Predecessors and Short History:
Tui Nayau is the title held by the Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands
in Fiji. Prior to
being installed as Tui Nayau, the claimant must first be installed as
High Chief upon the decision of the noble households making up the
Vuanirewa clan. Not every High Chief has been installed as Tui Nayau.
Title Holders
were...
- Roko Jepesa Niumataiwalu, founder of the Vuanirewa dynasty
of the Lau Islands, son of Roko Delainavuqalei, Tui Nayau. He
killed his uncle Qoma,Tui Lakeba, and his sons, in retribution for the
murder of
his own parents and siblings, thus establishing himself overlord of
both these islands, and became the
first high chief or Roko Sau of the Lau Islands, married 1stly, Adi
Tarau of Tovu Totoya, married 2ndly, Adi Uma of Nukunuku, married
3rdly, Adi (name unknown) of
Cakaudrove, and had issue. He died at Ono-i-Lau.
- Adi Sivoki Volitilakeba (by Adi Tarau), married Roko
Komaibatiniwai from Cakaudrove, and had issue, one son.
- Roko Tevita Uluilakeba II (by Adi Tarau) (qv)
- Roko Rasolo (by Adi Tarau) (qv)
- Roko Mokoi (by Adi Tarau)
- Roko Matawalu (by Adi Uma) (qv)
- Roko Lubati Lakeba (by 3rd marriage) (qv)
- Roko Tevita Uluilakeba II, ancestor of the senior and
eldest
of the four noble households in the Vuanirewa clan called Naivi, his
reign was unstable as a result of internal conflicts as well as the
ambitions of Bau, he married and had issue. He was killed in
battle against the Bauan forces.
- Roko Rasolo,
third Roko Sau of the Lau Islands and first installed holder of the
title Tui Nayau, ancestor of both the noble households, Matailakeba
through his elder
son Malani, and Vatuwaqa, through his younger son, Taliai Tupou, he
expelled the occupying Bauan forces and re-established his family's
rule, he married 1stly, Laufitu Tonga, married 2ndly, a lady from
Lakeba, married 3rdly, Radavu of Totoya, and had issue, 4 sons.
- Roko Malani (by Laufitu Tonga) (qv)
- Roko Soroaqali (by 2nd marriage)
- Roko Taltai Tupou (by Radavu) (qv)
- Roko Dranivia, he was the last member of the noble
household, Naivi, to hold the title Roko Sau of the Lau Islands,
possibly because he was an usurper, who seized the throne without the
consent of the clan.
- Roko Malani
-/1833, married and had issue.
- Roko Vuetasu, married and had issue.
- Roko Tevita Uluilakeba III (qv)
- Roko Taltai Tupou
[Taliai] 1833/1874, married about 1837, Adi Gativi, daughter
of Ratu Tui'ila'ila Lalabalavu Baleinamatau, Tui Cakau, and had
issue.
- Roko Eroni Loganimoce (qv)
- Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba III 1874/1876, Tui Nayau,
married
1863, Adi
Asenaca
Kakua Vuikaba, daughter of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Tui Viti,
Vunivalu of Bau, and his
wife, Adi Litia Samanunu, and had issue. He died 1876.
- Ratu Alifereti Finau Ulugalala (qv)
- Adi Litiana Maopa, born 1864, married 1886 in Suva, Ratu
Joni
Madraiwiwi, born 1859, died 1920, and had issue. She died May 1933.
- Adi Koila, married Ratu Sivuta.
- Roko Eroni Loganimoce
1876/1898
- Ratu Alifereti Finau Ulugalala, Tui Nayau
1898/1934, married Adi Ateca
Moceiwaqa,
and had issue. He died April 1934.
- Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba IV, Tui Nayau and Paramount
Chief of Lau
1934/1966, born 4th October 1898, married 1stly, Roko Senivaivai,
married 2ndly, Silipa Raikoro,
married 3rdly, Adi Teresia Vuikaba of Bau, she died sp. Ratu Tevita also had a number
of children by secondary wives, including (a), Lusiana Qolikoro, (b),
1934, Mereoni Veisa, and had issue.
