Passengers of the German cruise ship Albatros collected $US16,000 for six Tongan fishermen Featured
FV Losemani Fo'ou towed by a life boat from the German cruise ship Albatros
9 February, 2017. Passengers of the German cruise ship Albatros have collected about $US16,000 for six Tongan fishermen who were rescued by the ship.
The men were picked up last Sunday after a New Zealand Air Force Orion, which located them through their emergency beacon, asked the Albatros to change course to pick them up.
Radio New Zealand reported that the money raised is enough to help cover the loss of their boat, which was abandoned.
The captain and owner of FV Losemani Fo'ou Vailele Taukitoku told Matangi Tonga that he bought the boat with a loan of more than $100,000 pa'anga from the Tonga Development Bank, and brought it over to Tonga from Greymouth, New Zealand in October last year.
The money riased is expected to be distributed to the fishermen of FV Losemani Fo'ou.
The cruise ship dropped the men in Auckland and they are now safely back in Tonga.
-RNZI
2 comments
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Safety First, pea e kei mu'amu'a ma'u pe ae Hao Faki ae Mo'ui he fetu'u ngaue kotoa pe.
Kuo lahilahi mai ae hoko ae ng faingata'a i tahi he fanga ki'i vaka iiki pea hoko o mole ai ae ng mo'ui. Oku totonu pe ke toe fkmalohi'i ae Lao ki Tahi ke hange pe koe ng Saliote misini fefonongaaki he hala puleanga?
Fkmalo kihe afe atu ae Meili Sitima o Li ae Maea oe kaufaki mo'ui pea toe taulango ai ae kau Toutai.
Ku ou manatu au kihe taimi na'e teuteu ngoto ai ae MV Princess Ashika pea fkhoko ae Ui Tokoni. Ka koe ofi taha he potu tahi koia koe Mv Takuo ka koe Captain koe owner pe ia .
Na'a nau mo'ua pe kinautolu he Toutai. Kae'ikai ke nau feinga ke fai ha Tokoni ?
He koe Melemo moe Mate Fulutamakia toko lahi taha ia he MV Ashika.he meimei ta'u e 10 kuo hili. Fkofa ee. ....
Lahi ange pe ae Ofa ae Palangi he Taimi oe faingata'a pehee heni.kae toe amoamo atu enau lukuluku o fo'aki ma'ae kau fkevaha i Tahi. -
Mei toe ma'u pe vaka meili ia he sino'i no 'a e owner o e Losemani eee
Ka ko e ako eni ki he kau Toutai mou 'ofa mai aa 'o mateuteu mo e ngaahi naunau toutai he ka ne ikai fou atu e fuu vaka meili pe temou si'i fefee ....