Ua suia nei le tausaga faatagaina e faato’ā mafai ai ona faaipoipo se tagata i Tonga i le 18 o tausaga o se tasi.
Ua faailoa e le RNZ o le taimi ua tuana’i o se tagata e 15-17 tausaga e mafai ona faaipoipo pe afai ua malilie iai mātua.
O le tausaga 2025 i le masina o Aokuso na tuuina ai se faamatalaga tusitusia aloa’ia e le Women and Children Crisis Centre i Tonga e faatatau i le faia o suiga ina ia ogatasi ai ma aiaiga faavaomalo ae lē gata i lea o le puipuia o fanau mai le vave faaipoipo ma ia faamalosia atili ai tulaga o faiga faai’uga ma ioega.
Ua faailoa la e le matāgaluega o faamasinoga i Tonga ua faamamalu nei lea tulafono ma ua suia ai le tulafono sa iai o le Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act.
Puna o Faamatalaga: https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/589562/tonga-raises-legal-marriage-age-to-18
