List of Niuean monarchs
List of patu-iki

Name
Portrait
Birth
Death
Start
End
Notes
Puni-mata
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?
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c. 1700
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He was the first patu-iki. His death, of old age, was followed by an interregnum of significant but indeterminate length.
Patua-valu
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?
?
?
?
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
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?
?
?
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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
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?
1874?
?
1874?
-
Pakieto
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?
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
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?
June 13, 1887
March 2, 1885
June 13, 1887
The first Christian King of Niue.
Fata-a-iki
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?
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
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?
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1896 (de facto) June 30, 1898 (de jure)
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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.

Question: Who was Togia-Pulu-toaki and when did he come to power?
Answer: 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