Tonga’s Minister of Internal Affairs Sangstar Saulala is concerned that significant eruptions at Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai last night might affect two scheduled repatriation flights to bring back workers and Tongans who have been stuck overseas.
Minister of Internal Affairs Sangstar Saulala
At this stage no changes have been made to the schedules.
A flight to Tonga from Vanuatu was scheduled to arrive at the Fua’amotu International Airport next week on January 18 while the flight from Auckland, New Zealand was expected to arrive on January 20.
More than 70 Recognised Seasonal Employer workers in New Zealand were expected to return to the kingdom as part of this 300-passenger flight.
The chartered flight from Vanuatu will bring about a dozen Chinese passengers to work on His Majesty’s Armed Forces’ construction projects. Vanuatu is currently Covid free.
Tonga returned 215 stranded passengers on its last repatriation flight from New Zealand on 27 October 2021.
Previous flight cancellations
Hon Saulala’s concern came after Air New Zealand repeatedly cancelled its repatriation flight from Auckland to Tonga in December due to the high level ash eruption at Hunga Tonga- Hunga Ha’apai detected earlier.
About a month now since the volcanic activities were first reported, significant eruptions at the Hungas last night led to this morning’s tsunami marine alert from Tongan authorities. The public were warned to stay off the beach and out of the water.
“It has yet to be decided whether that could affect the aircraft coming”, Hon Saulala told Kaniva News in Tongan.
Fiji and Australia flights put on hold
Hon Saulala said repatriation flights from Fiji and Australia have been put on hold because of the community surges of Omicron virus in these two countries.
He said Omicron cases in New Zealand were detected at the border and were being monitored at managed isolations and quarantine facilities.
“This was why the New Zealand repatriation flight was allowed to bring part of the kāinga,” he saidin Tongan.
New Zealand authorities were currently studying Australia’s Omicron situation “in trying to determine what would happen if Omicron got into the community in New Zealand”, Te Pūnaha Matatini complex systems researcher Dion O’Neale told RNZ’s Morning Report yesterday.
“Australia’s Omicron surge is leading to staff shortages that have disrupted supply chains and hampered the economy’s recovery”, Aljazeera reported.
This morning it has been reported that New South Wales has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, with 29 Covid-related deaths and 63,018 new cases.
Fiji limit social gatherings
Meanwhile, “social gatherings in Fiji homes and communities are now limited to 20 people as the Government moved this week to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the country”.
RNZ reported on Fiji case saying that “As of 10 January, there were 4,863 active cases in isolation – of both the Omicron and Delta variants – with the death toll at 714”.
Reports of fluctuations in sea-level recorded in the island of Mango have forced authorities to alert the public this morning of possible tsunami waves to hit Tonga.
Tonga Met Service said Mango town officer has reported unusual sea waves in the island.
There were also reports of unusual sea activities this morning at waterfronts between Vuna wharf and Yellow Pier in Nuku’alofa.
Authorities believed there was a link between the activities and last night’s Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai islands new activities.
“A tsunami alert will remain in effect for all of Tonga,” Tonga MetService said.
No details have been released.
“Based on the abnormal tide observation reported from the town officer of Mango island and the Nuku’alofa marine and ports and its relevant to the ongoing volcanic eruption in the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai area, a tsunami marine warning is now in force for Tonga”, Met Service said.
“Public are advised to keep away from low lying coastal areas, reefs and beaches. Mariners out at sea are advised to prepare to move to deep water.
The next bulletin will be issued as soon as new information is received. Listen to Radio Tonga”.
The warnings came after foul-smelling gases were reported in Nuku’alofa and Ha’apai this morning. People had been warned to wear mask and stay inside their house.
There were also reports of apparent toxic dusts noticed at the Ha’apai group.
Residents in Tongatapu, Vava’u and Ha’apai have been warned to remove guttering systems from rainwater tank storage until the eruption finishes. These should not be reinstalled until after the next rainfall, to reduce the risk of contamination.
Brian Tamaki’s Destiny Church and the Freedoms and Rights Coalition have taken up residence in a central Christchurch park – and they’re not doing it quietly.
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Since November, both groups have made Cranmer Square their regular meeting place.
The regular protests and religious gatherings have taken their toll on central Christchurch residents, with motorbikes and chanting taking over their streets each weekend.
Community board member for the Central Ward Michelle Lomax said it’s not fair on residents.
