PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Chiefs
of Niuatoputapu. The estates belonging to this family are, Vaipoa
and Hihifo but not to include Falehau and Matavai and Tafahi; and in
Niuatoputapu, Vaotahi, Hunganga, Tavili and the waste land between
Hunganga and Tavili. Title became vacant after the death of
Maafu'otu'itonga in
1934, but it was recreated for the younger son of HM King Taufa'ahau
Tupou IV in 1979.
Title holders were...
- PUAKATEFISI, 4th Latumailangi, 1st Ma'atu, High
Chief of
Niu'atoputapu, son of Fonomanu, 2nd Tu'i
Lakepa,
and 'Ekutongapipiki, 4th Tu'i Tonga Fefine,
probably a great grandson of the first Latu; he swapped his title of
Latu, with the Lavelua of 'Uvea for the 'Uvean title of Utuma'atu;
married a daughter of High Chief Fuimaono of Faleali'i in Samoa,
and had issue.
- PUNGAKAITAFOLA (qv)
- PUAKAILAKELO (qv)
- Tupamofeolo Tupaolelangi (identical with the next
brother?), married and had issue.
- Vika
Siulolovao
Tupaolelangi (1803-1890), married Sakapapa Fusitu'a, Tupaolelangi, and had issue (see
Fusitu'a).
- (name unknown), Fuimaono (a matapule title in
Niu'), married 1stly, Kaloafutonga, married 2ndly, Numia from Manono
Island, Samoa, and had issue.
- ?Fehi'a, married Finau
'Ulukalala I 'Ima'ofanga, 1st 'Ulukalala
and Tu'i
Vava'u, and had issue.
- Mele Kafo'atu Tamale (by Numia), married Lemeki, 2nd Helu,
and had issue.
- PUNGAKAITAFOLA, 2nd Ma'atu, High Chief of
Niu'atoputapu, he
married Fakaositahole, a commoner, and therefore abdicated in favour of
his brother, and had issue, as well as adoptive issue.
- PUAKAILAKELO, 3rd Ma'atu, 5th Latumailangi, High
Chief of
Niu'atoputapu, married Siulolovao, daughter of Tui of Niu'afo'ou, and
his wife, Valamotu
(daughter
of 'Alofi,
1st Fotofili), and had issue. [OR married
Siulovolovo, daughter of Fotofili, 7th Tu'i
Ha'atakalaua, and his wife, Valamotu]
- Fataisemanu, married Sisitoutai, 4th Tokemoana, and had
issue.
- Siulolovao, married (as his principal wife), Samuelio
Fatafehi Laufilitonga, 39th Tu'i Tonga,
and had issue.
- Tonga Haʻapai, married (her cousin), Moengangongo, 6th
Ma'atu, and had issue (see below).
- KULIHA'APAI (qv)
- IKAMAFANA (qv)
- KULIHA'APAI, 4th Ma'atu, High Chief of Niu'atoputapu;
married, Kavafutuna (married 2ndly, about 1828, Moimoi'angaha, 7th Nuku and 5th Ma'afutuku'iaulahi),
daughter of
Fatafehi Fuanunu'iava, 38th Tu'i Tonga,
and his wife, Tupoufalemei, and had issue. He died about 1820.
- IKAMAFANA [Nima], 5th Ma'atu, 6th Latumailangi, High
Chief
of Niu'atoputapu, married Latutama, sixth daughter of Maealiuakimu'a,
8th Tu'i Kanokupulu,
and had issue. He died in Fiji when his canoe drifted.
- MOENGANGONGO (qv)
- Tupou Veiongo, married Finau 'Ulukalala III Pou'ono
Tu'apasi, 3rd 'Ulukalala, died 1833, and
had issue.
- MO'ENGANGONGO [Ngongo Sefanaia], 6th Ma'atu, High
Chief of
Niu'atoputapu; he was baptised a Christian, taking the name of
Sefanaia; he tried to convert the people of 'Uvea, but was killed by
the Lavelua's men; married 2ndly, Hon. Tonga Haʻapai, daughter of
Sisitoutai (see Tokemoana), and his wife,
Puakatefisi, and had issue. He
died 183x in 'Uvea.
