Tuʻiono Siosiua "Josh" Liavaʻa (10 May 1948 – 13 July 2014)[2] was a Tongan-born rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1975 World Cup, known for his relationships with Tongan royal family members.
A Northcote Tigers player in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Liavaʻa played for Auckland and in 1975 was picked in the New Zealand national rugby league team for the 1975 World Cup.
[3] In 1977 Liavaʻa played for New Zealand Māori in the Pacific Cup.
During the early 1980s, he and fellow police officer; inspector Ross Meurant, established a private security company they registered in their wives'names, to avoid being "Court Martialed" for conflicts of interest.
Maiden Security operated for 5 years until Meurant entered parliament as an MP in 1987.