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Tu'iono Siosiua “Josh” Liava'a, a 66-year-old male Tongan-born man, died on July 13, 2014, after a shooting inside a home on Waihee Road in Kahaluu, Hawaii. The killing stunned people on both sides of the Pacific, because Liava'a was not an unknown figure drifting through town but a man with a long, colorful life behind him: a former New Zealand police detective sergeant, a rugby league player, and someone whose name carried weight in Tongan and Auckland circles. He had reportedly been spend ...Read More
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Victim Details

Tuiono Liavaa

Male

Pacific Islander

Kahaluu

HI

2014-07-13

66

Tuiono

Liavaa

Yes

03/16/2026