Fakafanua to be buried on March 2 [1]
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 22:30. Updated on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 19:55.
The 'apo for the Tongan noble, the late Hon. Fakafanua, will be held this evening, the Tongan Prime Minister's office confirmed today.
The 'apo is to be held at his residence Siumafua'uta at his Ma'ufanga estate, and will be attended by Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho. His body will be taken tomorrow morning, March 2, for burial at the family burial ground Vakataumai.
Hon. Fakafanua (44) died from a heart failure while taking a morning walk along Vuna road on Friday February 24.
Fakafanua who lived with his family in Auckland, New Zealand, had returned to Tonga on February 23 with his wife Princess Sinaitakala 'Ofeina 'e he Langi to accompany the remains of his first cousin the late Hon. 'Ahome'e who had died in Los Angeles.
Fakafanua is survived by his wife and their three children, Kinikinilau, Sinaitakala and Fakaolameilangi Itafua'atonga Fakafanua.