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This is a list of
monarchs
who have reigned over the Pacific island of
Niue
. The island today is a self-governing territory in
free association
with New Zealand, and recognises the
Sovereign in Right of New Zealand
as the head of state. Before this, however, the island previously had an indigenous monarchy, established around the beginning of the 18th century.
Before that time, there appears to have been no national government or national leader in Niue. Chiefs and heads of family exercised authority over segments of the population. Around 1700, the concept and practice of
kingship
appears to have been introduced through contact with
Samoa
or
Tonga
. From then on, a succession of
patu-iki
(kings) ruled the island, the first of whom was Puni-mata. The monarch was non-hereditary;
patu-iki
were reportedly elected by the Niuean population, with the candidates being issued from influential families. As described by
Percy Smith
in 1903, Niue appears therefore to have been a
democratic
elective monarchy
.
List of
patu-iki
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Name
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Portrait
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Birth
|
Death
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Start
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End
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Notes
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Puni-mata
|
|
?
|
?
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c.
1700
|
?
|
He was the first
patu-iki
. His death, of old age, was followed by an
interregnum
of significant but indeterminate length.
|
Patua-valu
|
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
He was nominated for kingship by the population's elected choice, Tage-lagi, who declined the position and opted instead to be Patua-valu's lifelong bodyguard. Patua-valu died of old age.
|
Galiga
, also known as
Galiaga-a-Iki
and
Galiaga of Pal?ki
|
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
This
patu-iki
was murdered by a person called Tikomata. Following his death, Fakana-iki and Hetalaga vied to replace him, but failed to secure the approval of the population. Foki-mata eventually became the fourth
patu-iki
instead. He was the last king elected in times of peace.
|
Foki-mata
|
|
?
|
1874?
|
?
|
1874?
|
|
Pakieto
|
|
?
|
1875?
|
1874?
|
1875?
|
He was
patu-iki
for only a year. Following his death, a war of succession occurred. He was one of the Tama-lagau people.
|
Tui-toga
, also known as
Ta-tagata
|
|
?
|
13 June 1887
|
2 March 1885
|
13 June 1887
|
The first Christian King of Niue.
|
Fata-a-iki
|
|
?
|
1896
|
1887 (
de facto
)
21 November 1888 (
de jure
)
|
1896
|
The second Christian Niuean monarch. One of his first acts as
patu-iki
in 1877 was to send a letter to the
British monarch
Queen Victoria
, requesting that Niue be made a protectorate of the
British Empire
, to protect the island from other imperial powers, although his letter (and another sent in 1895) received no replies.
|
Togia-Pulu-toaki
|
|
?
|
?
|
1896 (
de facto
)
30 June 1898 (
de jure
)
|
?
|
He was the king who finally ceded Niue to the British Empire on 21 April 1900, and who welcomed a Resident representative of the imperial government on Niue on 11 September 1901. Togia-Pulu-toaki remained
patu-iki
in 1903, when
Niu?-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People
was published and the date of his death, and whether or not he was succeeded, remains unclear.
|
Imperial rule and free association
[
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]
From 1900 to 1901, Niue was ruled by the United Kingdom. In 1901, the island was annexed by New Zealand, which administered it in the name of the British Empire. On 26 September 1907, New Zealand attained the status of
dominion
, becoming the
Dominion of New Zealand
, and the British monarch from then on reigned over Niue in his or her capacity as monarch of New Zealand.
Elizabeth II
was the first monarch to be explicitly titled
Queen of New Zealand
, however, in 1952. Today, Niue is part of the
Realm of New Zealand
, the successor political entity to the dominion.
List of British monarchs reigning over Niue
[
edit
]
Name
|
Portrait
|
Birth
|
Death
|
Start
|
End
|
Notes
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Victoria
|
|
24 May 1819
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22 January 1901
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21 April 1900 (
de facto
)
|
22 January 1901
|
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Edward VII
|
|
9 November 1841
|
6 May 1910
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22 January 1901
|
26 September 1907
|
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List of New Zealand monarchs reigning over Niue
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]
Name
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Portrait
|
Birth
|
Death
|
Start
|
End
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Notes
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Edward VII
|
|
9 November 1841
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6 May 1910
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26 September 1907
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6 May 1910
|
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George V
|
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3 June 1865
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20 January 1936
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6 May 1910
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20 January 1936
|
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Edward VIII
|
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23 June 1894
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28 May 1972
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20 January 1936
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11 December 1936
|
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George VI
|
|
14 December 1895
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6 February 1952
|
11 December 1936
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6 February 1952
|
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Elizabeth II
|
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21 April 1926
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8 September 2022
|
6 February 1952
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8 September 2022
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Charles III
|
|
14 November 1948
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Living
|
8 September 2022
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Incumbent
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