12 Sep 2019

Tributes flow for Tongan Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva

From Checkpoint, 5:45 pm on 12 September 2019

Tributes have been flowing from across the Pacific after Tonga's Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, who has died aged 78.

Before becoming Prime Minister in 2014, Mr Pohiva spent decades as the country's foremost democracy activist, fighting against the monarchy.

RNZ Pacific's Jamie Tahana looks back on his life.