Queen Mother's funeral cortege arrives in Tonga
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 19:26
There was surreal quietness and sadness at the Fua'amotu International Airport and in Nuku'alofa, after the RNAF Hercules touched down at about 1:05 pm this afternoon, carrying the casket of the late Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho (90) from Auckland. By Linny Folau.
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My Aussie friends were amazed
My Aussie friends were amazed at the love and respect of the children sitting in the rain and mud along the road from the airport ....it's not many places in the world where this kind of respect is shown and not many people in the world could inspire this kind of respect - Lee Latu