The six were Naufahu, twins Talia’uli and Mahe'uli'uli, Ngāngāehau, Pupunukaetau, Fanafonua and they were soon joined by another fearsome warrior the chief Kakahu who refused the King's invitation but was betrayed by a close relative and captured at his home which made it seven chiefs and warriors of the highest order. Of these seven only Fanafonua managed to break free and escaped, the remaining six were bound hands and feet, put into old dilapidated leaking canoes that sank right off the shore at Neiafutahi. Even this mass execution didn't bring the lasting peace the King sought for Vava'u but rather a wider division that lasted for another 12 years.
The six were Naufahu, twins Talia’uli and Mahe’uli’uli, Ngángáehau, Pupunukaetau, Fanafonua, and they were soon joined by another formidable warrior the chief Kakahu who refused the King's invitation but was betrayed by a close relative and captured at his home which made it seven chiefs and warriors of the highest order. Of these seven only Fanafonua managed to break free and escaped, the remaining six were bound hands and feet, put into old dilapidated leaking canoes that sank right off the shore at Neiafutahi. Even this mass execution didn't bring the lasting peace the King sought for Vava'u but rather a wider division that lasted for another 12 years.