Halaevalu died aged 90 on 19 February 2017 in
Auckland, New Zealand, a week after leaving Tonga. Her granddaughter
Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho,
High Commissioner of Tonga to Australia, was reportedly by her bedside when she died. Her remains were flown back to Tonga on 28 February, after lying-in-state at the Tongan royal residence, ʻAtalanga in Epsom, Auckland. The date of her funeral on 1 March was declared a public holiday by the Tongan government, which also observed ten days of mourning. ==Honours==