In April 2007, Mapa was purchased by the GPS company Ituran for US $13 million.
'Akau'ola, (June 27, 1967 - ) also known as Mapa Faletau, is the current Noble (matāpule, or "working chief") of Taunga in Tonga.
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Mapa Faletau is the eldest son of the late Hononorable 'Akau'ola (Inoke Fotu Faletau, 1937-2005) who was appointed the Governor of Vavaʻu in 2002 by His late Majesty King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV after a distinguished career in the civil service, which amongst his many governmental posts, he was the Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries, the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Director of the Commonwealth.
MAPA was founded in 1974 as the Maui Youth Theater by Linda Takita (daughter of Frankie Yankovic).
Mapa is also the chairperson of the Board of Advisers of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) and was once governor of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).
It is named after its location near the junction with V. Mapa Street, which was in turn, named after Victorino Mapa, the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.