6 Sep 2019

A Tongan language love story

From First Up, 8:00 am on 6 September 2019

Tongan Kahoa Meimuli and New Zealander Brendan Corbett met in 1977 in Palmerston North.

They could barely communicate because of the language barrier.

After 42 years of marriage, Brendan is now a fluent Tongan speaker. Here is their story.