Tongan Society
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To The Rescue
The Tongan Society of Auck land has come to the aid of four Tongan yachtsmen left in NZ after their 54 ft yacht Siatukimoana was wrecked off Ocean Beach, NZ’s North Island, in mid-June ( PIM , July, p. 112).
The Society opened a fund for the men when they were granted a month’s stay in NZ by the NZ Immigration Department. Nearly SIOO was raised by July, The Tongans—Malakai Tapea lavi, Viliami Havilili, Tevita Pomale and Alfred Vaitulala— intended to obtain jobs and pay their return fare to Nukualofa.
Their ketch was abandoned in late June after several unsuccess ful salvage attempts.