Tu'i Ha'atakalaua

The Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua was a dynasty of Tongan kings, which originated in the 15th century by taking over the power from the Tuokinai Tonga line. Lost the power in 16th century to the Tuokinai Kanokupolu dynasty, and disappeared into nothingness by the end of the 18th century.

#Mookinaungāmotuokinaa – around 1470; might have been first installed as viceroy by his older brother Kauokinaulufonua I the incumbent Tuokinai Tonga, as the latter remained in his residence on the high grounds of Olotele in Muokinaa, while he had to stay on the lowlaying lands of Fonuamotu, reclaimed from the lagoon. These two areas were separated by the Fonuamoa (dry land) road. As such his followers became known as the Kauhalalalo (low road people) while the chiefs associated with the Tuokinai Tonga line became known as Kauhalaokinauta (inland road people). However considering what happened after, it seems that later (or sooner) Mookinaungāmotuokinaa seized all the power from his brother although he did not dare to wipe out completely the Tuokinai Tonga. Instead he sent Kauokinaulufonua away to Sāmoa and reigned in his name until his new dynasty, the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua line had grown powerful to eclipse the Tuokinai Tonga. That took about a century.
#Tanekingaokinaotonga
#Vaokinaematoka
#Siulangapō
#Vakalahimoheokinauli – around 1550, he (or his father) allowed the Tuokinai Tonga to come back from exile in Sāmoa
#Mookinaunga okinao Tonga – he had several sons who he appointed as governors during his lifetime. One of them, Ngata, was appointed to the Hihifo district and imperceptedly started the Tuokinai Kanokupolu line. A daughter married Fatafehi, the Tuokinai Tonga, starting a blood relationship between the two dynasties.
#Fotofili - was met by Abel Tasman in 1643
#Vaea - discovered that the Tuokinai Kanokupolu had grown into a serious rival, and fought a civil war against Mataelehaokinaamea. His daughter was the last one to marry a Tuokinai Tonga, okinaUluakimata II
#Moeakiola - contemporary with Tuokinai Tonga Tuokinaipulotu I, who preferred a Tuokinai Kanokupolu princess as wife
#Tatafu - first one not to be a son of his predecessor, he was the son of Fotofili
#Kafoamotalau - a son of Vaea, showing quick successions, troubles, and a decline with the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua line; contemporary with Tuokinai Tonga Fakanaokinaanaokinaa
#Tuokinaionukulave
#Silivakaifanga
#Fuatakifolaha - son of Tongatangataulupekifolaha, who was not a Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua (or perhaps was according to others); grandson (through his mother) of Mataelehaokinaamea the Tuokinai Kanokupolu; therefore troubles and quick successions had still not ceased
#Tupoulahi - gave up around 1771 his title as Tuokinai Kanokupolu because of old age and may have been offered the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua title instead. Generally, however, it is doubted whether he was ever formally installed.
#Maealiuaki - was also a previous Tuokinai Kanokupolu, and also was offered the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua title as an old age gift. It is not sure whether he really accepted or considered himself as retired. Met in that state with Captain Cook in 1777; died shortly after. With him went the last real Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua. Any successor named by history after him is dubious at best.
#Mumui - may or may not have been the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua, depending on whether his older brother Maealiuaki respectively was it not or was it
#Toafunaki - was mentioned around 1790 as the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua by the missionaries, but seems never to have been officially installed. Died young in 1797 and his reburial in 1799 was an opportunity for the assassination of the Tuokinai Kanokupolu Tukuokinaaho.
#Mulikihaokinaamea - even more unsure whether he ever was a real Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua or not. He also was Tuokinai Kanokupolu for a while. Some believe that he came after Maealiuaki, others see him instead of Toafunaki. Whatever the case, by this time the title had become defunct, but it would be his descendants who would claim to have been the Tuokinai Haokinaatakalaua otherwise.:His son was Fatukimotulalo, whose son was Tungī Halatuituia. By then the line had acquired a new title: Tungī, which still is nowadays one of the highest noble titles in Tonga. Halatuituia's son was Tukuokinaaho (of the lakalaka fame), who was on his turn the father of Viliami Tungī Mailefihi, who amalgamated with the Tuokinai Kanokupolu.4 out of the current 33 hereditary noble titles in Tonga trace their authority from the Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua. These are: Tungī, Luani, Fotofili and Fakafānua. Collectively they are known as the Fāaʻi hai (those four). The traditional burial grounds of the Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua in Lapaha are: Fale pulemālō, Fale fakauō, Fale tuingapapai (or tuipapai), Fale loloʻamanu (nowadays split up into (Fale) Loʻāmanu and Tauhakeleva). These 5 are considered to be traditional langi although not named so, as the real langi are for the Tuʻi Tonga only.

ee also

*Tuokinai Tonga empire
*History of Tonga

References

*I.C. Campbell; Classical Tongan kingship; 1989
*E. Bott; Tonga society at the time of Captain Cook's visit; 1982
*Tonga Chronicle newspaper, 3 August 2006