- Hon. MAFOA'AELANGI (by 1st marriage)(qv)
- Hon. SIOELI KIVALU (by Tonga Ha'apai)(qv)
- Hon. 'Aveao Ma'atu (by Tonga Ha'apai)
- Kongaikamafana Latumailangi, married Valamotu Pita,
daughter of Pita Maea, and his wife, Mohokoi, and had issue.
- Sioeli 'Akaupou
Latumailangi, born about 1874, married Kalolaine Lata'ifalefehi
'Ahome'e, born 3rd
August
1876, died 1917, daughter of Hon. Taniela 'Otukolo ʻAhomeʻe (see 'Ahome'e), and his wife, Hon. Siulolovao Vaea,
and had issue.
- 'Uatahausi Lautumailangi, born about 1906.
- Fataimoemanu Latumailangi, born 1908, married 3rd
October 1931, Pinomi Fonua (see Tu'i
Ha'angana).
- 'Ofa Kiuvea Latumailangi, born 17th March 1910,
married
27th
September 1930, Feliha'a Tutoe Kailahi Tu'ifua (see Fotofili), and had issue. She died 16th
October 1936.
- Hon. MAFOA'AELANGI, 7th Ma'atu, High Chief of
Niu'atoputapu; he was an early convert to
Christianity in Ha'apai, but relapsed on his first return to Niu; he
hosted a visit to Niu' of Reverend Waterhouse, after whom he named his
eldest son; married 2ndly, Pulimaipau'u, daughter of Sisitoutai, 4th
Tokemoana, and his principal wife, Fatafehi Fanga'afa, Fatafehi
Fuanunu'iava, 38th Tu'i Tonga, and his
secondary wife, Popua, daughter of Finau 'Ulukalala I, and his wife Adi
Vutulongo, and had issue.
- Hon. 'UATAHAUSI LATUMAILANGI (by Pulimaipau'u) (qv)
- Hon. Tae 'Akosita Talefala'ula (by Pulimaipau'u), married
Finau Tangata'olakepa Niumeitolu, and had issue (see Tu'i Kanokupulu).
- Hon. Siulolovao Ma'atu (by Pulimaipau'u)
- Hon. Mele Fatakifonua Ma'atu (by Pulimaipau'u)
- Hon. 'UATAHAUSI LATUMAILANGI, 8th Ma'atu, High
Chief of
Niu'atoputapu; he ruled Niu'
as an independent king till 4th June 1867 when he ceded Niu' and Tafahi
to
HM King George Tupou I, at the Constitutional Convention or Fono in
Nuku'alofa; he
was then appointed a hereditary noble of Tonga; married Hon. Fatai,
daughter of Fotofili of Niuofo'ou, and had issue. He died 1872.
- Mafi Veatokelau Ma'atu
- Sione Ma'atu
- Hon. SIOELI KIVALU [Hon. Ma'atu], 9th Ma'atu
1877/1894,
married 2nd March 1875, Hon. Siosi'ana Tae Manusa, died 5th July 1931,
daughter
of
Hon. Penisimani Latuselu, and his wife, Hon. 'Ilaisaane Tupou'ahau, and
had issue.
He died 14th May 1894.
- Hon. Ofakivava'u, born 1876, died December 1901.
- Hon. SIONE PANUVE (qv)
- Hon. VILIAMI MAAFU'OTU'ITONGA (qv)
- Hon. SIONE PANUVE [Hon. Ma'atu], 10th Ma'atu
1894/1923;
married 18th
July 1911, Hon. Fusipala'opangai Veikune, born 10th May 1890 in
Nuku'alofa, daughter
of Hon. Siosateki Tonga, 2nd Veikune, and
his second wife, Hon. 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou Vahai'i, married (a),
'Ilaisaane Manu Sika, born 7th July 1873, died 12th December 1918,
daughter of 'Aisake Ta'ea'onga Sika, and his wife, 'Amelia Toloa,
married (b), Mele Siulolovao, married (c), Pauline Kaufataua, married
(d), Fusi Veikune, married (e), Mele Latu, and
had issue. He
died spl
22nd June 1923.
