Their Majesties King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipauʻu will arrive in Auckland this evening.
They will leave tomorrow Tuesday 4 for Fiji to attend Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi’s funeral.
The Tongan law lord died after a short illness.
Tonga’s counsul in ‘Atalanga Stafford ‘Aho has confirmed this to Kaniva News.
The Fijian citizen was a life peer on Tonga’s Privy Council after he was appointed by Late King George V as one of his law lords.
He was given the name Lord Madraiwiwi Tangatatonga.
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