felisi lemi - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 16 May 2013 18:56:27 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg felisi lemi - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Priest urges young people to take it easy on the roads https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/05/17/priest-urges-young-people-to-take-it-easy-on-the-roads/ Thu, 16 May 2013 19:29:29 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=44213

After 4 young men were killed in a car accident last weekend, a South Auckland priest has urged South Auckland youth to take it easy on the roads for the sake of their families. Viane Gaga and his family would usually have been attending church last Sunday. But instead, they were at his bedside in Read more

Priest urges young people to take it easy on the roads... Read more]]> After 4 young men were killed in a car accident last weekend, a South Auckland priest has urged South Auckland youth to take it easy on the roads for the sake of their families.

Viane Gaga and his family would usually have been attending church last Sunday. But instead, they were at his bedside in hospital.

"They always come to mass every Sunday and throughout the weekdays, so when I received the call I arrived at Middlemore Hospital," says Father Felisi Lemi. "I talked to them and then we prayed."

On Sunday afternoon Viane's life support was turned off and he passed away at 5pm.

Lemi is asking South Auckland youth to be more responsible on the roads - if not for their sake, then for those they leave behind.

"We have to say to them, 'hey, it's time for you to think about your own future for the sake of your own families as well'."

Speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, with the car travelling at 160km/h on State Highway 20 and 100km/h on Massey Rd - a 50km/h zone, Counties Manukau police district commander Superintendent John Tims said.

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