User:Mele Teu-Kia-Lupe Tu'ipulotu Kulitapa

MELE TEU-KIA-LUPE KULITAPA (AFIULO) TU'IPULOTU KULA

Mele Teu-kia-Lupe (28 August 1947)

Personal history She is the fourth daughter of Tevita Kulitapa Tu'ipulotu and his wife, Tupou Falemei. Married to first husband Finau Mafua Pomale, she became the mother of Sisilia Moso'oi Mafua and Rachel Pomale. She remarried later on to Sione Kula with no children but adopted Lavinia Taetui Tofa Heleta. She is known as for her many talented.

Early life Mele was born in the Kauvai, to Tevita Kulitapa Tu'ipulotu of Ha'ano, Ha'apai and Tupou Falemei of Kolomotu'a, Nuku'alofa. Her parents enrolled her at the Primary school of Nuku'alofa, and from there she left school due to her illness. In her early 20s she married to first husband Finau Mafua Pomale with 2 daughters Sisilia Moso'oi Mafua and Nanasi Sei'aute Lesieli Pomale.