- Tevita Tautahi Mapa Ma'atu (by 'Ilaisaane), born 5th
December
1895 in
Hihifo, married Sela Tupou Lavaki, born 23rd September 1900, died 19th
August 1978, daughter of Tevita Latu Lavaki, and his wife, Mele 'Ana
Kaufusi, and had issue. He died 15th
January 1945 in Nuku'alofa.
- Tevita Uatahausi
Mapa, born 30th August 1920, died 2nd December 1990.
- Viliami Tovi Mapa, born 5th June 1921, died 1921.
- Sioeli Latumailangi Mapa, born 7th June 1923, died 1923.
- Dr. Penisimani Latuselu Mapa, born 5th June 1924,
married
8th July 1948 in Nuku'alofa, 'Ilaisaane Tu'avava'u Mataele, born 19th
January 1929, died November 1995, daughter of Siosaia Maile Mataele,
and his wife, Halaevalu Fonongava'inga Sipukako, and had issue. He died
9th May 1982 in Oahu, Hawai'i.
- Manase Mohenoa Mapa, born 1925, died young.
- Hiliate Mapa
- Viliami Maafu'otu'itonga Mapa, born 1928, died young.
- Tonga Ha'apai Ma'atu (by Mele Siulolovao), married (as
his
second wife), Hon.
Saimone Tupou, and had issue (see Ma'afu).
- 'Asena Ma'atu (by Mele Siulolovao), married (as his third
wife), Hon. Saletili Manu'ofahiki Tu'uhetoka [The Noble
Tu'uhetoka], and had issue. She died 15th July 1897.
- Siulolovao Ma'atu (by Mele Siulolovao)
- Tae Manusa Ma'atu (by Mele Latu), born 23rd September
1918, died 22nd May 1993.
- Hon. VILIAMI MAAFU'OTU'ITONGA [Hon. Ma'atu], 11th
Ma'atu
[22.6.1923] - [12.10.1934],
died sp 12th October 1934 (#1
p.312), buried Loamanu.
VACANT 1934/1979 (Hon. Ma'atu
Tukui'aulahi, Speaker of the House 1959/1978)
- Hon. Ma'atu Fatafehi Alaivahamama'o Tuku'aho, 12th
Ma'atu
[27.9.1979] - [18.2.2004], born 17th December
1954 at the Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa, second son of HM King
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, and his wife,
HM Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho, educated at Tupou College in Tonga,
the Leys School in Cambridge, U.K. and the Royal Naval College,
Dartmouth.
He was a Commissioned Midshipman RN in 1975. He held the hereditary
title
of Noble Ma'atu of Niuafo'ou and Niuatoputapu, bestowed on him by the
King
on 27th September 1979, he was removed from the roll of succession to
the
Tongan throne in order to marry his first wife, served three years as a
Member of Parliament, representing the Nobles of Niuafo'ou and
Niuatoputapu
in Tonga's Legislative Assembly, married 1stly, 21st July 1980, Seiloni
Heimata'ula
Kaho Anderson, born 12th February 1957, died 19th September 1985,
daughter of singer Hon. Tu'imala Kaho and a Tahitian High Chief,
Matagialalua
Tavana Salmon Anderson, died sp
1985, married 2ndly, 1989, Alaileula Poutasi Jungblut
of Samoa, now styled the Hon. Alaileula Tuku'aho, daughter of Melvin
John Jungblut
II, and his wife, To'oa Tosi Malietoa, daughter of HH
Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa,
and has issue (by 2nd
wife). He died 18th February 2004 in Nuku'alofa.
- Hon. Sitiveni 'Alaivahamama'o Polu Le'ulingana Tanusia
Ma'a Tonga
Tuku'aho,
born 25th June 1990, 4th Tungi [19.7.2008] -
.
- Hon. Salote Maumautaimi Haim Hadessah Be Yardena
ʻAlinuanua Tuku'aho,
born 1991.
- Hon. Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana Taanekinga ʻo Tonga
Tuku'aho, born 1993,
adopted by his aunt.
- Hon. 'Etani Ha'amea Tupoulahi Tu'uakitau Ui Tu'alangi
Tuku'aho, born
1994.
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