“[Those gathering in the square] need to respect the resident’s rights as well,” she said.
“The continual use of the square in that way and for church services is breaching various bylaws and has caused noise breaches.”
Lomax explained the event from a local’s perspective.
“It’s been really disruptive for the residents because they pull up a truck onto the grass; there’s a PA system that’s really loud so people sitting in their home enjoying their morning cup of tea have to listen to things [they might not want to hear].”
Charles Drace lives 300 metres from the square and said he can almost make out the words to the speeches from his house.
“You have to give them credit, they are impressive, especially as sometimes these can last for three hours,” he said.
Central Ward city councillor Jake McLellan said he has been overwhelmed by messages from local residents concerned about the gatherings on their doorstep.
“To steal a quote from Brian Tamaki ‘enough is enough’, and the residents have certainly had enough of what has now been months of their peace and enjoyment being ruined.”
McLellan, Lomax and fellow Community Board member for the Central Ward Sunita Gautam decided to co-write a letter to Tamaki.
Lomax explained they did it to encourage Tamaki to come and have a sit down with the local community to resolve the issue.
“As the church leader, I thought he could provide leadership to try to help work out a solution that is good for the protesters but also not in the middle of a residential area,” she said.
McLellan said there are other places the church can worship.
“There are lots of venues that [Destiny Church] could worship – and absolutely they should be able to worship.”
“But if church members are choosing not to … get vaccinated and they can’t access public facilities, then that’s on them,” he said.
On Tuesday, Christchurch City Council issued the Freedom and Rights coalition with a $14,117 fine, which a spokesperson said covers the costs incurred by the council for protest events before Christmas.
Yesterday, the council also met with Canterbury police to discuss the issue and said it may look at fining the Freedoms and Rights Coalition again for last weekend’s protest.
Lomax said while she had received messages from residents about the gatherings, they wanted a mutually beneficial solution.
“The residents are like ‘live and let live’ but it’s just not fair what’s been happening.
“I know its really important for the residents that there’s a peaceful solution that can be reached. It’s not in anyone’s interests for this to get escalated.”
Charles said that’s spot on and no one should be denied the right to protest.
“My objection is a personal objection to what they stand for… I get pissed off by the motorbikes driving around and putting out carbon monoxide.
“There’s no way that I can object against protesting since I’ve been involved in organising so many climate change protests myself!”
Fiji has reported seven more deaths and 417 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.
This brings the total number of cases in isolation of both the Omicron and Delta variants to 4903.
Photo: AFP
Fiji’s Government has also confirmed there are 205 Covid-19 patients hospitalised.
The death toll in Fiji is now 721.
Health Secretary James Fong said the seven victims were aged between 53 and 73, and two of them had died in hospital while the rest were at home.
“We have recorded 655 Covid-19 positive patients who died from serious medical conditions they had before they contracted Covid. These are not classified as Covid-19 deaths,” Dr Fong said.
“We are prioritising our testing to individuals at higher risk of severe disease to ensure that they are assessed early, referred to an appropriate health care facility, and managed promptly if their symptoms deteriorate.
“If you develop a cold or flu-like symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion, sore throat, cough, body ache, fever, you should assume you have Covid-19, and self-isolate.
“If you have any of these symptoms, please stay home to avoid spreading the disease to others, and in particular those who may be more at risk of severe disease,” Dr Fong said.
Isolation period down to 7 days
Meanwhile, the isolation period for Covid-19 positive persons has been reduced from 10 days to seven, the Health Ministry said.
Dr Fong said positive patients could stop isolating after seven days if symptoms were improving and at least 24 hours had passed since having a fever without the need to take fever-reducing medications such as paracetamol.
.. Photo: Facebook/Fiji govt
“You may stop isolating if seven days have passed since the start of symptoms or since the positive test (for asymptomatic cases),” he said.
Dr Fong said close contacts were not required to isolate unless they developed symptoms.
“If you are a close contact and develop symptoms you must assume you have Covid-19 and self-isolate as described.
“If you develop a cold or flu-like symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion, sore throat, cough, body ache, fever, you should assume you have Covid-19, and self-isolate.”
In the past seven days until 11 January, 1124 new cases were recorded in the Central Division, 841 in the west, 12 in the east, and 188 new cases in the Northern Division.
Cases in the Central Division included 69 percent of the total nationally, with the west making up 27 percent, 3 percent in the north, and 1 percent in the Eastern Division.
