Malaspina opted to visit the northern archipelago now known as Vavaʻu.
Lakei Heimuli was born on June 24, 1965 on the island of Vavaʻu in Tonga.
(3 August 1854 – 11 March 1885), served as Governor of Haʻapai and Vavaʻu from 1877 to 1885.
Hon. Samisoni Fonomanu Tu'i'afitu – The Noble Tu'i'afitu was appointed Acting Governor of Vavaʻu in 1988 and then Governor of Vavaʻu in 1991.
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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.
The Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) is a parrot found throughout the Samoa and Tonga islands and Lau archipelago, including: ʻAlofi, Fotuhaʻa, Fulago, Futuna, Haʻafeva, Niuafoʻou, Moce, Niuē, Ofu, Olosega, Sāmoa, Savaiʻi, Tafahi, Taʻu, Tofua, Tonga, Tungua, ʻUiha, ʻUpolu, Varoa, Vavaʻu, and Voleva.
In July of 1865, English explorer Julius Brenchley visited Vavaʻu for five days and met governor ʻUnga and his family including Fusipala.
These overlap with the four constituencies for the election of the nobles' representatives: a four-member constituency covering Tongatapu and ʻEua, a two-member constituency covering Vavaʻu, a two-member constituency covering Haʻapai, and a single-member constituency covering the islands of Niuafoʻou and Niuatoputapu.
After completing secondary education at Tonga High School, he became a high school teacher at the Mailefihi & Siuʻilikutapu College (in Vavaʻu) in 1991.