The polls have closed in Tonga in an election dubbed one of the most significant in the country's history.
Massey University's Director of Pasifika, Malakai Koloamatangi, is in Tonga for the election and will be a guest analyst on a national panel later in the evening.
Dr Koloamatangi told Koro Vaka'uta the political reforms of 2010, have led to this moment.