Tongan Government Gazette Publication 20Archived 14 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine and Gazette Publication 19Archived 5 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine It might be argued that he became King on his swearing-in (11 September, midday), or on the death of his father the night before. However, although the death of his father occurred on 10 September at 23:34 in New Zealand, Siaosi was in Tonga, where the time was 0:34, 11 September.
Tongan Government Gazette Publication 20Archived 14 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine and Gazette Publication 19Archived 5 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine It might be argued that he became King on his swearing-in (11 September, midday), or on the death of his father the night before. However, although the death of his father occurred on 10 September at 23:34 in New Zealand, Siaosi was in Tonga, where the time was 0:34, 11 September.