So'saia Passi - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 24 May 2012 03:50:07 +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 So'saia Passi - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Tongan community united after Manukau boating tragedy https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/25/tongan-community-united-after-manukau-boating-tragedy/ Thu, 24 May 2012 19:30:44 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=26018 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 Read more

Tongan community united after Manukau boating tragedy... Read more]]> 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.

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