Dr Fong said of the latest cases, 213 were recorded on 11 January and 204 in the last 24 hours ending at 8am on Wednesday.
“Of the 417 cases, 194 cases were recorded in the Central Division; 182 in the west, and 41 in the north.”
The daily average of Covid-19 cases since 8 January is 418, Dr Fong said.
The man who had been drinking alcohol and taking methamphetamine while driving his car before crashing and killing his passenger has been convicted in the Supreme Court.
Kilifi Jr Lapu’aho. Photo/Facebook
Siuta Tāufa pleaded not guilty to his charge of dangerous driving causing death. He changed his plea to his second charge of possessing 0.08 gram of methamphetamine to guilty.
The court was told that at about 11.30pm on the night of July 3, 2021, Tāufa drove his car, with Uikilifi Lapu’aho sitting in the left front passenger seat, from Vaini to Tatakamotonga where Lapu’aho bought a bottle of liquor. They mixed the alcohol and drank it while returning to Vaini.
It was close to midnight by then and the accused drove very fast to try and get home before the lock-down curfew at 12 midnight occurred, the court judgement said.
When they got to the fork in the road, that is, of Taufa’āhau Road on which they were travelling, and Tuku’aho Road, at the end of the village of Malapo towards Vainī, the accused lost control of the car. The car swerved to the right side of Taufa’āhau Road and hit a power pole on that side of the road with its left side, where Lapu’aho was sitting at the front passenger seat. The car bounced off it and rested about two meters from the post.
The sound of the crash was heard by a prison warden at Hu’atolitoli prison across the road some 200 meters away and he went over and found both occupants of the car unconscious.
The warden alerted the Vaini police on his phone before they arrived at the scene.
Both Tāufa and Lapu’aho were rushed to Vaiola Hospital before Lapu’aho died at 2am in the morning.
Illicit drugs and cash
The police found a black plastic bag wrapped in some fabric in the boot of the car. Inside the plastic bag was a see-through plastic bag and inside that bag were $1776 in cash, 47 empty packs and a bottle in which two packs of methamphetamine were found.
A statement by Tāufa was read in court. He was apologetic and said : “How I feel about this charge I feel really repentant at what has happened. And I feel sorry for the one who has died. Because I did not intend that anything like that would happen.”
Convictions
Justice Niu said: “I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the accused drove his car at a speed and in a manner which in the circumstances were dangerous to the public and that it caused the death of the passenger in the car, Uikilifi Lapu’aho.
“Accordingly, I find that the accused, Siuta Taufa, is guilty of the offence of dangerous driving causing death with which he is charged in count 1 of his indictment and I convict him of that.
I also confirm that I have convicted the accused, Siuta Taufa, of the offence of possessing 0.08 gram of methamphetamine, with which he is charged in count 2 of his indictment”.
A meeting between people from Afā and Niutōua was held this evening in Afā in an attempt to patch things up after shootings and a brawl was caught on camera.
Police officers, church ministers and leaders of the two communities were at the meeting which was livestreamed and shared on Facebook.
The video purported to show a Police officer speaking during the meeting.
He was overheard as saying it appeared that a convenience store in Afā sold liquor after hours. He said the store should have closed at 9pm.
The officer said the store could be closed for good if it continued the late-night activities. The officer appeared to be of a view that the alleged after-hour selling of the alcohol at the store opened an opportunity for the two groups to meet there and fight.
“It is important for us to live in peace and harmony,” he said in Tongan.
The meeting was organised to reconcile the two rival groups after two men were allegedly injured in a shooting incident in Afā last week.
Meanwhile, a graphic video clip was released on Facebook this week.
It purported to show three men being knocked unconscious by their opponents during a fight.
Allegations on Facebook said the fight involved people from Niutōua and Afā.
A 190-year-old tortoise from Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean is now confirmed as the world’s oldest turtle by Guinness World Records (GWR).
In 1953, during Queen Elizabeth II’s Royal Tour of Tonga, Tu’i Malila was shown to the monarch at the time having been an icon for the royal family. The above picture shows Queen Elizabeth II meeting the 176-year-old tortoise
Jonathan is expected to celebrate his 190th birthday this year making “him the oldest-known land animal alive today”, GWR said.
“His official record title is oldest chelonian – a category which encompasses all turtles, terrapins and tortoises”, it said.
