Our Story - Your purchase from this online store supports our Pasifika/woman-owned business. We were previously known as Lia Mo Line LLC. Our name change to Heliaki Co. was announced in the Fall of 2022. Heliaki is a Tongan literary & poetic device. Heliaki carries hidden meanings in metaphors for the listener to unravel - layer by layer. While keeping this concept in mind to create our graphics - our hope is that you love not only our designs - but figuring out all of the hidden stories & histories behind them as well. We offer an array of styles, cuts & colors because we know there is not ONE definitive way to be an islander.
Disclaimer- We do not claim to be experts on Pasifika History. As a group of diaspora-born islanders (of majority Tongan and Samoan descent), Heliaki Co. is our ongoing journey to reconnect ourselves back to our Pasifika roots.
Use this URL to read more about Heliaki - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295856945_Heliaki_Transforming_Literacy_in_Tonga_Through_Metaphor
