Rex was the first Niuean to receive a knighthood, being appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1994 New Year Honours.
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Avatele has also produced its fair share of prominent Niueans past and present, including Niue's late inaugural Premier Sir Robert Rex, his late brother and long-serving Senior Advisor to Government Leslie Rex OBE, the late Rev. Ikiua Lupo first President of the Ekalesia Kerisiano Niue, the late Takelesi Lagaluga first Niuean Head of a Government Deapartment & his son Hon.