Acknowledgements

Anyone who has written about the history of a society not his own owes so much to so many. I wish to record my gratitude for the generous financial assistance I received, many years ago now, from the former Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University during the period of my PhD studies, support which assisted with living expenses as well as the funding of field work in Tonga and Fiji. The present work could never have been completed without the willing help of the following people: In Tonga: Her Majesty Queen Halaevalu Mata`aho; Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau`u Tuku`aho; Her Royal Highness Princess Sālote Pilolevu Tuita; the Hon. Veikune; the Hon. Fielakepa; Dr Mapa Puloka; Professor William Dickinson (University of Arizona); Siutiti Vakaloloma `Ulukivaiola; Tau`atevalu; Tu`ifua `Utoikamanu; Mary Lyn Fonua, Pesi Fonua and Emma Fletcher of Vava`u Press; Dr Adrienne Kaeppler (Curator, Tongan Cultural Centre); Malakai Pomana, former Headmaster, Tupou College; Sr Susan SMSM, `Ahopanilolo Technical College; Henk and Elisabeth Groeneveld of Utrecht, The Netherlands; the late Patricia Matheson. In Fiji: (a) Viti Levu: Margaret Patel, former Government Archivist, Setareki Tale, present Government Archivist, Salesia Ikaniwai and other staff of the National Archives of Fiji; Prof. Ian Campbell, Assoc. Prof. Morgan Tuimaleali`ifano and Assoc. Prof. Paul Geraghty, University of the South Pacific; Ratu Sela Rayawa, Librarian, Fiji Museum; Sitiveni Yaqona; Sairusi Ratulomai, Ilaitia Buadromo and Peni Ralawa of the Native Lands Commission, Suva; Tevita Nawadra; Tui Rakuita; the late Rev. Dr Tevita Baleiwaqa; Tauga Vulaono. (b) Vanuabalavu: Ratu Poasa Delailomaloma and Ratu William Fonolahi Keni of Lomaloma; Viliame Veikune and the late Ratu Dennis Miller of Sawana. (c) Lakeba: Adi Taranaivini Ulubatilakeba Rasolo; the late Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba and Ratu James Rasolo, master, Ratu Finau Junior Secondary School. (d) Taveuni: Uliano Logalaca, Wairiki; Sepesa Gucake and Aborosio Silaitoga, Somosomo. In New Zealand: Professor Peter Hempenstall, formerly of the Dept of History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch; Max Broadbent, former Librarian, Macmillan Brown Centre, University of Canterbury; Emeritus Professor Antony Hooper, Wellington; Stephen Innes and Natalie Mahony, Special Collections, University of Auckland Library; Professor Judith Bennett, University of Otago; Robert Nicole; Moana Matthes.

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In the United Kingdom: Dr Martin and Mrs Diane Daly; Lucy McCann, Rhodes House Library, University of Oxford; Professor Colin Newbury, formerly of Linacre College, University of Oxford; Wendy Brown and Anita Herle, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge; Dr Tim Bayliss- Smith, Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge. In Australia: The staff, Mitchell and Dixson Libraries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney; the staff, National Library of Australia, Canberra; Professor Donald Denoon, the late Emeritus Professor Hank Nelson, Dr Niel Gunson and Dr Vicki Luker, Division of Pacific History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University; Oanh Collins, Dorothy McIntosh, Jude Shanahan and Marion Weeks, formerly of the Division; Ewan Maidment, former Executive Officer, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau; Kay Dancey, Karina Pelling and Jennifer Sheehan of the Cartography Unit, RSPAS; Dr Stewart Firth, former director, Pacific Centre, RSPAS; Christine Gordon, National Assembly Archivist, Uniting Church in Australia; Dr John Young; the late Dr Elizabeth Wood-Ellem; Dr John Hirst, La Trobe University; Rev. Siupeli Taliai; Rev. Dr Geoff Cummins; Dr Deryck Scarr; Sioana Faupula; Latecia Wedhorn; Penelope Williams; Dr Marion Diamond; Gareth Grainger; Susan Woodburn, formerly of the Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide; Dr Andrew Thornley, Dr Christine Weir; Peter Bradford, former Honorary Archivist, Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Special thanks go to Geoff Hunt, who proofread and copy edited the manuscript with great skill and patience. I also acknowledge with gratitude a grant from Target Oceania, formed in 1984 by interested members of the then Research School of Pacific Studies at The Australian National University to promote interdiscliplinary co-operation in historical projects which either involve the whole Pacific Islands region or advance Polynesian studies. The fund also acknowledges the work of Norma McArthur, the distinguished scholar of the Pacific.

xvi This text taken from Ma`afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji: The life and times of Fiji’s first Tui Lau, by John Spurway, published 2015 by ANU Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.