Laufitu

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Not to be confused with Laufitu Malani.

Laufitu of Tonga
Radini Nayau
Consort	Rasolo
Issue Malani
Father	Chief Tovu of Totoya
Mother	Chiefess of Vavaʻu

Laufitu was a Tongan – Fijian chiefess.

It is likely that Laufitu Malani is a descendant of Laufitu.

Family

Laufitu was the first wife of Rasolo, who was the third Roko Sau of the Lau Islands and first Tui Nayau.^[1] She was by him the mother of Malani, the seventh Roko Sau.

Laufitu would have been the first to hold and to be correctly referred to as Radini Nayau.

She was a daughter of the Chief (Lord) of Totoya and a Tongan woman of the Ha’a Gatatupu of Vavaʻu. She and her younger sister Radavu, mother of Taliai Tupou – eighth Roko Sau and third Tui Nayau, were sent as wives for Rasolo. It is from these two women that the two noble households of Vatuwaqa and Matailakeba claim descent.^[2]

Sources

↑ Transactions and Proceedings of the Fiji Society
↑ Pacific Islands Monthly. "The first Tui Nayau was Roko Rasolo, Ratu Sir Kamisese's great-great-great grandfather."

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Name	Laufitu
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Short description	Fijian noblewoman
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