Jonathan has “come through the winter well”, as per an update from the St Helena Government. “He grazes well now, but is unaware of food if we simply place it on the ground.”
“The Veterinary Section is still feeding him by hand once a week to boost his calories, vitamins, minerals and trace elements, as he is blind and has no sense of smell.”
“His hearing though is excellent and he loves the company of humans, and responds well to his vet Joe Hollins’ voice as he associates him with a feast.”
Jonathan is believed to have been born in 1832.
“Jonathan age is an estimation based on the fact that he was fully mature, and hence at least 50 years old, when he arrived in St Helena from the Seychelles in 1882.
Jonathan the tortoise pictured in February 2019
In all likelihood, he is even older than we think”.
Tu’i Malila
The previous oldest living tortoise recognized by GWR was Tonga’s Tu’i Malila, a radiated tortoise that reached at least 188 years old.
“She was owned by the royal family of Tonga between 1777 and 1965, and had been presented to them by British explorer Captain James Cook during his third – and final – Pacific voyage (1776–80)”.
Tu’i Malila, died at the Royal Palace ground in Nuku’alofa on May 16, 1965.
The people of Tonga regarded the animal as a chief and special keepers were appointed to look after it.
Reports said it was blinded in a bush fire a few years before her death. Her carcass was sent to the Auckland Museum in New Zealand.
One report said the preserved body of Tu’i Malila was currently on display at the Tonga National Centre.
Zane Wedding said he initially thought the problem was just water in his ear and later gave the insect to the ear specialist as a memento
New Zealand man Zane Wedding had a cockroach pulled from his ear three days after feeling a wriggling sensation. Photograph: Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald
A New Zealand man has had a cockroach pulled from his ear three days after first feeling a squirming sensation.Zane Wedding said he initially thought the problem was just water in his ear.
The Aucklander had been for a swim at a local pool on Friday morning and fell asleep on his couch that evening. He woke up with a blocked ear – and the feeling there was something wriggling inside.
The cockroach pulled from Zane Wedding’s ear. Photograph: Zane Wedding
On Saturday, Wedding had his ear syringed. He was given antibiotics, instructions to blow-dry the side of his head, and a suggestion he return if he still felt movement. “Immediately after, it felt way worse,” said Wedding.
He went deaf in one ear and was unable to sleep. The hairdryer didn’t help. He joked: “I’ve been cooking it [with the hairdryer] since Saturday.”
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Wedding then booked into an ear specialist. On Monday, she peered into his ear.“Literally the second she looked, she said, ‘Oh my god … I think you have an insect in your ear.’”
It took a few minutes, a suction device and tweezers to pull the now-dead cockroach from Wedding’s ear.Wedding gave it to the specialist as a memento; she had never extracted an insect before.
There are 28 new community cases of Covid-19 and 13 new cases in MIQ.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 34 people in hospital, including two in ICU.
Today’s new cases were in Auckland (9), Waikato (3), Bay of Plenty (5), Rotorua (2), Wairarapa (4), Hutt Valley (2) and Canterbury (3).
The Ministry said the two Lower Hutt cases are from the same household and had been in Rotorua recently, while the three new cases in Christchurch are all household contacts.
A number of locations of interest in the Hutt Valley, Christchurch, Hamilton, Auckland and Feilding have been added to the Ministry’s website today.
The cases at the border came from Sri Lanka, Australia, India, USA, Singapore, Brazil, Israel and Great Britain.
The seven-day rolling average of border cases is 29, while the rolling average of community cases is 30.
Yesterday there were 28 community cases and 65 in MIQ, as well as two further deaths.
A man in his 30s died at home on 5 January and tested positive for Covid-19 after his death, while a man in his 60s died at Middlemore Hospital on Sunday.
There have now been 11,236 cases in the current community outbreak and 14,512 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand since the pandemic began.
There has also been a wastewater detection in Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty on 10 January.
The Ministry said Capital and Coast will today become the first DHB area to reach the 90 percent fully vaccinated milestone for Māori, with just 32 second doses needed when the region’s clinics close yesterday
Canterbury and Auckland DHBs are also nearing the 90% fully vaccinated mark for their eligible Māori populations.
The Ministry said 42 percent of the population currently eligible have now received their booster shot.
There were 41,853 booster doses given yesterday, as well as 1437 first doses, 3842 second doses and 630 third primary doses.
