Ratu Alifereti Finau (1869 – 3 April 1934)[1] was the eleventh Sau ni Vanua of Lau and the fifth Tui Nayau.
Adi Moce as she is commonly referred to, is recorded to have been influential in introducing Bauan standards, manners and protocols in Lakeba which in time became dominant.
It is recorded that he levied one ton of copra from every adult male in Lau in order to fund Ratu Sukuna's education.
His intention for this was that he saw the need to groom a powerful and articulate indigenous spokesman in government and in the councils of the nation to combat the increasing aggressive promotion of their own interests by Indians and Europeans.
Some early pioneering teachers at this school included the ethnographer and anthropologist Arthur Maurice Hocart.