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Mataʻuvave
Mata’uvave was the name given to a dynasty of male chiefs presiding over the Ha’apai Island Group of Tonga from the 15th century until the mid-1980s. The first Mata’uvave was appointed to a gubernatorial role by Tu’i Tonga Kau’ulufonua I to increase the Tu’i Tonga’s control over Ha’apai. The first few generations of the title subdued several islands in northern Ha’apai and undertook several major building projects, most notably pigeon mounds, the Huluipaongo burial mound, and the Velata fortress. Within a few generations the Mata’uvave attempted to rule independently, antagonizing the authority of chiefs in Tongatapu and causing a confrontation that the Mata’uvave eventually lost. They were relegated to a line of nobility called ‘eiki si’i, or “a minor chief without importance.”
==Creation of the Title==
The Mata’uvave dynasty was created out of the drastic political restructuring of the Tongan elite following the assassination of the 23rd Tu’i Tonga, Takalaua, in the late 14th or early 15th century. Takalaua was succeeded by his son Kau’ulufonua as the 24th Tu’i Tonga. Kau’ulufonua chased the assassins, according to tradition, to ‘Eua, Ha’apai, Vava’u, Niuatoputapu, Futuna, Uvea, and eventually killed them in brutal fashion in Samoa, thereby earning the name Kau’ulufonuafekai, or Kau’ulufonua the savage.〔David V. Burley, ''Mata'uvave and 15th Century Ha'apai'', The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 30 No. 2 (Dec., 1995). pp. 154-172〕 At the same time, the secular duties of the Tu’I Tonga were divested into a new title called Tu’i Ha’atakalaua while the Tu’I Tonga became more of a religious and ceremonial figure.
Historians are unsure of the veracity of the revenge story, but it describes a known reassertion of control of the Tongatapu chiefs over the island groups within the Tu’i Tonga empire at that time.〔 Either Kau’ulufonuafekai or the new Tu’i Ha’atakalaua appointed powerful new governors for each of the main island groups. Mata’uvave received the dominion of Ha’apai.〔
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