Tonga's first public library.

Celebrations will take place all over the country this week to mark Tonga Language week but in Tonga, locals are preparing for their own celebration.

Tonga will open its first ever public library next month and it's taken a village across New Zealand and Tonga to build it. Thousands of books have been donated by more than 50 Auckland Council libraries among the hundreds of other items given by generous New Zealanders including bikes, laptops and more.

It's the brainchild of South Auckland couple Kahoa and Brendon Corbett. Indira visited them as they packed up the next shipment of donated goods on its way to the town of Kolovai, where the library is located.

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