PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Title holders were...
- Ha'amoa 'Akau'ola, son of Mahe Ha'amoa, and his wife, Sulia
Moala, married Keleni Moala, and had issue.
- Talakia'atu 'Akau'ola (qv)
- Latu Ha'amoa 'Akau'ola
- Talakia'atu 'Akau'ola, married Mafi, and had issue.
- Moala Folau 'Akau'ola (by Mafi) (qv)
- Moala'ila 'Akau'ola (by Mafi) (qv)
- Moala Toutai 'Akau'ola (by Mafi), married Hepi, and had
issue.
- 'Usaia 'Akau'ola
- Kaholahi 'Akau'ola
- Fifita 'Akau'ola (by Hepi), married 'Aisea Lafa
Malaloi, and had issue.
- Moala Motulalo 'Akau'ola (by Mafi)
- 'Ana Ngalutoto 'Akau'ola (by Mafi)
- Sione 'Ongo 'Akau'ola (by Mafi)
- Siua 'Akau'ola (by Mafi)
- Moala Folau 'Akau'ola, [The Noble 'Akau'ola], 6th
'Akau'ola, married and had
issue.
- Moala'ila 'Akau'ola, [The Noble 'Akau'ola], 7th
'Akau'ola, married Hon. Fifita, and had issue. He died about 1836.
- Hon. Taniela Fungale'i Taku 'Akau'ola (qv)
- [The Noble 'Akau'ola], 8th
'Akau'ola
- Hon. Taniela Fungale'i Taku 'Akau'ola, [The Noble
'Akau'ola],
9th
'Akau'ola,
married (a), Hon. Fipe Lafaitu'a, daughter of Moala Pukenga, and his
wife, Mele Mafi, married (b), Mafikovi Koloamatangi, married (c),
Mahina Fekite, married (d), Salome, and had issue.
- Hon. Fifita Falemei 'Akau'ola ( by Fipe), married 1stly,
1866, (as his 1st wife), Hon. Manase Foukimoana Veikune (see Tu'i Vava'u), married 2ndly, Samiu Latu, son
of Latu Tuli, and his wife, Matelita, and
had issue.
- Hon. Sione Tupou Faletau (by 1st marriage) (qv)
- Kuli Latu (by 2nd marriage)
- Tevita Vikatoa Faletau (by 2nd marriage),
married 1908, Vika Latu'ila, died November 1955, daughter of Sione
Latu'ila, and his wife, 'Ilaise, and
had issue. He died 1st
April 1954.
- Siosaia Faletau, married Mele Kuluveti
Moalaniua, and had
issue. He died 1979.
- Sisilia Faletau, born October 1934,
died 1983.
- Sitina Faletau
- 'Eita Faletau, born 17th June 1939,
died 1999.
- Tonga Latuila Faletau, born 25th July 1941.
- Fane Faletau (+)
- Tupou Faletau, born 21st November 1910, died
7th March 1996.
- Sione Tupou Faletau, died 1952.
- 'Ului Falefisi Faletau, died June 1967.
- Fifita Faletau, born 1921,
married 1942, Hon. Finau Filimoe'ulie
Moala, Fakatulolo, born 1918 in Falevai, died 10th November
1985,
son of Viliami 'Ofa Moala, and his wife, Vaimoana Fakatulolo, and had
issue (see Fakatulolo). She died 1970.
- Nunia Faletau, born 1923, married 1948,
Viliami Tu'ihalamaka, died 1990, and had issue (see Tu'ihalamaka). She
died 2000 in San
Francisco.
- Hon. 'Ilaisa Pasitoa 'Akau'ola (by Fipe),
married Sipola Kalo'afu,
daughter of
Talaumokafoa (see Tu'i Tonga), and his
wife, Fusipalapangai, and had issue.
- Malakai Tungehe 'Akau'ola, born 26th February 1835,
married
Meliame Finau, daughter of Takitua Finau, and his
wife,
'Alesi Tu'uhetoka (see Tu'uhetoka), and had issue. He died 25th April
1916.
- Taniela Vaka 'Akau'ola, born 21st September 1872,
married 3rd November 1896, Mele Halaeunga Liles
[Mary Giles], daughter of James Edward Giles, and his wife, Makeleta
Tu'itupou, and had issue.