The Takuilau Catholic school’s outstanding results in the 2021 national examination released last week have triggered concerns in the wake of a damning report about the falling student achievement of ‘Apifo’ou College – the church’s biggest school in Tonga.
Dr ‘Alisi Kautoke Hōlani. Photo/Screengrab
A total of 17 out of 20 students of Takuilau College Form Seven – or 85 percent of the class passed their national exams.
While the overall result was applauded, it also sparked serious concerns about the ‘Apifo’ou College’s academic standing.
When the Ministry of Education (MOE) released the results of the examination it mentioned schools which had outstanding performances. ‘Apifo’ou College was not mentioned.
It said the overall pass rate for the Tonga Form Six Certificate (TFSC) 202l is 49 percent, a slight decrease from 54 percent in 2020.
“There are four schools that showed outstanding improvement in the TFSC examination”, the MOE said.
“The best performing High School having attained 77% in 2021 from 33% in 2020 is St Andrews High School of the Anglican Church Mission .The second best performing High School is Niuafo’ou District High School with an improved pass rate of 80% from 57% in 2020. This is followed by Mailefihi Siu’ilikutapu College, Vava’u of the Free Wesleyan Church Mission with 67% in 2021 from 45% in 2020 and ‘Eua High School achieved 82% from 61% in 2020”, the Ministry said in a statement.
It also said: “Four subjects attained the Distinction Level namely Mathematics, Biology, Accounting and Computing and lCT from Tonga High School, Queen Sālote College in Accounting and Liahona High School also in Computing and ICT”.
‘Apifo’ou came last in 2020 exams
Concerns among the ‘Apifo’ou ex-students came in the wake of a damning report about the reasons why the students performance fell by a huge margin in the national tests.
The report by Dr ‘Alisi Kautoke Hōlani was revealed during a meeting with ex-students in Tongatapu in August 2021 which was livestreamed and shared on Facebook.
Dr Hōlani, who was an ex-student of ‘Apifo’ou and was a member of the school’s executive committee, described the report in Tongan as devastating.
In 2020, Form Six class students from 22 high schools took part in the national exam and when the results were announced ‘Apifo’ou came last, Dr Hōlani said.
Form Five students from 35 schools participated in the national exam in 2020 and when the results were out ‘Apifo’ou was numbered 28.
Dr Hōlani, who is currently the Deputy CEO of the government’s Ministry of Trades and Economic Development, said she was shocked when she learned about the results.
She said she, her uncles, grandparents and great grandparents went to ‘Apifo’ou College and they took pride in the success and achievements they had at school. She said this was especially so when it came to national school examinations and competitions. She said that in the past ‘Apifo’ou’s performance results were either in the top five or top 10.
She also said ‘Apifo’ou often challenged the kingdom’s top high school, the Tonga High School in attaining top marks in national examinations.
Concerned ex-students shared the same experience with Dr Hōlani and called on the church to overhaul the school system and work with the various ‘Apifo’ou alumni associations to help the school.
Some asked why Takuilau College could have achieved such an excellent result and not ‘Apifo’ou.
Teachers’ salaries so low
Dr Holani said an inquiry was conducted to find out why the school was failing. It found that the best teachers at ‘Apifo’ou had left the school and were teaching at the government schools because the government paid their teachers far more.
She said ‘Apifo’ou paid TOP$10,000 for teachers who had overseas first-degree qualifications, while the government paid a minimum of TOP$30,000.
Dr Hōlani said she was emotional when she found out from the inquiry that ‘Apifo’ou only had a limited budget of TOP$2000 to fund its scientific laboratory every year. She said the money was not enough to buy the resources needed to help teach Form One and Two students.
She said teachers at ‘Apifo’ou had no option but to go to other schools, including Tailulu College, and borrow their scientific teaching resources.
She said the annual budget for the economic lessons was TOP$1000.
“You can figure out from there that that’s one of the reasons why our examination results fell,” Dr Hōlani said in Tongan.
Alumni Associations willing to help
Dr Hōlani said ex-students could play an important role in helping the school. She urged all former students to pull together as a team to rescue the school they loved.
The news came after the Apifo’ou College online community told the authorities they were willing to help.
‘Apifo’ou College has one of the strongest and liveliest overseas alumni especially in New Zealand, where more than 80,000 Tongans live.
