[1] Haʻafeva is 42 km southwest of Pangai in the Haʻapai group of islands at Latitude (DMS) 19° 56' 60 S and Longitude (DMS) 174° 43' 0 W. Haʻafeva is the home estate of the chiefly line of Tuʻuhetoka (now merged with Lasike).
But when his sister threatened to go instead, he switched loyalty, and fought close to Tāufaʻāhau.
Had Tāufaʻāhau been a commoner instead of a chief, the proper term would be tuʻu-he-mohe; had he been king, tuʻu-he-tōfā would have been used.
[2][3] In December 1980 the ferry Fetu’umoana capsized near Haʻafeva, with the loss of eleven lives.
Haʻafeva was to have been the destination of the ill-fated MV Princess Ashika, an inter-island ferry that sank on 5 August 2009, claiming many lives.