A Tonga Police investigation into the death of Talanoa Leakona Lemoto (35) is ongoing with reportable outcomes expected soon. His body was recovered in his car underwater on 13 December, after he went missing six days earlier.
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Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Tuesday 13 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The body of Talanoa Leakona Lemoto (35) who went missing on Wednesday night, 7 December was found today, 13 December.

Monday 12 December 2022
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police are appealing to the public to help find a missing man named Talanoa Leakona Lemoto (35). He was last seen on 7 December, and was driving an orange Honda Fit - C24480.
Friday 2 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tatakamotonga youth, Toupili Finau (19), remains missing at sea after swimming at Fua’amotu on July 29.

Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 34-year-old man remains missing after he went out diving at Tu’aliku in Lapaha on Saturday, September 22. A search continues.

Monday 16 April 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The sea search at for Tevita ‘Ekuasi (21) who remains missing after he reportedly jumped into the sea at the Houma Blow Holes on Sunday, April 8 has been suspended after no sightings were made.

Monday 9 April 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man remains missing at the Houma Blow Holes (Pupu’a Puhi) after he allegedly jumped into the sea on Sunday, April 8.

Friday 6 October 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tevita Kolo (32) remains missing at sea after the boat he was in capsized at the entering channel in Mo’unga’one on Wednesday, October 4.

Wednesday 4 October 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
‘Aho Ta’e’iloa Ma’ulu’ulu (36) remains missing at sea in Ha’apai after he rang police last night, October 3 to report that his boat engine died between Mo’unga’one and Nukupule Island, in Ha’apai.

Thursday 27 April 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tupouniua Veamatahau is happy to be back on dry land in 'Eua with his wife and two children after his three-day ordeal at sea, after he ran out of petrol and drifted away from the island he had almost reached.

Tuesday 25 April 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man who was missing at sea since Saturday was located by the RNZAF Orion aircraft at around 3:00pm today, Tupouniua Veamatahau from Holonga was spotted waving from a life raft, floating 13km South East of 'Eua island.

Tuesday 25 April 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A man in his 30s has been reported missing since Saturday, April 22 when he left on his small boat from Manuka on the eastern side of Tongatapu to ‘Eua.

Monday 26 December 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A search is underway for a 46-year-old German man who went missing on Christmas Day after he left to go swimming at a beach in Hihifo, Ha’apai in the evening.

Tuesday 30 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police called off a search and recovery operation on Monday, 29 August after there were no sightings of missing swimmer Meleki Finau (20) who was reported to have been swept out at sea at the Blow Holes in Houma on Sunday, 21 August.

Wednesday 24 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
There has been no sighting of missing swimmer Meleki Finau (20), who was reported to have been swept out to sea at the Blow Holes at Houma on Sunday morning, 21 August.

Wednesday 4 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Gregory Paul Reynolds (47), the Tonga Police confirmed yesterday, after receiving a pathologist's report. The New Zealander who died while visiting Tonga has been buried at Telekava Cemetery in Nuku'alofa.

Wednesday 13 April 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Missing New Zealand visitor Gregory Paul Reynolds (47) was last sighted in Tongatapu on Thursday, 7 April at the Liku'alofa Beach Resort, where he was staying, Tonga Police confirmed yesterday.
