death. Pua was sentenced to 70 hours of community work, and six months of supervision. According to his widow, during a tell-all photoshoot after his death, he had engaged in a regular pattern of abuse, concussed her three times, and threatened to harm her, himself, or their daughter, if she went to the police. She claimed to have later found a diary belonging to him showing "pages... full of haunting images, tortured thoughts and self-loathing" and admitting that he had always been violent and angry. On 11 May 2019, Pua Magasiva died of a suspected suicide in a hotel room in Wellington. His widow stated that he attacked her in a drunken rage the night he died. Filmography Film Television References External links Pua Magasiva biography from tvnz.co.nz 1980 births 2019 deaths 2019 suicides 20th-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male actors Actors of Samoan descent Flava (radio station) New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male soap opera actors New Zealand male television actors New Zealand people of Samoan descent People from Apia Samoan emigrants to New Zealand Samoan male actors Suicides in New Zealand