Tevita Folau

	Tevita Folau Tevita is the Fijian and Tongan form of the name David. It may refer to: Tevita Aholelei, IFBB professional bodybuilder Tevita Folau (born 1985), professional Australian rugby league player Tevita Leo-Latu (born 1981), professional rugby league footballer Tevita Li (born 1995), New Zealand professional rugby union player Tevita Mailau (born 1985), rugby union player who represents Auckland in the Air New Zealand Cup Tevita Mara, Fijian career soldier, with the rank of lieutenant colonel as of early 2006 Tevita Metuisela (born 1983), Australian professional rugby league player Tevita Momoedonu, Fijian chief and has served as the fifth Prime Minister of Fiji twice Tevita Ofahengaue (born 1975), the 246th and last pick in the 2001 NFL Draft Tevita Taumoepeau (born 1974), Tongan international rugby union player Tevita Tuʻifua (born 1975), Tongan rugby union prop Tevita Uluilakeba III (1898–1966), the 12th Tui Nayau and Sau Ni Vanua of the Lau Islands Tevita Vaʻenuku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fijian Language Fijian (') is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution established Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Fiji Hindi and there is discussion about establishing it as the "national language". Fijian is a VOS language. Standard Fijian is based on the speech of Bau, which is an East Fijian language. A pidginized form is used by many Indo-Fijians and Chinese on the islands, while Pidgin Hindustani is used by many rural ethnic Fijians and Chinese in areas dominated by Indo-Fijians. History Phonology The consonant phonemes of Fijian are as shown in the following table: The consonant written has been described as a prenasalized trill or trilled affricate . However, it is only rarely pronounced with a trilled release; the primary feature distinguishing it from is that it is postalveolar, , rather than dental/alveolar. The sounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tevita Momoedonu Ratu Tevita Momoedonu (13 January 1946 – 26 November 2020) was a Fijian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Fiji twice – each time extremely briefly. Both appointments were to get around constitutional technicalities; his first term of office – on 27 May 2000 lasted only a few minutes. His second term – from 14 to 16 March 2001 was for two days. He subsequently served his country as Ambassador of Fiji to Japan. Using his chiefly title of "Taukei Sawaieke", he later led pushed for the Yasana of Ba to secede from the Burebasaga and Kubuna Confederacies to form their own fourth confederacy under the Tui Vuda, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, who died in 2011. First appointment In 1999, Momoedonu had been elected on the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) ticket to represent the Vuda Open Constituency in the House of Representatives, and subsequently appointed to the Cabinet. He was the only minister not present in the Parliament building when George Speight stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tevita Vakalalabure Ratu Tevita Vakalalabure (1927 – 6 May 2005) was a Fijian chief and politician. Ratu Vakalalabure held the chiefly title of Vunivalu of Natewa, one of the three senior titles in Cakaudrove Province. He served as a Senator in the 1990s, becoming President of the Senate before winning the Cakaudrove West Fijian Communal Constituency in the House of Representatives in a byelection in 1996. He was also a member of the Great Council of Chiefs. Vakalalabure was the father of eight children, including Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure, who became Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2001, and subsequently served a prison sentence for his involvement in the 2000 Fijian coup d'état The Fiji coup d'état of 2000 was a civilian coup d'état by hardline i-Taukei (ethnic Fijian) nationalists against the elected government of an Indo-Fijian Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry on 19 May 2000. This was followed by an attempt .... Ratu Rakuita was released from prison to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tevita Vaikona Tevita Vaikona (born 18 August 1974) is a Tongan professional rugby league and rugby union footballer, a winger who played rugby league and picked up many honours before switching codes to rugby union. In 2002, Vaikona was voted best rugby league winger in the world. Early years Vaikona started playing rugby league when he was studying in Christchurch, New Zealand at Lincoln University.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' He made the Junior Kiwis in 1994 and in 1994 Vaikona played for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the Lion Red Cup and represented both Canterbury, New Zealand Universities and the New Zealand Residents.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.13 Professional playing career Rugby league Vaikona moved to Hull F.C. in 1994 and played alongside fellow Cantabrian Shane Endacott. Vaikona was selected for Tonga in the 1995 World Cup. In the Rugby League First Division he played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tevita Vaʻenuku Tevita Vaʻenuku (born 27 December 1967) is a Tongan former rugby union player. He played as wing. Career Vaʻenuku debuted for Tonga on 28 May 1991, against Samoa in Nuku'alofa. He was also part of the Tonga national team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, playing all the three pool stage matches, scoring a try against France in Pretoria. His last cap for Tonga was during the third pool stage match against Ivory Coast in Rustenburg. Vaʻenuku was also part of the 1993 and 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ... Rugby World Cup Sevens squads. In 2005, Vaʻenuku was part of the Ikale Tahi management team, along with Sione Petelo, Nafe Tufui and Semi Taupeaafe. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tevita Uluilakeba III Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba III (October 4, 1898 – October 4, 1966) was the 12th Tui Nayau and Sau ni Vanua of the Lau Islands. He was the father of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. Ratu Te, as he was known, hailed from the chiefly village of Tubou on the island of Lakeba in Lau Province. He became the Tui Nayau upon the death of his father, Ratu Alifereti Finau Ulugalala in 1934. His mother was Adi Ateca Moceiwaqa (or spelled Ateca Moceiwai), paternal granddaughter of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the self-proclaimed King of Fiji, and daughter of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau I. The origin of the Fijian farewell song "Isa Lei "" is a traditional Fijian farewell song. Origin The origin of this song is disputed. One versions holds that Turaga Bale na Tu'i Nayau, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba composed it in 1916 for Adi Litia Tavanavanua (1900–1983), when she visited Tub ..." is disputed, and one versions holds that Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba composed it in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google]