In 1964 she had bestowed upon her the chiefly orator's title "La'ulu" from the village of Lotofaga for which her husband was the then sitting member of parliament. Her husband's untimely and sudden death came as a great shock but she was urged to contest his seat using her title "La'ulu" and was successful on her first attempt and entered Parliament in 1975 as the second woman to be elected to the Parliament. She represented the constituency of Lotofaga for two terms. In 1989 she was appointed Consul General to New Zealand by then Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana and promoted to High Commissioner to New Zealand in 1993 before her retirement in 1997. During her diplomatic terms she served as Dean of the Auckland Consular Corps- 1991–1992.