- Vilisoni Tungehe 'Akau'ola, born 12th October 1873,
married Sokopeti, and had
issue. He died 7th September 1941.
- Sione Tungehe 'Akau'ola, born 13th May 1876, married,
3rd February 1901, Nukuao, and had
issue. He died 3rd June 1943.
- Sisilia Takavaha 'Akau'ola,
born 15th April 1878, married 10th September 1898, Antoni, and had
issue.
- Mele Tilini 'Akau'ola, born 7th/19th August 1882,
married 17th February 1902, Viliami Langi. She
died 26th November 1915 or 3rd October 1916.
- Lesieli Tungehe 'Akau'ola, born 4th November 1886,
married 5th November 1909, Tevita Lauti
Vave, born 21st September 1884, died 1935, son of Kepueli Vave
Motekiai, and his wife, Sokopeti
'Atamoekofe, and had issue. She died 2nd December 1940.
- Lu'isa Lauti, born 19th December 1924,
married
Sione Tu'akimoana Manu'okafoa, and had issue (see Manu'okafoa). She
died 2nd February 2001.
- Moala Kaitapaka 'Akau'ola (by Mafikovi)
- 'Isileli Fungalei 'Akau'ola (by Mafikovi), married and
had issue.
- Moala Fulau 'Akau'ola (by Mahina)
- 'Aisake Finau 'Akau'ola, married Silivakaifanga, and had
issue.
- 'Afeimoana Finau, married Sela Faki'atu, daughter of
Sione Mafi (see Tokemoana), and his wife,
'Akansi Malele, and had issue.
- Sateki Vaka Finau
- Soana Tovao Finau
- Kalolaine Finau
- Tevita Fotu Finau
- Moalalahi 'Akau'ola, married Lesieli Bligh, daughter of
Taufa Tofua, and had issue.
- 'Elikena 'Akau'ola
- Sekope 'Akau'ola
- Nuku 'Akau'ola
- Seini 'Akau'ola
- Litia 'Akau'ola
- Moala 'Akau'ola (f), married 'Asaeli 'Itehele.
- Siosaia Siamu 'Akau'ola
- Hifo 'Akau'ola
- Hon. Sione Tupou Faletau, [The Noble 'Akau'ola], 10th
'Akau'ola, born 1867, married 1stly, Hon.
'Elisiva Finau Fehoko, born 1871, died 1923 (or 14th September
1915), daughter of 'Isileli Fehokotea (see Tu'ipelehake),
and his wife, Lupemeitakui Vehikite,
married 2ndly, 1915 in Neiafu, Hon. Veisinia
Moalaniua, and had issue. He died 7th December 1931.
- Hon. Fipe Faletau (by 'Elisiva), born 7th July 1893, died
1893.
- Hon. Siosateki Tonga Veikune Faletau (by 'Elisiva) (qv)
- Hon. Siosaia Tu'ipulotu Faletau (by 'Elisiva), born 7th
November 1896 in Neiafu, died 1908.
- Hon. Losana Lolohea Faletau (by 'Elisiva), born 26th
January 1899 in Neiafu, died 1899.
- Hon. 'Isileli Fakatoumafi Faletau (by 'Elisiva), born
10th
June 1901 in Neiafu, Vava'u, married 1926, Hon. Lesieli Mafimau
Fonuakihehau, died 27th May 1977, and
had issue. He died 9th November 1969.
- 'Alipate Fehoko Faletau, born 24th November 1928 (or
5th
May 1930) in Taunga, Vava'u, married 4th January 1960 in Nuku'alofa,
Melenaite Fulivai, born 1937, daughter of The Noble Fulivai, and his
wife, Tupou
Maluhola, and had issue. He died 27th September 1993.
- Tupou Tua Faletau, born 1936, died 1950.
- Hon. Filisi Fifita Faletau (by 'Elisiva), born 16th
January 1904 in Neiafu, Vava'u, died 1905.
