MPs debate

Bad luck fears mount amid debates on MPs’ controversial Mate Ma‘a Tonga attendance

Mate Ma’a Tonga will face the Kangaroos at the Mt Smart Stadium.

The concern was based on Tongan cultural belief of faka’ilonga kovi or ill omen.

The caller, who identified himself only as Pakiua, told Radio 531 PI’s talkback show on last night’s Tongan programme the news should not have been made public.

He told the host the Mate Ma’a Tonga fans had been angered by the news and it would bring the team bad luck.

Callers to the programme had mixed views about the proposed visit by MPs. Some said all Parliamentarians should attend the match.