Members of a church group have been ordered not to enter the land of a family, which had been banished from the village of Tanugamanono.
The family was later awarded thousands in compensation.
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The village matai council had been ordered to pay more than $800,000 in damages, including legal costs, to the family of Afu Faumuina Tutuila for the banishment and the destruction of their property, including houses and vehicles.
An appeal by the matai against the damages failed. Now the Land and Titles Court has issued an injunction stopping members of the Congregational Christian Church at Tanugamanono from doing any further work on the family's land.
A family member says they sought the order after church members continued cultivating the land, thinking the family would never return.
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