.

Siliguri, at the base of the Himalayas, was connected to Darjeeling by a cart road ( the present day Hill Cart Road ) on which " Tonga services " ( carriage services ) were available.

In contrast to Kau Halalalo, the Ha ' a Tu ' i Tonga are the Kau Hala ' uta, meaning the higher side of the road.

In Mu ' a Tongatapu, the ancient capital of Tonga and the traditional residence of the Ha ' a Tu ' i Tonga, the Ha ' a Tu ' i Tonga lived on the higher, inland side of the road, whereas, the Ha ' a Tu ' i Kanokupolu lived on the lower, beach side of the road.

In Tonga, the Vava ' u Code ( 1839 ) was inspired by Methodist missionary teachings, and was a form of blue law.

Bahamas, Bhutan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica, Kiribati, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Niger, Palau, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Somalia, Swaziland, Tonga, Tuvalu.

Contemporary constitutional monarchies include: Andorra, Belgium, Bhutan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Denmark, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

Executive monarchies: Bhutan, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Morocco, Tonga, United Arab Emirates.

Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, only 17 are not party to the treaty: Andorra, Angola, Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( North Korea ), Federated States of Micronesia, Haiti, Iraq, Kiribati, Lebanon, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Nauru, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan and Tuvalu.

In Samoa the constellation is called Sumu (" triggerfish ") because of its rhomboid shape, while α and β Centauri are called Luatagata ( Two Men ), just as they are in Tonga.

In Tonga it is known as Toloa (" duck "); it is depicted as a duck flying south, with one of his wings ( δ Crucis ) wounded because Ongo tangata (" two men ", α and β Centauri ) threw a stone at it.

The islands of Manihiki and Rakahanga trace their origins to the arrival of Toa ( an outcast from Rarotonga ) and Tupaeru ( a woman of high-ranking in the Puaikura tribe of Rarotonga ) The remainder of the northern islands were probably settled by expeditions from Samoa and Tonga.

* 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.

The lone holders of the imperial title in Oceania were the heads of the semi-mythical Tu ' i Tonga Empire.

It was reported on 2 November 2005 that a territorial dispute was looming between Fiji and Tonga over a reef lying to the south of both countries.

The reef has also been claimed by Tonga since 1972, and Tonga's Surveyor General, Tevita Malolo, told Radio New Zealand that Fiji had never contested Tonga's claim until now.

Similarly, the northern islands were probably settled by expeditions from Samoa and Tonga.

Examples include the Mariana Islands, the Aleutian Islands and most of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean.

Among coral tropic islands for example are Maldives, Tonga, Nauru and Polynesia.

Italy has applied to be a dialogue partner of the Pacific Islands Forum, and attended a Forum meeting in Tonga in October 2007.

Non-members are: Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Bhutan, North Korea, Micronesia, Nauru, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Vatican City and the states with limited recognition.

Sponsored by their respective governments, they were submitted by Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. and Tonga Offshore Mining Limited.

A 15 year exploration contract was granted by the Authority to Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. on 22 July 2011 and to Tonga Offshore Mining Limited on 12th January 2012.

In recent years, however, interest in deep-sea mining, especially with regard to ferromanganese crusts and polymetallic sulphides, has picked up among several firms now operating in waters within the national zones of Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Tonga.

Japan and the Kingdom of Tonga have maintained official diplomatic relations since July 1970.

The creation of the reservoir forced resettlement of about 57, 000 Tonga people living along the Zambezi in both Zambia and Zimbabwe.

It lacks pollen baskets and possesses only a large number of long, branched hairs on its legs, on which the pollen grains will collect.

Botswana possesses 888 km of gauge railway, by 2002 figures, serving a number of towns and connecting the country to its neighbours.

Castle of the Winds possesses an inventory system that limits a player's load based on weight and bulk, rather than by number of items.

Those texts characterized the tactic of guerrilla warfare as, according to Che Guevara's text, being " used by the side which is supported by a majority but which possesses a much smaller number of arms for use in defense against oppression ".

Among most or all hymenopterans, sex is determined by the number of chromosomes an individual possesses.

Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of modern transportation systems, including several highways and a number of airports.

Lebanon possesses a number of systems of telecommunication, some of which are currently being reconstructed following damage during the civil war that ended in 1991.

Liechtenstein possesses a number of modern communications systems, some of which are shared with the neighbouring country of Switzerland.

Montserrat possesses a number of telecommunications systems, including mobile and main line telephone, radio and television.

Increasing the intensity of the light beam increases the number of photons in the light beam, and thus increases the number of electrons excited, but does not increase the energy that each electron possesses.

Due to the high number of fins it possesses, the coelacanth has high maneuverability and can orient their bodies in almost any direction in the water.

Bolivia is a country in South America which possesses a number of modern communications systems.

Some believe Wemyss possesses, like a number of Scottish Castles, a " Green Lady ".

The University also possesses a number of rural properties in close proximity to the campus, providing facilities for teaching and research.

In a number of monasteries, particularly those on the Holy Mountain ( Mount Athos in Greece ), all of the relics the monastery possesses are displayed and venerated each evening at Compline.

A mutant, Sage possesses a number of mental abilities and was originally presented as the personal assistant to the Hellfire Club ’ s Sebastian Shaw, but an extended retcon revealed that she had been one of the first mutants discovered by Professor Xavier.

She has been shown to possess a number of tough, tomboyish character traits and interests ; she is skilled at karate and frequently enjoys practicing it with SpongeBob, she is shown to be an excellent bodybuilder, is a rodeo champion, and possesses extraordinary scientific skills and can construct complex inventions.

She possesses the psychokinetic ability to animate her hair for a number of feats, including elongating it to almost twice its normal length ( Medusa's hair is approximately in length when relaxed ), and using her hair to lift and move heavy weights ( up to 1. 6 tons ); a portion of her hair must be used to anchor the rest at these greater weights, so that more than her scalp / skull is used as a brace.

It possesses the largest number of members from the political parties present in the Armenian diaspora, having established affiliates in more than 20 countries.

The Central Coast, which extends from Lincoln City to Florence, while similar to the North Coast, possesses fewer sandy beaches, more sea cliffs and terraces, and a greater number of bays.

There are a number of penalties described in the official underwater hockey rules, ranging from the use of the stick against something ( or someone ) other than the puck, playing or stopping the puck with something other than the stick, and " blocking " ( interposing one's self between a team-mate who possesses the puck and an opponent ; one is allowed to play the puck, but not merely block opponents with one's body ).

As Nachos has not been in active development for a number of years, and possesses a number of recognized flaws ( particularly with regards to portability: Nachos relies on MIPS assembly code, and requires porting to run on x86 architecture ), successor projects have been initiated.