Lisiate Maka

Lisiate Maka
BornJanuary 3, 1919
Lau, Fiji
DiedNovember 16, 2003
Kolofo'ou, Nuku'alofa, Tonga
NSA memberSouth Pacific Islands
1959 - 1960
1962 - 1964
South Pacific Ocean
1964 - 1970
Tonga & the Cook Islands
1970 - 1979
ABMAustralasia
1979 - 1980
CounsellorAustralasia
1980 - 1990

Lisiate Maka (January 3, 1919 - November 16, 2003) was a Fijian born Bahá'í who served the Tongan Bahá'í community, serving on the National Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific and the National Spiritual Assembly of the Tonga & Cook Islands. He also served as an Auxiliary Board member and Continental Counsellor.

Background[edit]

Lisiate was born in Fiji in 1919. He became a Bahá'í in Tonga in 1957,[1] and in 1958 he was elected to the inaugural Local Spiritual Assembly of Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, and served as its secretary. In 1959 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific, which was formed at a Convention in Suva, Fiji,[2] and he served on it for many years, serving as its treasurer and vice-chairman for a time.[3][4] In 1970 he was elected to the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of Tonga and the Cook Islands. In 1973 he secured legal recognition for Bahá'í marriage in Tonga.

In 1979 Maka was appointed as an Auxiliary Board member, and the following year the Universal House of Justice appointed him to the Continental Board of Counsellors for Australasia for a five year term.[5] In 1985 he was appointed for a second term.[6] In October 1987 he was received at a Maori marae for a National Teaching Conference in New Zealand, and was received with full Maori protocol.[7] In January 1988 he presented a copy of The Promise of World Peace to Alton Wade, the president of Brigham Young University in Hawaii.[8]

In his personal life Maka married 'Emli Latu in 1947 and they remained married until her passing in 1991 and had ten adopted children. He remarried in 1995 to Kololia Opera. In his career he was a lawyer and served as legal advisor to Tonga's lower and supreme courts.

References[edit]

  • Obituary from Bahá'í World, Vol. 32, p 235
  1. ↑ http://bahai-library.com/newspapers/2004/040315.html
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 341, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 439, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 464, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (February 1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 599, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1988). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 684, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1988). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 687, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
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