In 1864 Mutalau was listed as one of the five principal villages of Niue, and hosting a missionary station and Samoan teacher.

The Mutalau Village Fiafia Night was designed and ready for service on 25 July 2009, a special evening/night of tours, culture and cuisine for tourists.

The Mutalau Village Council (MVC) is very active in promoting and implementing community development projects.

The Eco-tourism project focuses developing a recreation building, walking tracks and access to caves and reefs around the Uluvehi coastal areas.

Pauly Fuemana the man behind the How bizarre song, the first hit from New Zealand to top the music charts in many countries.

Mutalau has an online virtual group, "Cyber Muta",[7] used for sharing and exchanging information (news, views, reports, images, family notices) to Mutalau people living in different places in the World, Niue, New Zealand, Australia, USA and so forth.