ʻElisiva Fusipala Vahaʻi
Princess 'Elisiva Fusipala Tauki'onetuku Tuku'aho Vaha'i of Tonga (12 June 1949 – 2 October 2014), normally referred to as Princess Fusipala or even just Fusipala, was a daughter of Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake. Fusipala was one of the Tuʻi Pelehake's six children, four of whom were girls. On the occasion of her marriage to Hahano-ki-Malaʻe Kula-ʻa Sione Ngu Namoa, Lord Vahaʻi, Hahano-ki-Mala'e Kula-'a Sione Ngu Namoa, Lord Vaha'i (1936–2005), the Vahaʻi of Foʻui, a member of the Tongan nobility, John H. Groberg, then the mission president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Tonga, gave Fusipala and Hahano a copy of the Standard Works of the LDS Church as a wedding present. This was in 1968. In 1989 Fusipala joined the LDS Church. ʻIsileli T. Kongaika, who was president of the Tongan Mission (LDS Church), Mission at the time of Fusipala's baptism, said that she was the first member of Tonga's royal family to join the LDS Church. Her main peri ...
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Hahano-ki-Malaʻe Kula-ʻa Sione Ngu Namoa, Lord Vahaʻi
Hahano-ki-Malaʻe Kula-'a Sione Ngū Namoa (1 May 1936 – 22 May 2005), who became Lord Vahaʻi on the death of his father in 1985, was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) of Tonga for the nobles, and the husband of Princess 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i who was the granddaughter of Queen Salote Tupou III. The title Lord Vahaʻi implies being the estate holder of the village of Foʻui in Hihifo District. Hahano's father was Vilisoni Fahitaha Namoawhile his mother was Vika Mafileʻo. His father became Lord Vaha'i on the death of his grandfather, and his mother was styled Vika Mafile'o Namoa Vaha'i from that point on. Up until the death of his own father he was referred to generally as Hahano. He was educated at Newington College in Australia and then served several years as a clerk in the justice and education departments of Tonga. In 1986 he succeeded his father as the Vaha'i of Fo'ui. He was elected an MLA in 1987 and served one term, returning to office again in 2002. ...
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