Radini Nayau

Radini Nayau is the courtesy title given to the wife or chief wife of the ''

Tu'i Nayau ''Tu’i Nayau'' is the title held by the paramount chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands. When translated, ''Tu’i Nayau'' means "Lord of Nayau", an island north of Lakeba, the la ...

'', Chief of the

Lau Islands The Lau Islands aka little Tonga (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about sixty islands and islets, about thirty a ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. The bearer of title is installed at the same time as the ''Tui Nayau''. In the past when polygamy was the norm and the ''Tui Nayau'' had many wives, the chief or senior wife bore this title. The first holder of the title is likely to have been

Laufitu Laufitu was a Fijian chiefess. Family Laufitu was the first wife of Rasolo, who was the third '' Sau kei Lau'' of the Lau Islands and first ''Tu'i Nayau''. They were the parents of Roko Malani, the seventh '' Sau kei Lau''. Laufitu would have ...

, the senior wife of

Rasolo Rasolo was a Fijian High Chief. Family Father of Rasolo was Chief Niumataiwalu of Lakeba. Rasolo's mother was Lady Tarau of Tovu Totoya. Rasolo was a brother of Lady Sivoki and Uluilakeba I and half-brother of Matawalu. Rasolo's first wife wa ...

, the first installed Tui Nayau. The last holder of this title was Ro Lady Lala Mara. The following table lists consorts of ''Tui Nayaus'' who have held the title. {, table width="70%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="margin:5px; border:3px solid;" , td width="5%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;", Order, , td width="20%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;", {{nbsp , , td width="20%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;", Consort of, , td width="10%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;", Lived, , td width="38%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;", Notes , - , 1., ,

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, , 17??-17??, , Daughter of the High Chief of

Totoya Totoya is a volcanic island in the Moala subgroup of Fiji's Lau archipelago. It occupies an area of 28 km2, making it the smallest of the Yasayasa Moala Group. Its maximum elevation is above sea level. The main economic activity is cocon ...

, - , 2., , Ciri of Taqalevu, , Malani, , 17??-18??, , Lady of

Tubou Tubou is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba. One of eight villages on Lakeba, it is considered the capital of the Lau Islands, being the seat of the Vuanirewa clan, a powerful chiefly family from which Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and Pre ...

, - , 3., , Adi Qativi, ,

Taliai Tupou Roko Taliai Tupou (17??-1875) was a Fijian nobleman. He is considered to be the progenitor of the noble household Vatuwaqa in the chiefly Vuanirewa clan and as such, was the first member of this noble household to hold the title ''Tui Nayau''. Hi ...

, , 18??-18??, , Daughter of Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove , - , 4., , Tiu of Taqalevu, ,

Eroni Loganimoce Eroni Loganimoce (born October 6, 1930) is a former Fijian cricketer. Loganimoce was a right-arm medium pace bowler. Loganimoce made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1954 against Canterbury during Fiji's 1953/54 tour of New Zealand. During t ...

, , 18??-18??, , Lady of Tubou , - , 5., , Ateca Mocewai, , Alifereti Finau Ulugalala, , 18??-19??, , Granddaughter of Ratu Seru Cakobau,

Vunivalu of Bau Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Kaba is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, loosely translated the title means ''Warlord of Bau'' or Root of War. The succession to the title does not follow primogeniture, but the candidate must be a high-r ...

, - , 6., , Roko Senivaivai, ,

Tevita Uluilakeba III Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba III (October 4, 1898 – October 4, 1966) was the 12th Tui Nayau and Sau ni Vanua of the Lau Islands. He was the father of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. Ratu Te, as he was known, haile ...

, , 18??-19??, , Lady of Mataqali Naivi, Tubou , - , 7., ,

Lala Mara Lala may refer to: Geography * Lala language (disambiguation) Places * Lala (Naples Metro), an underground metro station in Naples, Italy * Lala, Assam, a town in Assam, India * Lala, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran * Lala, Lanao del No ...

, , Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara, , 1931-2004, , Daughter of

Roko Tui Dreketi The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fiji's Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs. Details on the title This title is considered the second most senior in Fiji's House of Chiefs. The dynasty holding th ...

, - Fijian chiefesses