Ma`afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji
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Ma`afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji

The life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau

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Ma`afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji

The life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau

About this book

Enele Ma`afu, son of Aleamotu`a, Tu`i Kanokupolu, grew up during a time of unprecedented social and political change in Tonga following the advent of Christianity. Moving to Lau, Fiji, in 1847 when he was about 21, he skilfully exploited kinship links to establish a power base there and in eastern Cakaudrove. His achievements were r

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Information

Publisher
ANU Press
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781925021189
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Political Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Preliminary pages
  2. List of Figures
  3. List of Maps
  4. Epigraphs
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. A Note on Spelling
  9. Maps
  10. 1. Ma`afu`otu`itonga
  11. 2. “Ma`afu
had sailed for Feejee
”
  12. 3. “A fast ignorant vain young man”
  13. 4. “
the reformation is exploded”
  14. 5. “We are Kai Tonga”
  15. 6. “I shall be chief at Bau
”
  16. 7. “Tonga is too small for him
”
  17. 8. “A man of great energy and ambition”
  18. 9. “He looks every inch a chief”
  19. 10.“There is no doubt Ma`afu means mischief now”
  20. 11. “Ma`afu’s word is in the hills
”
  21. 12.“Sa oti, Ma`afu”
  22. 13.“He is regarded with much bitterness and ill-will”
  23. 14. “He was a very dangerous man”
  24. Appendix A: Instrument signed by Ma`afu at Levuka, 14 December 1859
  25. Appendix B: Précis of an agreement signed between George Tupou I, King of Tonga, and William Pritchard, HBM Consul to Fiji and Tonga, Nuku`alofa, 5 May 1862
  26. Appendix C: Constitution of the Tovata Ko Natokalau Kei Viti, 13 February 1867
  27. Appendix D: Resolutions relating to Fiji passed by the Tongan general Parliament, June 1868
  28. Appendix E: Law relating to Governors [Tonga 1868]
  29. Appendix F: Statement by George Tupou I, King of Tonga, Nuku`alofa, 3 February 1869
  30. Appendix G: Formation of the Chiefdom of Lau, Lakemba, 15 February 1869
  31. Appendix H: Constitution of Tonga 1875: Paragraph 35
  32. Appendix I: Some Tongan descendants of Ma`afu and Elenoa Ngataialupe
  33. Appendix J: Some Fijian descendants of Ma`afu and Elenoa Gataialupe
  34. Appendix K: Ko E Pulupaki
  35. Glossary
  36. Bibliography
  37. Figures
  38. Index