Tui Lau
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Tui Lau is a Fiji
an chiefly title of recent history which was created during the time of Ma'afu
and his conquests after Ma'afu was disclaimed as a Tongan Prince by his cousin King George Tupou I. Since the Vuanirewa
consider Ma'afu as their own they therefore installed him as the 1st Tui Lau. The title of Tui Lau is decided by the Yavusa Tonga people residing in Sawana, Lomaloma, Lau in consultation with the Vuanirewa
clan on Lakeba
.. Alexander Phillip Lessin, Village of the Conquerors
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an chiefly title of recent history which was created during the time of Ma'afu
Enele Ma'afu
Enele Ma'afu'otu'itonga, commonly known as Ma'afu, was a man of two kingdoms being traditionally a Tongan Prince and a self forged Fijian chief.-A Brief History:...
and his conquests after Ma'afu was disclaimed as a Tongan Prince by his cousin King George Tupou I. Since the Vuanirewa
Vuanirewa
The Vuanirewa is the ruling tribe of the Lau Islands, a scattered group of more than a hundred islands and reefs along the eastern edge of Fiji.- Origins :...
consider Ma'afu as their own they therefore installed him as the 1st Tui Lau. The title of Tui Lau is decided by the Yavusa Tonga people residing in Sawana, Lomaloma, Lau in consultation with the Vuanirewa
Vuanirewa
The Vuanirewa is the ruling tribe of the Lau Islands, a scattered group of more than a hundred islands and reefs along the eastern edge of Fiji.- Origins :...
clan on Lakeba
Lakeba
Lakeba is an island in Fiji's Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers. It is fertile and well watered, and encircled by a 29-kilometer road. Its closest neighbors are Aiwa...
.. Alexander Phillip Lessin, Village of the Conquerors
Tui Lau
| Order | Tui Lau | Reigned | Lived |
| 1. | Enele Ma'afu Enele Ma'afu Enele Ma'afu'otu'itonga, commonly known as Ma'afu, was a man of two kingdoms being traditionally a Tongan Prince and a self forged Fijian chief.-A Brief History:... |
1869–1881 | 1816–1881 |
| 2. | Ratu Sir Josefa Lalabalavu Vana'ali'ali Sukuna | 1938–1958 | 1888–1958 |
| 3. | Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara Kamisese Mara Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. He was Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, the first Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992... |
1963–2004 | 1920–2004 |