The Association’s members in New Zealand are classified into years when they studied at ‘Apifo’ou, including 1975-80, 1981-85, 1986-90 apart from some who gave the groups their own names. That classification was proved to work well when the jubilee of the school’s 125th year was celebrated in 2012. All groups were tasked with various projects to help the school, including mathematics and computer science laboratories.
However, it appeared that after the jubilee there was nothing else to maintain the spirit and the communication between the New Zealand associations and the ‘Apifo’ou College’s authorities. It led to most of the projects collapsing due to lack of upkeep and maintenance.
It is understood that the New Zealand, Australian and American ‘Apifo’ou alumni associations are still willing to help the school, but need the college to tell them what they need.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA NOUNOU
Kuo tuku mai ‘a e ola ‘a e ngaahi sivi fakapule’anga ‘o e 2021 pea kuo hoko ‘a e tu’ukimu’a ‘a e Kolisi Takuilau ‘a e Katolika’ ke ‘ohake ai ‘a e hoha’a kuo ki’i tolanga mai ki he tu’unga tō lalo fau kuo ‘i ai ‘a e Kolisi ‘Apifo’ou ‘a e siasi’ ni. ‘I hono fakamafola ‘e he Potungāue Ako ‘a Tonga’ ‘a e ola ‘o e sivi’ ne mahino pe ‘a e Ako Mā’olunga ‘o Tonga’ ka ne ‘i ai mo e ngaahi ako ne fu’u ola lelei mo fakalaka ‘aupito hangē ko Sa ‘Anitelū, Liahona mo Kuini Sālote. Kau ki ai mo e Ako Mā’olunga ‘a ‘Eua’, Mailefihi Siu’ilikutapu, mo e Ako Mā’olunga ‘a Niuafo’ou. Ne ‘ikai ‘asi heni ‘a ‘Apifo’ou. Kuo tālanga’i e tō lalo ‘a ‘Apifo’ou ‘e he’enau kau ako tutuku’ he ope’ ‘i he laumālie ‘o e fietokoni he ‘oku ‘ikai ko e me’a ‘eni ne anga ki ai ‘a e ako’anga’ ni talu mei mu’a. Ne mei ‘i he top 5 pe top 10 pe ‘a ‘Apifo’ou ‘i he ngaahi sivi fakapule’anga fakafonua’ pea ‘i ai e ngaahi taimi ne ne fa’a pole’i ‘a e Ako Mā’olunga ‘a Tonga he ngaahi fe’uhi lahi. Ne hū mai e hoha’a ko ‘eni hili ia hono tuku mai ha lipooti ko ha faka’eke’eke ‘eni fekau’aki mo e tōlalo ‘a ‘Apifo’ou’. Ne ‘asi ai ‘i he 2020, ne fe’unga mo e apiako foomu ono ‘e 22 ‘i Tonga ne sivi’. ‘I he ola ‘o e sivi ‘a e foomu ko ‘eni’ ko ‘Apifo’ou ne muimui taha’ pe fika 22. Pea ko e foomu nima ne fe’unga mo e ‘apiako ‘e 35 ko ‘Apifo’ou ne fika 28. Ne fai leva e fakatotolo ki he tupu’anga ‘a e tōlalo’. ‘Uluaki’ ko e ‘ikai sai ‘a e vahe ‘a e kau faiako’. Lahi e ‘alu ‘a e kau faiako lelei ne ‘i ‘Apifo’ou’ ki he pule’anga’ ‘o faiako ai ko ‘ene vahe lelei. ‘Ikai ko ia pe toe fu’u vaivai fakapa’anga pe ‘a ‘Apifo’ou ia. Ne fakatātā’aki ‘a e ‘ikai fe’unga e patiseti $2,000 ‘oku fakapa’anga’aki ‘a e leepi saienisi ke kumi’aki ‘a e naunau fe’unga mo totonu ki he ako’. Iku leva ki he ‘alu ‘a e kau faiako’ ‘o kole naunau mei he leepi ‘a e ngaahi ako kehe’ kau ai ‘a e kole ki he Kolisi Tailulu’. Ko e fakamatala tonu ‘eni ‘a Dr ‘Alisi Kautoke Hōlani, na’e ako mo ia ‘i ‘Apifo’ou, kau ki he palopalema’ ni mo ne uki e kau ako tutuku ke nau ‘ofa ‘o ala nima ange ke tokoni’i ‘a e ako’anga’.
Police officers, church ministers and leaders of the two communities were at the meeting which was livestreamed and shared on Facebook.
