Fireworks and Tupakapakanava light up the waterfront [1]
Saturday, July 4, 2015 - 21:44. Updated on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 17:20.
Photos by Peter Poulsen and Adrienne L. Kaeppler.
Fireworks and tupakapakanava lit up the Nuku’alofa waterfront on Saturday night, 4 July as part of the Coronation celebrations.
HM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u’s Coronation service and ceremony was held in the morning at the Centenary Church followed by a Royal Luncheon at Fangatapu in the Royal Palace grounds.
Later in the evening, they attended a Royal Dinner at Masefield Base at Touliki where fireworks were lit. At the same time, students held the tupakapakanava on the waterfront.