, ▁' At ol om ake ▁Hel u , ▁has ▁performed ▁at ▁Sydney ▁and ▁A uck land ▁Town ▁H alls . ▁For ▁a ▁time ▁AF PA ▁regularly ▁tou red ▁over se as , ▁performing ▁European ▁classical ▁and ▁oper atic ▁ex cer pts ▁along ▁with ▁traditional ▁T ong an ▁fa iva . ▁▁ ʻ A ten isi ▁University ▁ ▁The ▁university ▁at ▁' A ten isi ▁Institute ▁was ▁established ▁seven ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁Pacific ▁opened ▁its ▁T ong an ▁campus . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁unique ▁in ▁being ▁the ▁only ▁priv ately ▁fund ed ▁university ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁Pacific ▁islands , ▁and ▁therefore ▁autonom ous ▁from ▁any ▁church ▁or ▁government . ▁This ▁was ▁both ▁an ▁advantage ▁and ▁a ▁dis adv antage . ▁The ▁advantage ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁university ▁could ▁freely ▁train ▁critical ▁thought , ▁rather ▁than ▁comp el ▁students ▁to ▁conform ▁to ▁b ureau cr atic ▁ob ed ience ▁or ▁religious ▁dog ma . ▁The ▁dis adv antage ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁university ▁rarely ▁received ▁fund ing ▁from ▁either ▁of ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁sources , ▁which ▁usually ▁condem ned ▁it ▁to ▁an ▁aust ere ▁budget ▁sole ly ▁supported ▁by ▁mod est ▁tu ition ▁fe es . ▁ ▁Because ▁the ▁university ▁regarded ▁method ▁of ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁its ▁ped agog ical ▁priority , ▁philosophy ▁was ▁considered ▁its ▁most ▁important ▁course ; ▁facility ▁with ▁the ▁English ▁language ▁and ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁English ▁literature ▁was ▁a ▁second ▁key ▁objective . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁university ▁offered ▁core ▁courses ▁in ▁the ▁natural