The Poem and Essay competitions were held at the Statistics Conference Room on the 16th of October, 2020 to mark the beginning of Tonga Statistics Department’s celebration of World Statistics Day 2020.
Students from primary and secondary schools competed in front of a panel of 3 judges for the prizes in each category.
After deliberations following the competition, the prized winners are as follows:
| POEM WINNERS | ||
| CATEGORY 1: Statistics / Setisitika | CATEGORY 1: Statistics / Setisitika | CATEGORY 1: Statistics / Setisitika |
| 1st | TAPAITA ‘ONE’ONE | SANGATO FALAKIKO ‘ASISI |
| 2nd | SOSAIA FILIKITONGA | SANGATO FALAKIKO ‘ASISI |
| 3rd | MANU MANUOFETOA JR | TONGA HIGH SCHOOL |
| 4th | KALI PULOTU | GPS HAVELULOTO |
| 5th | MALIA PE’EI | SANGATO FALAKIKO ‘ASISI |
| ESSAY WINNERS | ||
| CATEGORY 2: Better Data Better Lives | ||
| 1st | PAEA PUNIANI | OCEAN OF LIGHT |
| 2nd | LATU MAFI | TONGA HIGH SCHOOL |
| 3rd | WILLIAM PULOTU | TONGA HIGH SCHOOL |
| CATEGORY 3: Unleashing the Power of Data to Change Lives | ||
| 1st | SELA SA’ILI | TAILULU COLLEGE |
| 2nd | LUSEANE LIUONO | SAINT ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL |
| 3rd | ‘ELIKI LAUME | TONGA COLLEGE |
| CATEGORY 4: Connecting the World with Data we can Trust | ||
| 1st | ANE PULOTU | TONGA HIGH SCHOOL |
| 2nd | ‘ANA NGAHE | TONGA HIGH SCHOOL |
| 3rd | NOELANI DAY | LIAHONA HIGH SCHOOL |