List of Niuean monarchs
List of patu-iki

List of Niuean monarchs

Section Title: List of patu-iki
Table Section Text: None

Name	Portrait	Birth	Death	Start	End	Notes

Puni-mata	?	?	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.

Galiga, also known as Galiaga-a-Iki and Galiaga of Palūki	?	?	?	?	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	?	1874?	?	1874?

Pakieto	?	1875?	1874?	1875?	He was patu-iki for only a year. Following his death, a war of succession occurred.

Tui-toga, also known as Ta-tagata	?	June 13, 1887	March 2, 1885	June 13, 1887	The first Christian King of Niue.

Fata-a-iki	-	?	1896	1887 (de facto) November 21, 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) June 30, 1898 (de jure)	?	He was the king who finally ceded Niue to the British Empire on April 21, 1900, and who welcomed a Resident representative of the imperial government on Niue on September 11, 1901.

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Togia-Pule-toaki was the eighth and final patu-iki of the Niue following the death of Fata-a-iki in 1896, and ordained on June 30, 1898.
Togia-Pule-toaki was the eighth and final patu-iki of the Niue, taking power in 1896 following the death of the previous incumbent, Fata-a-iki and formally ordained on June 30, 1898.
Togia-Pule-toaki was the eighth and possibly final patu-iki of Niue, taking power in 1896 following the death of the previous incumbent, Fata-a-iki, and formally ordained on June 30, 1898.

final_sentence: Togia-Pule-toaki was the eighth and final patu-iki of the Niue following the death of Fata-a-iki in 1896, and ordained on June 30, 1898.
final_sentence: Togia-Pule-toaki was the eighth and final patu-iki of the Niue, taking power in 1896 following the death of the previous incumbent, Fata-a-iki and formally ordained on June 30, 1898.
final_sentence: Togia-Pule-toaki was the eighth and possibly final patu-iki of Niue, taking power in 1896 following the death of the previous incumbent, Fata-a-iki, and formally ordained on June 30, 1898.