List of patu-iki
| 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. Patua-valu died of old age. | |
| 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 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 | ? | 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. Togia-Pulu-toaki remained patu-iki in 1903, when Niuē-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People was published and the date of his death, and whether or not he was succeeded, remains unclear. |
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