Village Council Elections this coming Friday

Six villages will go to the polls for the village council elections on Friday this week. The voters from the villages of Tamakautoga, Hikutavake, Liku, Makefu, Tuapa, and Alofi North will be voting for their new village councils to lead their villages for the next three years.

Here are the names of the candidates for the elections as confirmed by the Chief Electoral officer Darren Tohovaka yesterday.

Tamakautoga

Fualosa FUNAKI

Samson NELISI

Tafakato Huipunu PAOLA

Hiki Togia PUHEKE

Lavea Amanaki PUHEKE

Sean Billy TUKUTAMA

Liku

Thirdson AKEIMO

Christian POUMALE

Newland Tulitoatama POUMALE

Sifa McMillan PULEHETOA

Sionetasi PULEHETOA

Simi TOMINIKO

Papua VINE

Hikutavake

Pamela Anne FALANI

Masiniholo LAGALOGA

Olevai PIPITOLU

Felicity Iulioonta PULEHETOA

Alisha TALAFASI

Antony Guz TOHOVAKA

Tuapa

Kulupatama IKIHELE

Salamarina IKITULE

Melenamele MISILEKI

Halafoou MOKALEI

Priscilla Iloilo MOKALEI

Sione Pokau SIONETAMA

Makefu

Tioneatali Kemusiaki LOLANI

Etaena POIHEGA

Iapeta POIHEGA

Marcus PULETAMA

Mary Anne TALAGI

Charles TOHOVAKA

Ernie Judy TOHOVAKA

Alofi Tokelau

Emani Haile FAKAOTIMANAVA-LUI

Mokalita HEKA

Rupina MORRISSEY

Alan Tano PULEOTI

Margaret SIOSIKEFU

EJ Embey Jnr STRICKLAND

Stanley Frederick TAFATU

Voting will be held at the following polling stations, for Tamakautoga voting will be held at the village hall.

For the village of Liku, voting will be at the Ekalesia Hall and there will be a marquee set up on the village green for the village of Hikutavake.

Tuapa and Alofi North voters will cast their votes at the respective village halls while the voters of Makefu will cast their votes at the Ekalesia church hall.

Polling will commence from 9am and will close at 6pm.