Rasolo Explained

Chief Rasolo of Nayau Tu'i Nayau Rasolo
Spouse:	Laufitu Radavu
Spouse-Type:	Wives
Father:	Niumataiwalu
Mother:	Tarau of Totoya

Rasolo was a Fijian High Chief.^{[1] [2]}

Family

Father of Rasolo was Chief Niumataiwalu of Lakeba. Rasolo's mother was Lady Tarau of Totoya.^[3] Rasolo was a brother of Lady Sivoki and Uluilakeba I and half-brother of Matawalu.

Rasolo's first wife was Lady Laufitu. Their son was Roko Malani.

Rasolo's second wife was from Lakeba. She was the mother of Soroaqali and Lalaciwa to Rasolo. Lady Radavu was the third wife of Rasolo, and was the mother of Taliai Tupou.

Biography

Rasolo became the third Roko Sau of the Lau Islands and first installed holder of the title Tu'i Nayau.^[4] According to the oral history,^[5] Rasolo was exiled to Nayau.^[6]

He is considered to be the progenitor of the noble households Matailakeba and Vatuwaqa.^[7]

It was under the rule of Rasolo that the invading Bauan forces were driven from Lakeba.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=6ewPAQAAMAAJ&q=rasolo+fiji Transactions and Proceedings of the Fiji Society
2. Tovata I & II by A. C. Reid
3. Matanitū: the struggle for power in early Fiji by David Routledge. Institute of Pacific Studies in association with the Fiji Centre Extension Services, University of the South Pacific.
4. Fijian masi: a traditional art form by Gale Scott Troxler.
5. The Lau Islands (Fiji) and their fairy tales and folklore by Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston.
6. [Kamisese Mara|Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese]
7. Pacific Islands Monthly. "The first Tui Nayau was Roko Rasolo, Ratu Sir Kamisese's great-great-great grandfather."