Tui Cakau information

The Tui Cakau is the Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province in Fiji. The current Tui Cakau is Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu; he was installed on 8 May 2001 in...

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...

Lalabalavu succeeded his late father, Ratu Glanville Lalabalavu, as the Tui Cakau, or Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove and of the Tovata Confederacy, one of...

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...

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...

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...

title of Tui Cakau, with Cakaudrove as his traditional fiefdom. Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is also from Cakaudrove. The present Tui Cakau, Ratu...

Tuvuca, were under the overlordship of Taveuni and paid tribute to the Tui Cakau (Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove). In 1855, however, Ma'afu gained sovereignty...

Rambi (Rabi), following a request by the Tui Cakau in Taveuni. On their departure, a few years later, the Tui Cakau sold the island to Europeans to cover...

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...

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...

General, Qoriniasi Bale and Laisenia Qarase. Other notable leaders are Tui Cakau Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu and Ratu Epeli Ganilau, both of whom have been...

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...

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...

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...

Somosomo, another chiefly village in Cakaudrove, a realm that came under the Tui Cakau. Her husband, Komaibatiniwai, was a renowned warrior during this period...

Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the Tui Cakau (Paramount Chief of the Tovata Tribal Confederacy) and Ro Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi (Paramount Chief of...

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...

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...

former Governor-General of Fiji Ratu Josefa Lalabalavu (1874–1876) – Tui Cakau Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove Province 1879 until 1905 Hon Fotu ʻa Falefā...

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...

Ministers Josefa Vosanibola and Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, who is also the Tui Cakau, or Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove, which includes the island of Kioa....

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...

Cabinet Minister (appointed January 2007). Lalabalavu, Ratu Naiqama, Tui Cakau and politician, imprisoned for his role in the Fiji coup of 2000. Leweniqila...

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...