The Tui Cakau (Fijian pronunciation: [tui ðakau]) is the Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province in Fiji. The current Tui Cakau is Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu;...
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Naiqama Lalabalavu (category Tui Cakau)
Lalabalavu succeeded his late father, Ratu Glanville Lalabalavu, as the Tui Cakau, or Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove and of the Tovata Confederacy, one of...
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twin villages of Somosomo and Naqara. As the traditional fiefdom of the Tui Cakau, one of Fiji's highest-ranked chiefs, Somosomo is regarded as the capital...
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However, during traditional functions where all four chiefs (Tui Bua, Tui Cakau, Tui Lau, and Tui Macuata) are present, the eldest chief (based on age) will...
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Enele Maʻafu (category Tui Lau)
Tui Nayau's authority. In 1850, Enele Ma'afu gave the Tui Cakau a canoe and in return the Tui Cakau gave the island of Vanua Balavu to Ma'afu. He went on...
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Ratu Josefa Lalabalavu (1860 – 1905) was from 1879 until 1905 the 9th Tui Cakau, the Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province in Fiji. He was the son of...
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Index of Fiji-related articles (section Tui)
Island - Tavua River Tui Cakau - Tui Cakau's army - Tui Delai Gau - Tui Fiti - Tui Lau - Tui Nadi - Tui Namosi - Tui Nayau - Tui Viti - Tui Vuda Akuila UATE...
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traditional title of Tui Cakau in 2001 which was vacant at the time. Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu succeeded to the title of Tui Cakau, the Paramount Chief...
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title of Tui Cakau, with Cakaudrove as his traditional fiefdom. Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is also from Cakaudrove. The present Tui Cakau, Ratu...
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when the island of Kanacea, which the paramount chief of Cakaudrove, the Tui Cakau, had originally sold to a European settler in 1868, was sold by an Australian...
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Penaia Ganilau (category Tui Cakau)
chiefly Ai Sokula clan, Ganilau was installed in 1988 as the fourteenth Tui Cakau, the traditional ruler of Cakaudrove Province. As such, he was recognised...
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Talatoka, who was the daughter of Ratu Yavala (Tui Cakau) of Somosomo and Adi Levulevu of the Roko Tui Bau Royal Court. Adi Levulevu and Adi Savusavu...
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island is part of the Cakaudrove Province and the holders of the title of Tui Cakau, the Paramount Chief of the Tovata Confederacy, are historically and traditionally...
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islands. In 1865, the island of Naitauba was sold to Europeans by the Tui Cakau and its inhabitants moved to Laucala. Later, the people of Laucala were...
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Somosomo, another chiefly village in Cakaudrove, a realm that came under the Tui Cakau. Her husband, Komaibatiniwai, was a renowned warrior during this period...
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Chief, who is based on the nearby island of Taveuni, holds the title of Tui Cakau. Only two population centres – Labasa and Savusavu – have been incorporated...
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United Kingdom; the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, for example, was both Tui Nayau and Tui Lau. For administrative purposes, Fiji is divided into fourteen provinces...
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Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the Tui Cakau (Paramount Chief of the Tovata Tribal Confederacy) and Ro Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi (Paramount Chief of...
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Ministers Josefa Vosanibola and Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, who is also the Tui Cakau, or Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove, which includes the island of Kioa....
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Lomaloma (section Ma'afu as the Tui Lau)
Lau and established Lomaloma as his base following his exchanges with Tui Cakau Tuikilakila. A.C. Reid, in his book Tovata I & II, accounted for the people...
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like her"). The girl was said to be the daughter of a chief either Tui Cakau or Tui Lekutu. This is immortalized in a popular Fijian folk song by Percy...
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of the People's Alliance. He is the son of Speaker of Parliament and Tui Cakau Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu. Lalabalavu was a doctor before entering politics...
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Program (East-West Centre), Reference to Tui Lau title as of Tongan origin from the Time of Ma’ afu when Tui Cakau gave rights to Ma’afu also recommendations...
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and fellow-Cabinet Minister Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, who was also the Tui Cakau, or Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove and Tovata, to which Rabi belongs. The...
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overlordship of Taveuni and paid tribute to the Tui Cakau (Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove). In 1855, however, Ma'afu & Tui Nayau gained sovereignty over Northern...
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former Governor-General of Fiji Ratu Josefa Lalabalavu (1874–1876) – Tui Cakau Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province 1879 until 1905 Hon Fotu ʻa Falefā...
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there with some success among the Tongans, who were in the service of Tui Cakau at that time, thus making it possible for Hunt and Lyth, to establish...
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2006 that some chiefs wished to nominate Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the Tui Cakau (Paramount Chief of Tovata) for the office of President or Vice-President...
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Natewa people sought refuge during war against the Ai Sokula (present day Tui Cakau). Navatu commanded a lot of influence in the eastern peninsular of Natewa...
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is the son of Adi Losalini Browne, a sister of the late President and Tui Cakau - Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau. ""Joseph Browne: Copra kid to statesman""....
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