- Hon. 'Anaseini Tupouveihola 'Akau'ola, born 7th February
1906, married 1928, Sione Lamipeti, and had issue (see Tungi). She died 24th December 1971,
- Hon. Siosateki Tonga Veikune Faletau [The Noble 'Akau'ola],
11th
'Akau'ola [8.12.1932] - [10.11.1954], born 24th October 1894 in Neiafu,
Vava'u, Governor of Vava'u 1936/1939;
Minister of Police 1939/1952; married 1934, Hon. Cecilia Elizabeth
Lyden
[Sisilia 'Ilisipesa Laiteni],
born 1916, died 1960, daughter of Robert Lyden, and had issue, three
sons and four daughters.
He died 10th November 1954.
- Hon. Siaosi Filiaipulotu Faletau (qv)
- Hon. 'Inoke Fotu Faletau (qv)
- Hon. Sione Harold Faletau
- Hon. Siaosi Filiaipulotu Faletau [The Noble 'Akau'ola],
12th
'Akau'ola [xx.11.1954] - [31.12.1995], born 13th August 1935, Minister
of Police. He died sp 31st
December 1995 in Taunga,
Vava'u.
- Hon 'Inoke Fotu Faletau C.V.O. [The Noble 'Akau'ola], 13th
'Akau'ola [xx.1.1996]- [6.10.2005], born 24th June 1937 at Neiafu, Vava’u;
educated at St. Peter's School, Cambridge, New Zealand, at
Tonga High School in Nuku’alofa, and at Auckland Grammar in New
Zealand, he further studied at the University of
Wales, Swansea, and Manchester University in the United Kingdom; he
began working for the Government of Tonga as a Junior
Clerk of the Ministry of Finance in 1958, and three years later (1961),
he became the Official
Translator and Acting Chief Clerk at the
Prime Minister’s Office before he was promoted to Assistant Secretary
to Government in 1965 and then as Secretary to Government in 1968; he
was appointed as Tonga’s High Commissioner to
Great Britain in October 1972, concurrent with his appointee as Tonga’s
Ambassador to
France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy,
Russia, USA, European Economic Community EEC, Council of Europe, UNESCO
and the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO; he was again appointed
the Senior High Commissioner and Doyen
of the Diplomatic Corps to the Royal Court of St James, Great Britain
in 1982; Director of the Commonwealth
Foundation 1985/1993; Deputy Secretary of
the Prime Minister’s office (Tonga); Secretary for Fisheries 1996/2005;
Governor of
Vava'u 2002/2005; his awards and honours are, Knight Grand Cross, Order
of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany [1975]; Order of Merit,
Luxembourg; Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal [1977]; Commander of
the Royal Victorian Order, U.K. [1993]; Queen Beatrix
Coronation Medal; King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Silver Jubilee Medal [1995];
Human Resource Development Fellow, University of Manchester [1989];
Honourary Fellow, University of Wales, Swansea [1990]; married Hon.
Ma'ata 'Evelini Hurrell, daughter of Tohi Koula Helu (see Helu),
and his wife, Susan
Hurrell, and had issue. He died 6th October 2005 at Vaiola Hospital in
Nuku'alofa and was
buried in Neiafu on 13th October 2005.
- Hon. Steve Burdett
- Hon.
Mele Vikatolia Faletau, married (as his first wife), 5th January 1983,
Hon. Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Tuku'aho, born 17th June 1957, son of
HRH
Prince Sione Ngu Manumata'ongo 'Uelingatoni, 6th Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake, and his wife, HRH
Princess Melenaite
Tupoumoheofo, and has issue.
- Hon. Silika Kilisitina Faletau
- Hon. Susana Ma'ata Faletau
- Hon. 'Ahovaleamoemapa Faletau (qv)
- Hon. Siosateki 'Inoke Fotu Faletau
- Hon. Siaosi Fatufakatele-'i-Lofanga Latulala Faletau
- Hon. 'Ahovaleamoemapa Faletau [The Noble 'Akau'ola] (see
above)
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born 27th June 1967,
officially became the matapule ‘Akau’ola at a ceremony at
his home on the island of Taunga in Vava’u on 17th January 2006;
educated in the United Kingdom and graduated from Massey University in
New Zealand; Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries; High Commissioner
to the
United Kingdom and the Director of the Commonwealth; Head of Department
with the Ministry of Civil Aviation till 18th
January 2006; married Hon. Vangana Kolokesa Cowley, and
has issue, four children.