A week after they set out on a fishing charter, two men will today be buried by their families after perishing in one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history.
Eight men died when the Francie capsized while crossing the Kaipara bar about last Saturday afternoon with
11 men on board.
Today, cousins Alipate "Pate" Manumu'a, 33, and Sunia "Junior" Onga'unga, 43, will be buried at private family ceremonies.
Their funeral was held at their Methodist church in Otara yesterday.
The men were both loving husbands and fathers, Manumu'a has three children and Onga'unga has four.
