In Ancient Polynesia Tui Manu'a Chiefs & other Samoan Chiefs stretched Samoan rule and influence across the pacific to islands such as Tonga, Niuafo'ou, Niuatoputapu, Tafahi, Niue, The Marquesas, Rotuma, the Cook Islands, Uvea, Futuna, Tokelau, Rurutu, Hawaii, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Tikopia, Pukapuka, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi, Nukumanu, Sikaina etc.......
THE EFFECTS OF ANCIENT SAMOAN INFLUENCE IN TONGA:
1) The Samoan Matai System becomes apart of the Tongan Culture
2) Samoan Taualuga becomes apart of the Tongan Culture
3) Samoan Otuhaka becomes apart of the Tongan Culture
4) Samoan Ma'ulu'ulu becomes apart of the Tongan Culture
5) Samoan Ula becomes apart of Tongan Culture
6) The Samoan Chiefly Dialect becomes apart of the the Tongan Royal Families Dialect.
7) The Metupaki was adopted from Uvea but Tongans originally chanted in the Samoan language while doing the metupaki but nowadays the Chant is a mixture of both Samoan & Tongan.
8) Manu'a Houses of Eastern Samoa were Anciently built throughout Tonga called Fale Faka Manuka.
9) Niuafo'ou, Niuatoputapu, Tafahi & Uvea all have Samoan mixed in there language.
10) Anciently Samoa had full control over the Tongan Islands known as Niuafo'ou, Niuatoputapu & Tafahi.
Tonga later freed herself from Samoa and later gained power in Polynesia starting with the 10th Tui Tonga Momo.
FAMOUS TONGAN SCHOLARDR. MAHINA (WORKED ON TONGAN HISTORY DOCUMENTS DURING AND UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF TONGA QUEEN SALOTE)
Over time and space, Tongan society became more settled, shaped strictly by both internal pressure and external influences. The external influences came in the form of imperial activities beginning with the Tu’i Pulotu empire in Fiji and followed by the Tu’i Manu’a empire in Samoa. In other words, Tonga was under considerable influence from the imperialism of both Fiji and Samoa.
However, Tonga was able to free herself through bitter and bloody wars from the imperial domination of the Tu’i Manu’a -- which eventually led to the formation of the Tu’i Tonga empire around AD 950 in the person of ‘Aho’eitu, the first Tu’i Tonga -- whose father was a deified Samoan high chief, Tangaloa ‘Eitumâtupu’a, and mother a Tongan woman, Va’epopua, of great noble birth. This double origin entitled the Tu’i Tonga to hold both divine and secular offices. In principle, the close cultural and historical interlinkages between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga were essentially elitist, involving the intermarriage between regional aristocratic families.
SAMOAN INFLUENCE IN HAWAII
Hawaiian King David Kalakaua's List Of Hawaiian Kings:
Pilikaeae ..........From SAMOA ( with PA'AO ).....1095 to 1120 AD. Kukohau ..........1120 to 1145 Kaniuhi ..........145 to 1170 Kanipahu ..........1170 to 1195 Kalapana (including the usurpation of Kamaiole)........1195 to 1220 Kahaimoelea ..........1220 to 1260 Kalaunuiohua ..........1260 to 1300 Kuaiwa ..........1300 to 1340 Kahoukapu ..........1340 to 1380 Kauholanuimahu ..........1380 to 1415 Kiha ..........1415 to 1455 Liloa ..........1455 to 1485 Hakau ..........1485 to 1490 Umi ..........1490 to 1525 Kealiiokaloa ..........1525 to 1535 Keawenui ..........1535 to 1565 Kaikilani and Lonoikamakahiki ..........1565 to 1595 Keakealanikane ..........1595 to 1625 Keakamahana ..........1625 to 1655 Keakealaniwahine ..........1655 to 1685 Keawe and sister ..........1685 to 1720 Alapanui ..........1720 to 1754 Kalaniopuu ..........1754 to 1782 Kamehameha I ..........1782 to 1819 Kamehameha II -- Liholiho ..........1819 to 1824 Kaahumanu regency ..........1824 to 1833 Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli ..........1833 to 1854 Kamehameha IV ..........1854 to 1863 Kamehameha V.- Lot ..........1863 to 1872 Lunalilo ..........1872 to 1873 Kalakaua ..........1874 to ---