He died 4th October 1966 in Lautoka.
- Rt. Hon. Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara
(eldest child, by Lusiana Qolikoro) (qv)
- Adi Atelaite Eci (by Roko Senivaivai)
- Adi Sainimili Tuivanuavou, (by Silipa Raikoro), married
Ratu
Etuate Kikau
Tuivanuavou,
and has issue.
- Ratu George Laifone Uluilakeba (by Mereoni Veisa), born
1935
in Lakeba, Lau.
- Rt.
Hon. Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara, Tui Nayau
1969/2004, Tui
Lau (Hereditary Paramount Chief
of
the Lau Islands) 1973/2004, Tevita Uluilakeba 1966/2004, Chief Minister
1967/1970, 1st Prime Minister 1970/1992, 2nd President 1994/2000, born
13th May 1920, educated in Fiji
1926/1940 and Sacred Heart College, N.Z. 1940/1941, Otago University,
NZ
1942/1945,
Wadham College, Oxford 1946/1949 (MA), Honorary Fellow 1971, London
School
of Economics 1961/1962 (Dip. Econ. and Soc. Admin.). Meritorious
Service
Decoration, Chancellor of the Order of Fiji, Companion of the Order of
Fiji, Knight of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jesuralem,
Knight
Grand Cross of the Pian Order with Star [1995], G.C.M.G. [cr.1983],
Order
of Diplomatic Service Merit, Korea [1978], Grand Master of the Order of
the National Lion,Dakar,Senegal [1975], K.B.E. [cr.1969], O.B.E.
[cr.1961],
P.C. [cr.1973], LL.D. (Hon. Otago) [1973], Administrative Officer,
Colonial Services, Fiji 1950;
MLC 1953/- and MEC 1959/61; Member for Natural Resources and Leader of
Government Business; Chief Minister and Member of Council of Ministers
1967/70; Prime Minister of Fiji 1970/87; Prime Minister (Interim
Government)
1987/92, First Acting President, Republic of Fiji 1992/94, President
and
Commander -in -Chief 1994/2000, Pacific Man of the Century 2000,
Lieutenant,
Fiji Military Forces 1956, Athletics & Cricket Blue Otago
University,
NZ and Athletics Blue Oxford University, UK; interests included..
athletics,
cricket, rugby, golf and fishing; Author of “The Pacific Way-A Memoir”,
Member of the Achilles Club (London), Defence Club (Suva) and United
Oxford
and Cambridge Universities Club, married September 1950, Ro Adi
Lalabalavu
Litia Katoafutoga, Roko Tui Dreketi,
Paramount Chief of Burebasaga and
Rewa, Radini Nayau, and had
issue. He died 18th April 2004.
- Adi Ateca Mara, married Ratu Epeli Gavidi Ganilau (see Tui
Cakau title).
-
 Adi
Koila Mara, born 1953, married Ratu Epeli Nailatikau and has issue.(see
Vunivalu)
- Adi Asenaca Kakua Margaret Mara, has issue.
- Ratu Alifereti Finau Mara, born 1960, lawyer, politician
and diplomat, educated at Otago University, N.Z. (LL.B. (Law), 1983)
and at Cambridge
University, U.K. (LL.M. (Law), 1986); served as a
Legal Officer in the Attorney General's Chamber from 1984, and later
Principal Legal Officer in 1986, Chief
Administrative Officer for Foreign Affairs (Fiji) 1987, Charge
d'Affaires at the Fijian Embassy in Washington, D.C. 1991, he was
elected to the House of Representatives in
1994,
Cabinet Minister for Fijian Affairs 1997/1999, Chairman of the Native
Land Trust Board, he was
appointed as Fiji's Ambassador to the United Nations in 1999, appointed
Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner in 2001, has issue by his
partner,
Vitinia Buadromo.
- Adi Litia Cakobau Mara, married Harry Dugdale of
Shropshire, England,
and
has issue, 1 son and 1 daughter.
- Michael Kamisese Mara Dugdale
- Ratu Jioji Tuisawau Cokanauto Mara
- Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara
- Adi Elenoa Mara, married and has issue.
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