The High Commission said the ministry requested the assistance of HMAF’s two Guardian Class Patrol Boats VOEA Ngahau Koula and VOEA Ngahau Siliva, which were gifted to HMAF through the Australian Defence Pacific Maritime Security Program in 2019 and 2020.
This is the first time the two Guardian Class Patrol Boats have operated and trained together since their commissioning.
Small teams of doctors and nurses from MOH were safely transported to all inhabited islands throughout the Ha’apai Group.
