Family members wept as the body of So’saia Paasi was pulled from the water and brought ashore.
The Tongan community is rallying around the grieving family of those lost in the Manukau boating tragedy.
Family members cried out when the bodies of 45-year-old So’saia Paasi and his son were recovered by police divers yesterday.
The father and his seven-year-old son Tio died after their dinghy capsized on Sunday.
Assistant Tongan chaplain Soane Vahe said the Tongan community and Catholic Church members have been supporting the Paasi family.