He was educated at New Plymouth Boys High School in New Zealand and later at the University of Canterbury, where he studied law.
[2] In 1994 he was selected for the Samoa national rugby union team, playing his first match against Tonga on 4 June 1994.
Latu was a state solicitor in the murder trial of Leafa Vitale and Toi Aukuso Cain for the political assassination of Luagalau Levaula Kamu in 1999.
[8] He is currently the Managing Partner of Latu Lawyers, where he works with his wife Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu.
[12] He is the holder of the following chiefly titles : Togia from Lefaga; Matafeo from Asaga, Punafelutu from Lano and Namulauulu from Fogapoa.